Elmer Brown vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Elmer Brown
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Elmer Brown and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Elmer Brown had the edge in home runs allowed (0.19 per nine innings vs 0.53). By the career numbers, Elmer Brown 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 Elmer Brown and Mel Parnell

Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.84
48.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
188.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
8.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.39
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
3.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.906
0.906
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.95
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
802
38.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.82
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
32.92
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Elmer Brown and Mel Parnell

Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.395
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Brown and Mel Parnell

Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
403.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
562.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1.66
15.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
11
103.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
9
84.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
37.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
7
65.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
2.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
271.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100