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Mel
Parnell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 13, 1922 in Usa, LA, NEW ORLEANS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1948   
All-Star Selections 1948    1949    1950   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 6 7 9 8 8
1948 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1949 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 8 7 7 8 8 8
1950 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 10 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1951 29 BOS AL $ 3,828,571 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 8 8
1952 30 STL NL $ 3,828,571 10 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1953 31 STL NL $ 3,828,571 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7
1954 32 STL NL $ 2,800,000 10 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 33 STL NL $ 2,800,000 10 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 7 7
1956 34 STL NL $ 2,800,000 10 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1957 35 STL NL $ 2,650,000 10 4 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6
1958 36 STL NL $ 2,650,000 10 4 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6
1959 37 STL NL $ 2,650,000 10 3 3 3 6 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,828,571 10 5 4 4 8 7 7 9 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1948 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1949 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1950 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1951 29 BOS AL $ 3,828,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1952 30 STL NL $ 3,828,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1953 31 STL NL $ 3,828,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1954 32 STL NL $ 2,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1955 33 STL NL $ 2,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1956 34 STL NL $ 2,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1957 35 STL NL $ 2,650,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1958 36 STL NL $ 2,650,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1959 37 STL NL $ 2,650,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,828,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 25 BOS AL 3 9 .250 53 6 3 2 2 109.3 113 65 6 67 38 5.35 .268 .365 .370 .735 3.3
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 43.7 40 20 2 18 13 4.12 .253 .330 .361 .690  
1948 26 BOS AL 22 6 .786 32 32 19 3 0 272.3 236 85 7 84 88 2.81 .234 .292 .307 .600 29.3
1949 27 BOS AL 21 11 .656 41 41 17 3 0 325.0 350 166 19 130 116 4.60 .279 .343 .391 .734 21.7
1950 28 BOS AL 22 12 .647 41 41 18 3 0 329.0 312 138 30 117 129 3.78 .249 .313 .382 .695 26.3
1951 29 BOS AL 15 17 .469 35 35 20 0 0 283.7 320 142 21 118 94 4.51 .287 .354 .411 .765 17.6
1952 30 STL NL 17 16 .515 44 44 13 2 0 337.3 389 187 19 138 135 4.99 .292 .356 .407 .764 14.0
1953 31 STL NL 8 6 .571 52 7 2 0 4 107.0 101 50 13 39 42 4.21 .258 .323 .425 .747 7.3
1954 32 STL NL 7 3 .700 54 3 0 0 0 84.7 90 43 12 45 30 4.57 .279 .362 .437 .798 5.9
1955 33 STL NL 5 2 .714 24 2 2 0 1 46.0 45 21 5 18 22 4.11 .251 .320 .397 .716 3.7
1956 34 STL NL 4 7 .364 45 0 0 0 9 63.0 62 23 9 20 14 3.29 .256 .312 .388 .700 7.1
1957 35 STL NL 8 6 .571 79 1 0 0 5 110.3 116 75 16 42 39 6.12 .275 .336 .450 .786 4.2
1958 36 STL NL 2 8 .200 61 2 1 0 5 92.0 102 56 16 34 42 5.48 .280 .339 .464 .803 3.1
1959 37 STL NL 1 2 .333 12 0 0 0 0 12.3 20 14 4 5 2 10.22 .377 .424 .623 1.046 0.0
    A   8 2 .800 21 12 1 0 0 99.0 78 18 3 29 93 1.64 .207 .264 .258 .522  
13 Years Sim 135 105 .563 573 214 95 13 26 2172.0 2256 1065 177 857 791 4.41 .270 .336 .395 .731 143.5
1 Years AAA 3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 43.7 40 20 2 18 13 4.12 .253 .330 .361 .690  
1 Years A 8 2 .800 21 12 1 0 0 99.0 78 18 3 29 93 1.64 .207 .264 .258 .522  
2 Years Minors 11 3 .786 27 18 1 0 0 142.7 118 38 5 47 106 2.40 .221 .284 .288 .572  
Season Average 10 8 .556 44 16 7 1 2 167.1 173 81 13 65 60 4.41 .270 .336 .395 .731  
Career Highs 22 17 .786 79 44 20 3 9 337.3 389 187 30 138 135 10.22 .377 .424 .623 1.046  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1548 686 112 563 478   .284 .351 .412 .763
vs LH   708 379 65 294 313   .243 .312 .363 .675
Home 72 50 .590 286 109 44 7 13 1120.3 1171 552 96 419 387 4.43 .270 .335 .400 .735
Away 63 55 .534 287 105 51 6 13 1051.6 1085 513 81 438 404 4.39 .269 .341 .389 .730
Mar/Apr 28 14 .667 91 34 16 1 5 349.0 338 138 20 132 123 3.56 .260 .328 .363 .690
May 20 17 .541 87 36 15 3 4 341.0 347 185 26 142 132 4.88 .263 .335 .398 .733
June 21 18 .538 84 38 17 3 1 372.3 424 198 38 144 132 4.79 .289 .352 .435 .788
July 20 18 .526 95 32 15 2 4 338.9 329 147 32 140 113 3.90 .257 .330 .381 .712
August 21 18 .538 109 35 14 1 6 382.3 420 201 28 161 148 4.73 .283 .353 .404 .757
Sep/Oct 25 20 .556 107 39 20 3 6 388.3 398 196 33 138 143 4.54 .264 .326 .384 .709
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 25 BOS AL 53 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .158 .200 .158 .358 0.5 0.0
1948 26 BOS AL 32 94 5 17 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 9 .181 .181 .191 .372 1.8 0.0
1949 27 BOS AL 41 115 12 24 1 0 0 12 0 0 3 14 .209 .229 .217 .446 5.2 0.0
1950 28 BOS AL 41 113 8 23 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 22 .204 .203 .230 .433 6.5 0.0
1951 29 BOS AL 35 96 6 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 12 .135 .141 .156 .298 1.2 0.0
1952 30 STL NL 44 110 5 23 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 17 .209 .219 .236 .456 6.4 0.0
1953 31 STL NL 52 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1 0.0
1954 32 STL NL 54 10 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .500 .900 1.8 0.3
1955 33 STL NL 24 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.0
1956 34 STL NL 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1957 35 STL NL 80 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0
1958 36 STL NL 61 13 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .308 .538 0.8 0.0
12 Years Sim 562 619 42 116 12 0 0 46 0 1 8 84 .187 .195 .207 .402 23.2 0.4
162 Game Average 178 12 33 3 0 0 13 0 0 2 24 .187 .195 .207 .402 6.7  
Career Highs 80 115 12 24 3 0 0 12 0 1 3 22 .400 .400 .500 .900 6.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   386 22 70 10 0 0 32 0 1 7 46 .181 .193 .207 .401 8.9
vs LH   233 20 46 2 0 0 14 0 0 1 38 .197 .198 .206 .404 5.8
Home 279 304 23 59 8 0 0 24 0 0 6 48 .194 .207 .220 .427 9.8
Away 283 315 19 57 4 0 0 22 0 1 2 36 .181 .184 .194 .377 5.0
RISP   152 0 26 1 0 0 43 0 0 1 14 .171 .168 .178 .345 1.5
Close/Late   47 6 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .170 .231 .191 .422 1.8
Mar/Apr 57 99 4 19 3 0 0 10 0 1 2 13 .192 .206 .222 .428 2.8
May 69 94 3 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 14 .170 .167 .191 .358 1.0
June 81 115 12 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 16 .122 .143 .130 .273 -1.5
July 58 90 6 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .167 .174 .167 .341 0.6
August 99 108 9 24 3 0 0 9 0 0 1 18 .222 .225 .250 .475 4.9
Sep/Oct 96 113 8 28 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 13 .248 .252 .274 .527 6.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 25 BOS AL P 53 6 109.3 5 20 0 1 1.000 2.06    
1948 26 BOS AL P 32 32 272.3 13 53 1 5 .985 2.18    
1949 27 BOS AL P 41 41 325.0 22 86 1 3 .991 2.99    
1950 28 BOS AL P 41 41 329.0 22 55 3 3 .963 2.11    
1951 29 BOS AL P 35 35 283.7 23 51 5 6 .937 2.35    
1952 30 STL NL P 44 44 337.3 20 62 3 6 .965 2.19    
1953 31 STL NL P 52 7 107.0 6 13 1 1 .950 1.60    
1954 32 STL NL P 54 3 84.7 2 17 1 1 .950 2.02    
1955 33 STL NL P 24 2 46.0 2 3 1 0 .833 0.98    
1956 34 STL NL P 45 0 63.0 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1957 35 STL NL P 79 1 110.3 9 28 0 5 1.000 3.02    
1958 36 STL NL P 61 2 92.0 7 15 0 0 1.000 2.15    
1959 37 STL NL P 12 0 12.3 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.38    
Career Totals   573 214 2172.0 135 423 16 31 .972 2.31    
Career Highs   79 44 337.3 23 86 5 6 1.000 4.38    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1948 26 BOS AL 3 0 1.000 3 3 2 0 0 27.0 27 10 3 6 11 3.33 .265 .306 .392 .698
1953 31 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 5 0 0 4 3 0.00 .161 .257 .194 .451
1954 32 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 1 3.00 .385 .385 .692 1.077
1955 33 STL NL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 4 1 4 2 7.73 .300 .417 .450 .867
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 1 .833 9 3 2 0 0 43.7 43 15 5 14 17 3.09 .259 .317 .386 .702
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 26 BOS AL 3 12 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
1953 31 STL NL 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 16 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .313 .500
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1948-1-2.81
1950-5-3.78
 Wins
1948-2-22
1949-3-21
1950-2-22
 Losses
1951-6-17
1952-9-16
 Winning Pct
1948-1-.786
1949-5-.656
 Saves
1956-9-9
 Games Pitched
1957-5-79
1958-9-61
Games Started
1950-7-41
1952-1-44
 Complete Games
1948-2-19
1949-3-17
1950-2-18
1951-2-20
1952-8-13
 Shutouts
1947-5-2
1948-4-3
1949-1-3
1950-2-3
1952-8-2
 Innings Pitched
1949-3-325.0
1950-4-329.0
1952-3-337.3
 Hits Allowed
1949-3-350
1950-7-312
1951-4-320
1952-1-389
 Homeruns Allowed
1950-9-30
Strikeouts
1952-10-135
 Walks Allowed
1949-8-130
1950-9-117
1951-10-118
1952-6-138
 Walks per 9IP
1948-4-2.8
1950-10-3.2
 Hits per 9IP
1948-2-7.8
1950-8-8.5
 WHiP
1948-2-1.18
1950-7-1.30
 OAVG
1948-2-.234
1950-8-.249
OOBP
1948-2-.292
1950-7-.313
 OSLG
1948-1-.307
1949-9-.391
1950-7-.382
 OOPS
1948-1-.600
1950-6-.695
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 69    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Dave Pagan (924)
  5. Vida Blue (923)
  6. Dave Koslo (920)
  7. Bucky Jacobs (917)
  8. Jumbo Elliott (916)
  9. Tommy John (914)
  10. Newt Kimball (910)
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  1. Joe Bowman (995)
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  3. Harry Eisenstat (984)
  4. Jack Harshman (983)
  5. Ray Scarborough (982)
  6. Bob Feller (982)
  7. Tex Carleton (982)
  8. Joe Heving (981)
  9. Paul Derringer (981)
  10. Gary Peters (980)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1947
Earned first career win on 5/27/1947
Had first career hit on 9/13/1947, off Marius Russo (BRK)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1948, going 5-0, 2.93
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Won Platinum Arm in 1948, going 22-6, 2.81 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1949, going 6-1, 3.05
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1950, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1950, going 5-2, 2.07
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to St. Louis on 2/21/1952 (Going to STL: SS Buddy Blattner, P Mel Parnell. Going to BOS: 2B Dutch Meyer)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $2,800,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
9/22/1956: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $2,650,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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