Rich Beck vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Rich Beck
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Rich Beck and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Rich Beck had the edge in ERA (2.14 vs 3.5). By the career numbers, Rich Beck 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 Rich Beck and Mel Parnell

Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.48
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.63
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.12
62.12
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.28
80.28
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
37.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Rich Beck and Mel Parnell

Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Beck and Mel Parnell

Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
241.15
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-32.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100