Willie Bunn vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Willie Bunn
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting 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 Willie Bunn. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 7.29) and WHIP (1.413 vs 2.095). 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 Willie Bunn and Mel Parnell

Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.29
7.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.55
7.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
14.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.57
14.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.095
2.095
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
41.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.86
45.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Willie Bunn and Mel Parnell

Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.17
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Bunn and Mel Parnell

Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
54.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
94
77.37
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Bunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Willie Bunn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100