Mel Parnell vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mel Parnell and Claude Thomas are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell carried a career ERA of 3.5 against Claude Thomas's 4.13. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Mel Parnell and Claude Thomas — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Claude Thomas

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
8.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.81
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
36.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Claude Thomas

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Claude Thomas

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-23.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA