Mel Parnell
1947–1956 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox
293G
.198AVG
.233OBP
.234SLG
More career statistics
132H
1HR
50RBI
2SB
123–75W–L
1,752.2IP
732K
3.50ERA
232GS
10SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 729 | 728 |
| Batting · Walks | 29 | 28 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,548 | 7,546 |
| Pitching · p er | 682 | 679 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,258 | 5,259 |
| Pitching · p k | 732 | 731 |
| Pitching · p r | 797 | 796 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | 729 | 668 | 52 | 132 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 29 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 156 | .198 | .233 | .234 | .467 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,752.7 | 289 | 232 | 113 | 123 | 75 | 10 | 1,715 | 797 | 682 | 104 | 758 | 732 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 1.411 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1948-09-30 to 1949-05-22
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1956-07-14 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1948-05-05 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1947-05-25 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 146 | 368 | 66 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 40 | .194 | .220 | .221 |
| Away | 147 | 360 | 66 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 54 | .201 | .219 | .247 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | .140 | .197 | .158 |
| May | 47 | 121 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | .245 | .281 | .273 |
| June | 56 | 127 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 | .209 | .197 | .243 |
| July | 54 | 111 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | .163 | .180 | .192 |
| August | 56 | 162 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | .209 | .228 | .255 |
| September | 52 | 139 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | .189 | .223 | .236 |
| October | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 46 | 110 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .192 | .200 | .240 |
| new-york-yankees | 45 | 105 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 24 | .137 | .210 | .168 |
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 123 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | .168 | .187 | .212 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 42 | 112 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | .225 | .232 | .265 |
| cleveland-guardians | 41 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | .211 | .237 | .225 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 33 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | .224 | .237 | .271 |
| st-louis-browns | 30 | 78 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | .261 | .282 | .275 |
| baltimore-orioles | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .059 | .067 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Boston Red Sox | 15 | 18 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .056 | 50 | 23 |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 80 | 13 | – | 8 | – | .163 | 212 | 77 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 39 | 114 | 29 | – | 13 | – | .254 | 295 | 122 |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 40 | 98 | 19 | – | 7 | – | .194 | 249 | 92 |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 81 | 25 | – | 5 | – | .309 | 221 | 77 |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 4 | – | .095 | 214 | 107 |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 38 | 94 | 21 | – | 9 | 1 | .223 | 241 | 136 |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 19 | 34 | 3 | – | – | 1 | .088 | 92 | 38 |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 14 | 19 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .316 | 46 | 18 |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 21 | 46 | 7 | – | – | – | .152 | 131 | 41 |