Mel Parnell vs. Harry Thompson — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Thompson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mel Parnell and Harry Thompson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell carried a career ERA of 3.5 against Harry Thompson's 4.23. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Mel Parnell and Harry Thompson — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Harry Thompson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
10.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.398
0.398
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
36.76
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
34.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Harry Thompson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.421
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Harry Thompson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
320.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
111.63
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
42.37
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
45.29
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
94
77.37
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
7.76
7.76
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.5
21.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100