Ralph Branca vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Ralph Branca
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Mel Parnell posted a stronger line than Ralph Branca. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 3.79) and home runs allowed (0.53 per nine innings vs 0.9). 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 Ralph Branca and Mel Parnell

Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.41
56.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.39
58.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
3.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4452
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1372
8.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663
4.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
829
5.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
6372
38.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
702
4.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5678
34.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Ralph Branca and Mel Parnell

Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
48.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
9.65
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
10.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.3
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
25.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
10.91
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.4
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
37.95
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
13.62
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
13.22
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.26
95.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.9
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Branca and Mel Parnell

Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
322
359.78
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
537
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
464
518.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
66
73.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
57
63.69
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
15.71
17.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
80
89.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
102
113.97
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
35
39.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
31
34.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
64
71.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
8.86
9.89
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
40.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
160
178.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
13.41
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100