Tom Parrott vs. Glenn Spencer — Career Comparison

Tom Parrott
Pre-GenerationalOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Glenn Spencer
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Glenn Spencer built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Parrott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Glenn Spencer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.478 compared to 5.33 and 1.713 for Tom Parrott. By the career numbers, Glenn Spencer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Parrott and Glenn Spencer

Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.3
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.34
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.01
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.74
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.44
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.54
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.59
42.59
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.39
77.39
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.65
31.65
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.78
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
5.33
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.53
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2385
27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1602
27
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
795
9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534
9
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1055
11.94
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
588
9.91
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.37
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.62
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
3.48
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.39
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.88
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.73
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.24
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.32
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3699
41.88
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2358
39.74
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.93
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
660
7.47
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
5.61
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.713
1.713
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.478
1.478
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3364
38.08
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2146
36.17
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.88
41.88
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Tom Parrott and Glenn Spencer

Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.13
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6726
27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2242
9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
2.59
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.24
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
929
3.73
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
870
3.49
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.97
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.096
3.096
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Parrott and Glenn Spencer

Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
159.16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
139
473.86
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1048
600
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
176
600
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
986
564.5
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
155
528.41
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.798
0.798
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
171.18
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
64.77
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
124.81
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
57.95
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
22.9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.41
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.89
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.41
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.59
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
46.37
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.46
82.71
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
11.28
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
249.62
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
75
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
194.66
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
88.64
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
89.31
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.45
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
93.32
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.05
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
304
174.05
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
37.5
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162.17
92.85
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-1.1
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
22.9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.86
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
29.2
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
167.05
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.55
20.55
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
0.78
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
12.02
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
47.73
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.89
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.89
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA