Hank Borowy vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Hank Borowy
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Hank Borowy and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Hank Borowy had the edge in WHIP (1.330 vs 1.413). By the career numbers, Hank Borowy 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 Hank Borowy and Mel Parnell

Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
1.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.84
56.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.15
68.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
668
3.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5151
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1717
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1660
8.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
3.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
3.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7265
38.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
4.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6635
34.78
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Hank Borowy and Mel Parnell

Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.385
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hank Borowy and Mel Parnell

Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
293.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
646
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
571
530.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.498
0.498
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
99
91.95
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
71
65.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
20.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
26.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
27.23
25.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
133
123.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
128
118.89
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
43
39.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
44.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
84.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
22.67
21.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
26.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
138
128.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.68
4.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.72
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
11.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100