Cliff Bell vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Cliff Bell
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Cliff Bell and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Cliff Bell carried a career ERA of 4.13 against Mel Parnell's 3.5. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Cliff Bell and Mel Parnell — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Bell and Mel Parnell

Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.58
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
4.13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2960
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
986.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1050
9.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
3.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.655
0.655
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3838
35.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.38
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
5.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3442
31.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Cliff Bell and Mel Parnell

Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2822
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
940.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
2.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
3.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.29
94.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.716
1.716
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.48
64.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Bell and Mel Parnell

Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
185
267.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
415
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
374
540.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
63
91.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
51
73.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
19.18
27.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
77
111.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
91
131.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
43.37
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
28
40.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
83.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
18.66
26.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.78
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
34.7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
94
77.37
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
7.76
7.76
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
4.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
18.8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100