Bob Bowman vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Bob Bowman
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bob Bowman and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell had the edge in ERA (3.5 vs 3.82). 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 Bob Bowman and Mel Parnell

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.69
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.63
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.42
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.47
60.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.86
34.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.82
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
8.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
3.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1567
38.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1422
35.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Bob Bowman and Mel Parnell

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bowman and Mel Parnell

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
540.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
101
500.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
11.92
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
54.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.97
-9.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
302.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100