Cy Buker vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Cy Buker
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Buker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Buker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 3.5 and 1.413 for Mel Parnell. By the career numbers, Cy Buker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Buker and Mel Parnell

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.63
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.12
62.12
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.95
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
40.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
35.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Cy Buker and Mel Parnell

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Buker and Mel Parnell

Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1260
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
5.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
94
77.37
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
7.76
7.76
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100