Mel Parnell vs. Doug Sisk — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Doug Sisk
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Sisk as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Sisk posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.27 and WHIP 1.580 compared to 3.5 and 1.413 for Mel Parnell. By the career numbers, Doug Sisk had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Doug Sisk

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
5.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.38
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.38
52.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
523.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
527
9.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.06
9.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
4.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2298
39.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
2.77
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1970
33.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.52
39.52

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Doug Sisk

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
5.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1570
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.51
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
2.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
2.24
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Doug Sisk

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332
4742.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
38
542.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
5.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
5
71.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-17.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
285.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
2.1
2.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Doug Sisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Doug Sisk
Career
Per 600 PA