Billy Buckner vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Billy Buckner
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational 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 Billy Buckner. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 6.02) and WHIP (1.413 vs 1.630). 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 Billy Buckner and Mel Parnell

Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
6.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
10.93
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.93
10.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.36
6.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
39.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.56
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
6.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.62
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.618
1.618
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
35.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.94
39.94
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Billy Buckner and Mel Parnell

Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
95.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.477
0.477
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Buckner and Mel Parnell

Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
880
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
27
540
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
80
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.78
35.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
33.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100