Roy Parnell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 170 lb

BornNovember 23, 1903 · Port Allen, LA, USA

MLB debutAugust 15, 1927

Final gameSeptember 19, 1943

Seasons13 (1927–1943)

Birmingham Black Barons 1927–1928; Monroe Monarchs 1932; Nashville Elite Giants 1934; Columbus Elite Giants 1935; Philadelphia Stars 1936–1943

Percentile snapshot

1943 season — qualified batters

20.3

152

19.6

127

18.8

27.5

19.6

13.8

RBI

17.4

30.4

70.3

31.9

.307

83.3

OBP

.417

91.3

SLG

.409

68.8

OPS

.827

83.3

wRC+

118.7

67.4

OPS+

121.2

67.4

wOBA

.398

84.1

sWAR

0.7

37.7

of 139 qualified 1943 batters (min 139 PA)

1932 season — qualified pitchers

10.2

11.7

22.6

94.2

19.7

SHO

73.7

97.1

74.5

18.2

86.1

57.0

17.5

ERA

1.26

100

WHIP

.912

99.3

K/9

3.95

54.7

FIP

3.67

67.9

FIP-

98.4

42.3

ERA+

295.0

100

sWAR

5.0

92.7

of 138 qualified 1932 pitchers (min 48 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

20.3

93.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1927	88	373	338	88	143	24	10	12	75	23	0	22	1	.423	.469	.660	1.128	194.1	201.0	.504	5.1
1928	79	331	296	45	93	19	7	7	46	18	3	9	2	.314	.362	.497	.858	127.3	132.1	.388	2.2
1932	49	203	182	40	62	12	11	1	52	14	1	6	0	.341	.400	.544	.944	174.6	186.8	.441	5.0
1934	7	30	27	6	6	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	.222	.276	.296	.572	64.1	60.4	.275	0.0
1935	31	145	130	26	43	11	3	3	25	13	0	2	0	.331	.392	.531	.922	124.8	130.4	.411	0.8
1936	45	194	177	35	65	9	2	4	32	12	1	3	0	.367	.411	.508	.919	128.5	133.5	.418	1.2
1937	3	14	13	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.385	.429	.385	.813	113.4	111.3	.380	0.1
1938	63	264	227	50	65	10	4	6	28	26	0	4	0	.286	.365	.445	.810	110.3	112.8	.372	1.1
1939	36	138	122	28	38	6	2	2	20	13	0	2	0	.311	.378	.443	.820	114.6	116.9	.380	0.6
1940	54	223	191	44	59	11	5	4	27	25	2	2	1	.309	.392	.482	.873	121.7	126.4	.403	1.6
1941	56	230	204	26	59	11	1	1	18	23	3	5	0	.289	.361	.368	.729	106.2	104.7	.346	0.7
1942	55	226	197	42	59	10	3	1	27	23	2	2	1	.299	.381	.396	.777	120.0	121.7	.375	1.2
1943	38	152	127	29	39	5	4	0	17	20	0	0	0	.307	.417	.409	.827	118.7	121.2	.398	0.7

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1927	3	1	0	1	0	0	13	10	5	6	11.0	8.18	1.636	4.91	3.95	99.3	48.7	5.1
1928	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.0	9.00	2.000	0.00	3.60	84.3	47.5	2.2
1932	7	6	5	1	5	2	32	8	20	25	57.0	1.26	.912	3.95	3.67	98.4	295.0	5.0
1940	1	1	0	1	1	0	8	1	2	0	7.0	1.29	1.429	0.00	4.89	93.6	406.1	1.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

604

2,523

2,231

461

736

130

RBI

373

213

.3299

OBP

.3945

SLG

.4899

OPS

.8844

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

2.368

WHIP

1.0789

K/9

3.67

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1935-08-22	BEG @ PHS Gameday	5	2	5	1	1	0	3	0	8
1938-06-25	TIC @ PHS Gameday	5	2	3	2	0	1	3	0	8
1932-05-15	LRG @ MON Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	8
1932-06-18	BEG @ MON Gameday	6	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	7
1940-05-11	BEG @ PHS Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	0	4	1	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1932-07-10	MON @ MEM Gameday	9.0	3	2	2	2	6
1932-08-01	MEM @ MON Gameday	9.0	6	0	0	3	5
1932-06-13	MNT @ MON Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	4	4
1932-07-17	MON @ CAG Gameday	6.1	6	4	2	3	3
1932-06-26	MON @ MNT Gameday	5.2	1	0	0	2	2

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.