Jim Archer vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Jim Archer and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell had the edge in ERA (3.5 vs 3.94). By the career numbers, Mel Parnell had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Archer and Mel Parnell

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.12
49.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
3.94
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
9.42
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.73
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1008
38.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
36.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Jim Archer and Mel Parnell

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.82
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.825
0.825
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Archer and Mel Parnell

Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
468.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
5.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
49.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
57.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
49.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.21
-18.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
156.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.84
3.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100