Mel Parnell vs. Bob Turley — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bob Turley
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Mel Parnell posted a stronger line than Bob Turley. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 3.64) and home runs allowed (0.53 per nine innings vs 0.74). 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 Bob Turley

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.63
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.3
54.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.45
76.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.41
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
3.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5138
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1712.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
7.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1068
5.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1265
6.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.65
6.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7447
39.13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
3.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6323
33.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Bob Turley

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
1.7
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4936
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1645.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
1.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
1.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.08
97.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.87
73.87
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Bob Turley

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
300
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
620
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
547
529.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
69
66.77
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
55
53.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.87
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
14
13.55
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
17.55
16.98
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
91
88.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
103
99.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
44
42.58
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
32
30.97
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
72
69.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
4.06
3.92
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
29
23.87
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
191
184.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
35.81
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50