Walker Buehler vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Walker Buehler
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Walker Buehler and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Walker Buehler carried a career ERA of 3.52 against Mel Parnell's 3.5. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Walker Buehler and Mel Parnell — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walker Buehler and Mel Parnell

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.28
66.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.12
62.12
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.28
80.28
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
3.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
7.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.69
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
9.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3467
37.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3151
33.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Walker Buehler and Mel Parnell

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.47
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.892
0.892
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walker Buehler and Mel Parnell

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
486.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
195
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
171
526.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
58.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
16
49.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.71
14.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
24
73.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
30
92.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
11
33.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
18.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
16
49.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-0.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
33.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
99
304.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.97
1.97
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
40
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100