Mel Parnell vs. Dick Woodson — Career Comparison

Mel Parnell
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Woodson
Silent GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mel Parnell and Dick Woodson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Parnell carried a career ERA of 3.5 against Dick Woodson's 3.47. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Mel Parnell and Dick Woodson — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Parnell and Dick Woodson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.48
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.09
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.19
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.63
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.52
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.49
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.12
62.12
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.52
51.52
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.47
55.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.5
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
3.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5258
27
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1767
27
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1752.2
9
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
9
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1715
8.81
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
7.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.53
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
3.89
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
3.87
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
732
3.76
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
4.81
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.24
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7547
38.75
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2505
38.28
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.28
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.09
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
4.02
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6761
34.72
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2216
33.86
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.28
38.28

Fielding Stats for Mel Parnell and Dick Woodson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.65
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
2.09
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.47
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.16
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1769
27
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589.2
9
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.3
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
10.91
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.42
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
13.62
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
2.08
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
13.22
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.95
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.934
0.934
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.22
15.22
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.47
55.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Parnell and Dick Woodson

Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
241.15
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
137
637.21
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
729
600
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
129
600
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
668
549.79
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
117
544.19
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
108.64
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
41.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
92.18
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
41.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.99
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.46
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.35
28.28
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.93
4.34
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
128.4
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
41.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
134.16
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60.47
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
42.8
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.56
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.15
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.3
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.13
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
41.86
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.85
28.69
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.62
-21.51
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.87
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.6
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
77.37
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
251.16
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.39
2.39
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.69
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
37.21
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.7
Dick Woodson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.65
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Woodson
Career
Per 600 PA