Mel Parnell vs. Paul Wagner — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Paul Wagner
Gen XWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Mel Parnell posted a stronger line than Paul Wagner. Mel Parnell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 4.83) and WHIP (1.413 vs 1.527). 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 Paul Wagner

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.41
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.5
52.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1796
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
598.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
9.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
3.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.29
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
6.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.33
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2643
39.73
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
5.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2315
34.8
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Paul Wagner

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
2.41
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.26
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1796
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
2.06
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
2.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
0.856
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.5
52.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Paul Wagner

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
506.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
192
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
169
528.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
28
87.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
26
81.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
5.06
15.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
30
93.75
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
35
109.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
10
31.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
9
28.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
19
59.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
3.63
11.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
7
21.88
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
146.88
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
4.09
4.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
50
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Paul Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0