Daniel Bard vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Daniel Bard
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red 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 Daniel Bard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mel Parnell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.413 compared to 3.74 and 1.338 for Daniel Bard. By the career numbers, Mel Parnell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Daniel Bard and Mel Parnell

Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
8.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.69
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.97
46.97
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.74
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1372
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
457.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
6.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.97
6.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.85
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
4.74
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
9.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.566
1.566
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1965
38.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.95
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
4.13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1657
32.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.67
38.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Daniel Bard and Mel Parnell

Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
8.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1372
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.28
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.04
89.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Daniel Bard and Mel Parnell

Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
81600
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100