Cy Acosta vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Acosta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.66 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 3.5 and 1.413 for Mel Parnell. By the career numbers, Cy Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Mel Parnell

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.63
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.09
59.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Mel Parnell

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
5.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Mel Parnell

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100