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Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Pitching Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	104	107	.493	4.01	407	236	74	68	13	15	1881.1	2000	927	839	167	571	53	864	24	2	38	8010	2692	96	3.71	1.367	9.6	0.8	2.7	4.1
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	123	75	.621	3.50	289	232	36	113	20	10	1752.2	1715	797	682	104	758	45	732	28	3	41	7548	2612	125	3.81	1.411	8.8	0.5	3.9	3.8

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Value

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	407	236	1881.1	16.3	1.6
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	27.4	13.4

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals Against

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	407	236	1881.1	2692	7254	1467	316	50	46	33	58.23	5	206	105	59	.276	.328	.402	.730	105	.126	.292	963	2899	533	2595	2692
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	2612	6663	1313	255	43	39	24	61.90	4	219	89	7	.257	.335	.355	.691	84	.098	.276	799	2368	402	2501	2612

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Starting & Relieving

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	126	53	50.7	157	64	41	13	53.6	74	171
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	139	60	52.7	65	25	38	4	71.4	36	57

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Ratios

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	407	236	1881.1	10.8	7.1	3.7
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	9.7	10.0	-0.3

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Pitch Summary

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	407	236	1881.1
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mel Parnell	3	0	1.000	3.81	6	5	1	0	0	0	28.1	30	19	12	4	15	1	14	0	0	1	133	1.588	9.5	1.3	4.8	4.4
2	Ray Herbert	2	1	.667	6.06	6	1	1	0	0	0	16.1	22	12	11	2	11	2	9	0	0	0	79	2.020	12.1	1.1	6.1	5.0

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Ray Herbert	KCA	1955-06-15	GS-7, L	7.0	9	8	7	1	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	34	14	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	27			-0.4	-4.20			0.47
2	Mel Parnell	BOS	1955-06-15	GS-9, W	8.2	8	6	3	3	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	37	10	35	4	1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	4	53			0.1	-1.36			0.32
3	Ray Herbert	DET	1954-08-24	4-8, BW	4.2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	19	5	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.68	3	3	1.69
4	Mel Parnell	BOS	1954-08-24	GS-3	2.1	4	5	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	5	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	1	2	33			-0.3	-3.14			0.86
5	Ray Herbert	DET	1954-08-01	5-5	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.54	0	0	0.24
6	Mel Parnell	BOS	1954-08-01	GS-4	3.1	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	21	10	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	40			0.0	-0.02			1.35
7	Ray Herbert	DET	1953-08-01	8-10, W	2.2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	6	12	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.77	0	0	2.50
8	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-08-01	10-GF(10)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.20	2	1	2.90
9	Ray Herbert	DET	1953-07-16	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.49	0	0	0.73
10	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-07-16	GS-7, W	6.2	6	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	31	12	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	49			0.2	1.93			1.34
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Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Ray Herbert (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Ray Herbert (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1955	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Ray Herbert (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Ray Herbert (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-06-15	KCA	BOS	down 4-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1955	1955-06-15	KCA	BOS	down 8-2	t5	---	2		Single

Ray Herbert (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ray Herbert (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1955	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Ray Herbert (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ray Herbert (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-06-15	BOS	KCA	ahead 1-2	b2	-23	1		Groundout: 1B-2B
2	1955	1955-06-15	BOS	KCA	ahead 1-6	b3	12-	2		Single; G. Hatton Scores; J. Piersall Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/No RBI/unER; M. Parnell to 2B
3	1955	1955-06-15	BOS	KCA	ahead 2-8	b6	---	0		Strikeout Looking

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	408	654	569	46	109	21	1	7	51	0	0	42	133	.192	.248	.269	.517	42	153	13	2	37	4	0
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	668	52	132	17	2	1	50	2	0	29	94	.198	.233	.234	.467	21	156	13	2	30	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Value

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	408	654	2.6	2.6	2.8	-0.2	-45	-1	-2	0
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-77	1	1	0

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	408	654	29	153	163	514	44	.236	90	-45	-4.6	.077	4.3		0
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	20	163	171	579	41	.229	101	-80	-8.2	.036	7.1	100.00	2

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Win Probability

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ray Herbert	20-36	1950	1966	408	654	-5.4	-4.7	-0.9	-49.18		-49.72	0.96
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	-5.3	-5.9	0.0	-63.28		-69.62	0.89

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Mel Parnell	6	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ray Herbert	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Ray Herbert: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Ray Herbert	KCA	1955-06-15	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.011	0.03	0.00%	-0.04			P
2	Mel Parnell	BOS	1955-06-15	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	-0.025	0.18	-0.01%	0.63			P
3	Ray Herbert	DET	1954-08-24		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.081	0.00	0.00%	0.40			P
4	Mel Parnell	BOS	1954-08-24	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.011	0.00	0.00%	-0.11			P
5	Ray Herbert	DET	1954-08-01		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Mel Parnell	BOS	1954-08-01	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	-0.010	0.00	0.00%	-0.19			P
7	Ray Herbert	DET	1953-08-01		3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	4.48	-0.116	0.00	0.00%	-0.45			P
8	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-08-01		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Ray Herbert	DET	1953-07-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-07-16	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.02	-0.079	0.61	-0.03%	-0.69			P
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