Mel Parnell vs. Cole Winn — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cole Winn
Gen ZColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Parnell built a career as a starting pitcher and Cole Winn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cole Winn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.085 compared to 3.5 and 1.413 for Mel Parnell. By the career numbers, Cole Winn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Cole Winn

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.198
0.198
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
6.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.76
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.2
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
7.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
36.46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.75
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.51
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.051
1.051
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
31.58
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.46
36.46

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Cole Winn

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
7.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.68
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.68
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.22
15.22
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Cole Winn

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
241.15
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
46
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
729
600
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
94
77.37
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.69
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Cole Winn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cole Winn
Career
Per 600 PA