Mel Parnell

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Full Name: Melvin Lloyd Parnell	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 20, 1947
Birthdate: June 13, 1922	Final Game: September 29, 1956
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on June 13, 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mel Parnell (Melvin Lloyd Parnell) played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 10 year career. Parnell broke into the bigs on April 20, 1947 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 6.39 ERA in 50.2 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mel Parnell's best season was 1949, when he posted a 2.77 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 122 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1947	BOS	A	15	5	2	3	6.39	23	41	36	1	0	0	50.2	60	1	27	0	4	1
1948	BOS	A	35	27	15	8	3.14	77	87	74	16	1	0	212	205	7	90	0	3	4
1949	BOS	A	39	33	25	7	2.77	122	102	91	27	4	2	295.1	258	8	134	0	9	5
1950	BOS	A	40	31	18	10	3.61	93	116	100	21	2	3	249	244	17	106	0	4	7
1951	BOS	A	36	29	18	11	3.26	77	99	80	11	3	2	221	229	11	77	0	2	0
1952	BOS	A	33	29	12	12	3.62	107	94	86	15	3	2	214	207	13	89	0	5	5
1953	BOS	A	38	34	21	8	3.06	136	98	82	12	5	0	241	217	15	116	0	7	4
1954	BOS	A	19	15	3	7	3.70	38	45	38	4	1	0	92.1	104	7	35	0	5	1
1955	BOS	A	13	9	2	3	7.83	18	44	40	0	0	1	46	62	12	25	1	0	1
1956	BOS	A	21	20	7	6	3.77	41	71	55	6	1	0	131.1	129	13	59	2	2	0
Total			289	232	123	75	3.50	732	797	682	113	20	10	1752.2	1715	104	758	3	41	28

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	BOS	A	P	15	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1948	BOS	A	P	35	0	0	9	48	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1949	BOS	A	P	39	0	0	8	53	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	BOS	A	P	40	0	0	7	67	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1951	BOS	A	P	36	0	0	8	42	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1952	BOS	A	P	33	0	0	15	38	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	BOS	A	P	38	0	0	10	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1954	BOS	A	P	19	0	0	3	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1955	BOS	A	P	13	0	0	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1956	BOS	A	P	21	0	0	7	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.929
Total			P	289	0	0	69	327	12	27	0	0	0	0	0	.971

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	BOS	A	15	18	1	1	0	1	.056	.056	.056	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1948	BOS	A	35	80	6	13	0	8	.162	.173	.175	1	0	1	11	0	2	0	0	2
1949	BOS	A	39	114	9	29	0	13	.254	.274	.281	3	0	3	10	0	10	0	0	4
1950	BOS	A	40	98	7	19	0	7	.194	.240	.245	5	0	5	13	1	3	0	0	2
1951	BOS	A	37	81	12	25	0	5	.309	.364	.346	1	1	7	10	0	4	0	0	1
1952	BOS	A	35	84	4	8	1	4	.095	.156	.155	0	1	6	12	0	0	0	0	4
1953	BOS	A	38	94	7	21	0	9	.223	.255	.266	4	0	4	16	0	6	1	0	0
1954	BOS	A	19	34	1	3	0	0	.088	.139	.118	1	0	1	4	1	1	1	0	0
1955	BOS	A	14	19	1	6	0	3	.316	.316	.368	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1956	BOS	A	21	46	4	7	0	0	.152	.188	.174	1	0	2	11	0	4	0	0	0
Total			293	668	52	132	1	50	.198	.233	.234	17	2	29	94	2	30	2	0	13

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1941).

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