Jose Alvarez vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Alvarez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Alvarez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.367 compared to 3.5 and 1.413 for Mel Parnell. By the career numbers, Jose Alvarez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mel Parnell

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.81
46.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
8.9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.93
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
7.7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1802
38.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1635
34.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mel Parnell

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
9.56
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.37
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.97
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
96.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mel Parnell

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
33525
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
17.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
44.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100