Mel Parnell vs. Bob Whitcher — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bob Whitcher
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mel Parnell and Bob Whitcher are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell carried a career ERA of 3.5 against Bob Whitcher's 2.87. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Mel Parnell and Bob Whitcher — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Bob Whitcher

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.19
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.72
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.87
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.76
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.149
1.149
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
37.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.72
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
30.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Bob Whitcher

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Bob Whitcher

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1800
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Bob Whitcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Whitcher
Career
Per 600 PA