Tommy Atkins vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Tommy Atkins
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Tommy Atkins posted a stronger line than Mel Parnell. Tommy Atkins posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.86 vs 3.5) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.53). By the career numbers, Tommy Atkins 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 Tommy Atkins and Mel Parnell

Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
8.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
37.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
33.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Tommy Atkins and Mel Parnell

Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Atkins and Mel Parnell

Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
505.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.59
-18.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
157.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3.8
3.8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Tommy Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100