Mel Parnell vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Mel Parnell and Fernando Valenzuela are fairly close on the surface numbers. Fernando Valenzuela had the edge in WHIP (1.343 vs 1.413). By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela 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 Fernando Valenzuela

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.28
80.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Fernando Valenzuela

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Fernando Valenzuela

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
729
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0