Bill Butland vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Bill Butland
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill Butland and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Butland carried a career ERA of 3.88 against Mel Parnell's 3.5. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bill Butland and Mel Parnell — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butland and Mel Parnell

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.91
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.12
62.12
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.88
46.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
150.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
8.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
38.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
34.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Bill Butland and Mel Parnell

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.438
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butland and Mel Parnell

Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
391.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
39
477.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
4.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-8.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100