Rod Beck vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Rod Beck
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Rod Beck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rod Beck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 3.5 and 1.413 for Mel Parnell. By the career numbers, Rod Beck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rod Beck and Mel Parnell

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
704
8.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.78
45.78
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
3.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2304
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
8.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
7.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.55
7.55
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3170
37.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
6.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2899
33.97
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Rod Beck and Mel Parnell

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704
8.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2304
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.12
97.12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.192
0.192
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rod Beck and Mel Parnell

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
704
21120
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
22.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
24.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
300
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100