Alan Benes vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Alan Benes
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational 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 Alan Benes. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 4.59) and home runs allowed (0.53 per nine innings vs 1.07). 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 Alan Benes and Mel Parnell

Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.88
50.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.87
60.87
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.59
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
8.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
7.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2153
39.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
5.17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1878
34.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Alan Benes and Mel Parnell

Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.56
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Benes and Mel Parnell

Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
456.95
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
151
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
139
552.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
22
87.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
16
63.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
4.79
19.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
28
111.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
25
99.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
23.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
31.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
55.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.37
9.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.92
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
210.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.85
2.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.76
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100