Charlie Parsons vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Charlie Parsons
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetropolitansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Parsons as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.58 and 1.678 for Charlie Parsons. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Parsons and Doc Scanlan

Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.22
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.3
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.07
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.32
82.32
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.92
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.73
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.58
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
12.66
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.44
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.83
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.475
0.475
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.76
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
43.47
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9.15
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.678
1.678
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
40.27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.47
43.47
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Charlie Parsons and Doc Scanlan

Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.22
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.22
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.68
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.83
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Parsons and Doc Scanlan

Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
8
171.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
578.57
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.759
0.759
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
192.86
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
100.21
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
83.51
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
14.13
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.7
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.7
79.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.71
33.03
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
214.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
119.49
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
214.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
145.18
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.728
0.728
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
93.3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.97
34.64
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Charlie Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100