Brian Bannister vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Mel Parnell posted a stronger line than Brian Bannister. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 5.08) and home runs allowed (0.53 per nine innings vs 1.16). 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 Brian Bannister and Mel Parnell

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.53
42.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.28
80.28
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
5.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
9.76
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
5.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.911
0.911
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2914
39.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
5.49
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2627
35.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Brian Bannister and Mel Parnell

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.47
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.69
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
2.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bannister and Mel Parnell

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
117
2127.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100