Mel Parnell vs. Jim Willis — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Willis
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaNashville Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Mel Parnell and Jim Willis are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell carried a career ERA of 3.5 against Jim Willis's 3.91. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Mel Parnell and Jim Willis — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Jim Willis

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.48
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.4
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.99
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.71
70.71
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.58
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.74
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.5
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
3.91
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1908
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
636
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
8.81
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
670
9.48
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.53
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.66
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2708
38.32
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
4.09
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
4.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6761
34.72
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2498
35.35
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Jim Willis

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.41
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2004
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
668
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.6
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
2.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.762
1.762
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.52
69.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Jim Willis

Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
241.15
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
110
240
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
275
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
255
556.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
108.64
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
92.18
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
111.27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.35
28.28
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.84
47.65
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
128.4
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
170.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
134.16
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
161.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
42.8
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
69.82
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
122.18
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.85
28.69
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
55.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
17.45
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
94
77.37
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
21.82
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Jim Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.65
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jim Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100