Mel Parnell vs. John Thomson — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
John Thomson
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Mel Parnell posted a stronger line than John Thomson. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 4.68) and home runs allowed (0.53 per nine innings vs 1.09). 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 Mel Parnell and John Thomson

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.57
42.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.28
80.28
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
4.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3811
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1270.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1398
9.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
5.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5470
38.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
734
5.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4968
35.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and John Thomson

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.47
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3811
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1270.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
1.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
2.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
2.13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.72
97.72
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and John Thomson

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
216
340.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
381
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
318
500.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
99.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
88.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
15.07
23.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
111.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
75
118.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
31.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
34.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
66.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
16.15
25.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
18.9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
133
209.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
75.59
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.72
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0