Pat Combs vs. Bobby Parnell — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bobby Parnell
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Parnell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Parnell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.485 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Bobby Parnell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Bobby Parnell

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.96
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.53
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.75
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.99
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.82
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336.2
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.82
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
9.28
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.62
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.69
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.4
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
5.61
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
7.94
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.105
1.105
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.61
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1480
39.56
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.31
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
4.46
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.71
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1309
34.99
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Bobby Parnell

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.96
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336.2
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.68
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.35
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
2.27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Bobby Parnell

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
14357.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
518.18
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
385.71
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
4.25
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-3.46
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
43.64
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA