Ed Durham vs. Mel Parnell — Career Comparison

Ed Durham
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Ed Durham and Mel Parnell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell had the edge in ERA (3.5 vs 4.45). 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 Ed Durham and Mel Parnell

Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.62
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.73
39.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.65
49.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
4.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1925
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
641.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
9.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
2.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.633
0.633
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2769
38.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
5.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2552
35.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Ed Durham and Mel Parnell

Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.007
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Durham and Mel Parnell

Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
388.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
224
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
202
541.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
24
64.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
22
58.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
4.23
11.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
26
69.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
34
91.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
10
26.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
18
48.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-1.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
168.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
3.56
3.56
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
32.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100