Cy Bowen vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Bowen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mel Parnell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.413 compared to 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Mel Parnell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Mel Parnell

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.58
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
34.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Mel Parnell

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.4
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Mel Parnell

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
241.15
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100