Mel Parnell vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 3.5 and 1.413 for Mel Parnell. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Ron Willis

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.89
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7547
38.75
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Ron Willis

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
7.1
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Ron Willis

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
668
549.79
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.99
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.46
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.13
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.7
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA