Dick Drott vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Dick Drott
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting 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 Dick Drott. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 4.78) and WHIP (1.413 vs 1.515). 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 Dick Drott and Mel Parnell

Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.99
36.99
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.39
57.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
4.78
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2063
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
687.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
8.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
5.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
6.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.258
1.258
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3078
40.28
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
5.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.499
1.499
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2650
34.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.28
40.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Dick Drott and Mel Parnell

Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
2.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2063
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
687.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.39
57.39
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Drott and Mel Parnell

Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
176
495.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
213
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
202
569.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
34
95.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.82
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
5.69
16.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
36
101.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
40
112.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
12
33.8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
19
53.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
3.42
9.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
185.92
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
3.23
3.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100