Roy Parnell
1927–1943 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, MNR, NNS, NSH, Philadelphia Stars, SAS
657G
.328AVG
.393OBP
.487SLG
More career statistics
756H
42HR
383RBI
58SB
5–3W–L
76.0IP
31K
2.37ERA
8GS
2Rare 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 · Games | 657 | 373 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,304 | 1,361 |
| Batting · Doubles | 135 | 62 |
| Batting · Hits | 756 | 408 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 26 | 13 |
| Batting · Home runs | 42 | 26 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,605 | 1,501 |
| Batting · Runs | 474 | 277 |
| Batting · RBI | 383 | 106 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 58 | 13 |
| Batting · Triples | 52 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 221 | 111 |
| Pitching · Games | 12 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 308 | 11 |
| Pitching · p cg | 6 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 20 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 8 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 55 | 5 |
| Pitching · p hr | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 228 | 28 |
| Pitching · p k | 31 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 24 | 15 |
| Pitching · p w | 27 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 657 | 2,605 | 2,304 | 474 | 756 | 135 | 52 | 42 | 383 | 221 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1,121 | .328 | .393 | .487 | .880 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76.0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 1.079 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1936-05-24 to 1936-07-05
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1942-05-17 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1935-08-22 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1935-05-25 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 235 | 913 | 255 | 11 | 53 | 71 | 7 | .309 | .357 | .410 |
| Away | 138 | 588 | 153 | 15 | 53 | 40 | 3 | .285 | .328 | .437 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 |
| May | 92 | 377 | 108 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 4 | .316 | .358 | .427 |
| June | 104 | 395 | 96 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 1 | .265 | .311 | .395 |
| July | 84 | 357 | 102 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 3 | .326 | .378 | .460 |
| August | 66 | 271 | 71 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 2 | .287 | .343 | .372 |
| September | 25 | 93 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .326 | .333 | .494 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 84 | 344 | 97 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | .310 | .349 | .399 |
| newark-eagles | 71 | 265 | 69 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 2 | .282 | .325 | .424 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 51 | 214 | 57 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 0 | .308 | .364 | .454 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 49 | 196 | 67 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | .368 | .413 | .445 |
| new-york-cubans | 42 | 163 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 2 | .231 | .301 | .294 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 26 | 109 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 3 | .253 | .303 | .495 |
| NW1 | 15 | 63 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .339 | .381 | .441 |
| philadelphia-stars | 7 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .353 | .371 | .618 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1934 | NSH | 3 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1935 | NSH | 36 | 150 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .313 | – | – |
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Stars | 54 | 202 | 69 | 6 | 18 | 3 | .342 | – | – |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Stars | 6 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .440 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Stars | 64 | 237 | 67 | 8 | 29 | 2 | .283 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Stars, SAS | 39 | 128 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Stars | 48 | 167 | 50 | 4 | 24 | 1 | .299 | 2 | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Stars | 46 | 172 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Stars | 41 | 138 | 40 | 1 | 8 | – | .290 | 7 | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Stars | 35 | 127 | 39 | 1 | 7 | – | .307 | – | – |