Mel Parnell vs. Gene Thompson — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Gene Thompson
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Gene Thompson posted a stronger line than Mel Parnell. Gene Thompson posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.26 vs 3.5) and WHIP (1.354 vs 1.413). By the career numbers, Gene Thompson 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 Mel Parnell and Gene Thompson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.89
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.32
57.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
3.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2060
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
686.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
7.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
4.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
4.13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.936
0.936
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2936
38.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.87
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2597
34.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Gene Thompson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.097
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Gene Thompson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
185
491.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
200
530.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
119.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
23.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.23
35.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
135.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
34.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
82.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.76
39.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
15.93
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
138.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.35
4.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA