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Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Pitching Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	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
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	211	169	.555	3.27	585	433	85	193	38	33	3306.2	2989	1325	1201	284	1178	74	1999	30	10	48	13853	4367	119	3.50	1.260	8.1	0.8	3.2	5.4

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	1	1	.500	1.89	5	2	0	1	0	0	19.0	10	5	4	1	4	2	8	0	0	0	72	17			0.737	4.7	0.5	1.9	3.8

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Value

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	27.4	13.4
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	53.2	26.0

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Against

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	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
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	4367	12442	2166	441	98	53	75	41.41	13	235	176	25	.240	.307	.360	.667	85	.120	.266	1373	4478	823	4197	4367

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	17	66	6	3	0	0	0		0	1	2	0	.152	.200	.242	.442		.091	.158	3	16	4	14	17

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	139	60	52.7	65	25	38	4	71.4	36	57
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	260	60	55.5	158	46	29	10	76.7	85	152

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	2	100	64.0	2	0	0	0		0	3

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	9.7	10.0	-0.3
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	14.4	8.5	5.9

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	11.1	5.6	5.6

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2		74

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	4		0	0.00

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	1	1	.500	3.57	4	3	1	1	0	1	22.2	20	10	9	1	16	3	10	1	0	2	102	1.588	7.9	0.4	6.4	4.0
2	Billy Pierce	0	1	.000	6.87	4	3	1	0	0	0	18.1	16	14	14	4	12	1	8	0	0	1	80	1.527	7.9	2.0	5.9	3.9

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Mel Parnell	BOS	1955-06-24	GS-7, L	6.1	5	3	3	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	29	12	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	1	0	2	46			-0.1	-0.16			1.14
2	Billy Pierce	CHW	1955-06-24	GS-6	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	20	6	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	50			0.1	1.08			0.98
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-09-13	GS-8	7.0	4	5	5	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	1	33	13	25	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	2	47			-0.2	-0.37			0.91
4	Billy Pierce	CHW	1953-09-13	GS-7	7.0	5	5	5	0	2	3	1	4	0	0	0	29	8	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	5	48			-0.4	-1.37			0.99
5	Mel Parnell	BOS	1949-06-18	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.47	2	0	2.93
6	Billy Pierce	CHW	1949-06-18	GS-4, L	3.1	3	5	5	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	19	10	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	27			-0.2	-1.37			1.50
7	Mel Parnell	BOS	1948-09-21	CG, W	9.0	11	2	1	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	1	39	15	35	10	0	1	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	1	60			0.2	2.93			0.37
8	Billy Pierce	DET	1948-09-21	7-GF	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	4	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2				0.0	-0.36	0	0	0.05

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (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	1953	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-09-13	CHW	BOS	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
2	1953	1953-09-13	CHW	BOS	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1953	1953-09-13	CHW	BOS	ahead 0-3	t6	123	1		Double Play: Strikeout, R. Wilson Caught Stealing Hm (C)
4	1955	1955-06-24	CHW	BOS	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2		Flyball: 2B
5	1955	1955-06-24	CHW	BOS	ahead 1-2	t5	---	0		Bunt Groundout: C-1B

Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Billy Pierce (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	1948	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1953	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1955	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0

Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-09-21	BOS	DET	ahead 2-8	t7	---	1		Walk
2	1948	1948-09-21	BOS	DET	ahead 2-10	t9	---	1		Flyball: RF
3	1953	1953-09-13	BOS	CHW	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: CF
4	1953	1953-09-13	BOS	CHW	down 3-1	b6	---	0		Strikeout Looking
5	1953	1953-09-13	BOS	CHW	ahead 3-4	b7	123	0		Lineout: CF; S. White Scores
6	1955	1955-06-24	BOS	CHW	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: CF
7	1955	1955-06-24	BOS	CHW	down 2-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	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
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	1102	94	203	13	4	0	69	1	2	65	232	.184	.232	.203	.435	19	224	24	4	83	1	0

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Value

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-77	1	1	0
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-131	2	-5	0

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	20	163	171	579	41	.229	101	-80	-8.2	.036	7.1	100.00	2
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	17	272	291	1009	56	.233	163	-129	-13.0	.019	4.8	33.33	3

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Win Probability

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	-5.3	-5.9	0.0	-63.28	-6.2	-69.62	0.89
2	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	-11.1	-11.4	-0.2	-128.49	-12.8	-128.16	0.96

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	4	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Billy Pierce	4	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Mel Parnell	BOS	1955-06-24	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.051	0.93	-0.03%	-0.43			P
2	Billy Pierce	CHW	1955-06-24	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.066	5.68	-0.18%	-0.71			P
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-09-13	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.13	-0.061	0.00	0.00%	-0.84			P
4	Billy Pierce	CHW	1953-09-13	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.91	-0.076	0.00	0.00%	-1.30			P
5	Mel Parnell	BOS	1949-06-18		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Billy Pierce	CHW	1949-06-18	*	4	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1		0	1.80	0.069	0.34	0.01%	0.60			P
7	Mel Parnell	BOS	1948-09-21	*	9	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0		0	0.26	0.039	3.42	0.31%	1.36			P
8	Billy Pierce	DET	1948-09-21		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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