Cloyd Boyer vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Cloyd Boyer
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows 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 Cloyd Boyer. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 4.73) and WHIP (1.413 vs 1.552). 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 Cloyd Boyer and Mel Parnell

Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.73
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
395.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
8.94
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
4.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.051
1.051
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1759
40.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
5.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1524
34.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.01
40.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Cloyd Boyer and Mel Parnell

Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
10.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
9.65
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
4.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.82
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.4
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
7.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
6.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.75
88.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cloyd Boyer and Mel Parnell

Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
517.56
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
131
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
120
549.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
20
91.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
14
64.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.05
23.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
27
123.66
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
119.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
36.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
91.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
15.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
164.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.64
3.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100