Mel Parnell vs. Rube Waddell — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rube Waddell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Waddell posted a stronger line than Mel Parnell. Rube Waddell posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.16 vs 3.5) and WHIP (1.102 vs 1.413). By the career numbers, Rube Waddell 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 Rube Waddell

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.48
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
0.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.43
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.44
57.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.28
80.28
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.58
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8884
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2961.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2460
7.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
7.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.22
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.35
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11717
35.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
3.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10799
32.82
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Rube Waddell

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
0.65
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8904
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2968
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
0.53
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
2.24
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1007
3.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
916
2.78
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.96
90.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.245
2.245
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.21
52.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Rube Waddell

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
293
241.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
216.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
729
600
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
600
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1066
562.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
90.77
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
68.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
15.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
22.69
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.21
26.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
122.96
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
116.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
32.19
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
43.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
73.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.89
19.99
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
22.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
300
158.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
3.79
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
23
12.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100