Mel Parnell vs. Jim Turner — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Turner
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Turner posted a stronger line than Mel Parnell. Jim Turner posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.22 vs 3.5) and WHIP (1.242 vs 1.413). By the career numbers, Jim Turner 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 Jim Turner

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.95
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.55
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.52
51.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
3.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3396
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1132
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1123
8.93
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
2.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4697
37.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.68
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
3.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4404
35.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Jim Turner

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.403
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Jim Turner

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
333.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
428
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
399
559.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
121.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
96.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
25.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24.16
33.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
151.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
138.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
44.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
22
30.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
53
74.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25.37
35.56
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
94
77.37
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
54.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
7.76
7.76
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.97
10.97
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
17
23.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Turner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Turner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0