Larry Benton vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Larry Benton
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Larry Benton and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell had the edge in ERA (3.5 vs 4.03). 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 Larry Benton and Mel Parnell

Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.78
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.8
49.8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.7
56.7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
4.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6891
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2297
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2559
10.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
2.71
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
2.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9864
38.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1190
4.66
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.415
1.415
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9148
35.84
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.65
38.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Larry Benton and Mel Parnell

Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.235
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Benton and Mel Parnell

Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
336.41
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
824
600
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
729
600
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
738
537.38
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
122
88.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
106
77.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
12
8.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.46
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
16
11.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
30.01
21.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
144
104.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
156
113.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
39.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
42
30.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
94
68.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
24.98
18.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.91
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
21.84
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
181
131.8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.55
4.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
37.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100