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Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitching Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	119	99	.546	3.38	537	171	192	78	15	48	1935.2	1795	817	726	151	643	75	1072	41	6	29	8045	2584	119	3.46	1.260	8.3	0.7	3.0	5.0

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	1	.000	4.15	6	1	1	0	0	1	13.0	12	8	6	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	51	15			1.154	8.3	0.7	2.1	5.5

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Value

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	32.2	16.2

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals Against

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	2584	7249	1288	291	65	46	39	54.12	14	191	91	30	.248	.311	.368	.680	88	.121	.272	842	2670	507	2479	2584

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15	48	10	0	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	.250	.294	.354	.648		.104	.282	5	17	2	15	15

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	95	56	53.8	296	107	36	25	65.8	192	366

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	0	35.0	5	1	20	0	100.0	1	5

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	13.3	8.0	5.3

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15.7	5.9	9.8

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	141	50	92	65.25

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	1	.750	3.63	5	5	0	2	0	0	39.2	39	20	16	2	14	0	18	1	0	1	164	1.336	8.8	0.5	3.2	4.1
2	Bobby Shantz	1	0	1.000	3.98	5	2	3	0	0	0	20.1	26	10	9	2	9	0	9	1	0	1	94	1.721	11.5	0.9	4.0	4.0

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	1956-07-18	CG, W	9.0	7	4	1	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	33	9	32	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	2	0	0	1	67			0.2	1.26			1.24
2	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-07-18	8-GF(8)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.50	2	0	0.20
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1956-06-23	GS-9, W	8.1	7	3	3	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	36	12	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	56			0.2	0.77			0.89
4	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-06-23	6-GF	3.2	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	15	5	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.84	0	0	0.14
5	Mel Parnell	BOS	1954-04-13	GS-5, L	5.0	8	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	25	11	23	5	1	1	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	3	33			-0.3	-2.64			0.83
6	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1954-04-13	GS-5, W	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	22	8	18	2	2	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	1	3	48			0.1	0.37			1.06
7	Mel Parnell	BOS	1950-08-15 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	36	11	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	62			0.3	2.63			0.91
8	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1950-08-15 (1)	7-GF(8)	2.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	6	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1				0.0	-0.75	0	0	0.04
9	Mel Parnell	BOS	1950-06-27	GS-9	8.1	10	5	5	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	34	14	28	8	0	2	0	0	0	14	4	2	0	2	43			-0.4	-0.96			1.71
10	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1950-06-27	GS-9	9.0	13	5	5	0	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	44	18	37	9	3	0	0	0	0	19	1	2	0	4	40			0.0	0.02			0.96

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (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	1950	5	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	0	0
2	1954	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1956	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	2	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-06-27	BOS	PHA	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Double to RF (CF-RF); B. Doerr Scores; A. Zarilla Scores
2	1950	1950-06-27	BOS	PHA	ahead 1-4	t4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; B. Tebbetts to 2B
3	1950	1950-06-27	BOS	PHA	ahead 4-5	t6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Tebbetts to 2B
4	1950	1950-06-27	BOS	PHA	ahead 4-5	t8	1--	1		Single to RF; B. Tebbetts to 3B/Adv on E9
5	1950	1950-08-15 (1)	BOS	PHA	ahead 1-8	b8	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
6	1954	1954-04-13	BOS	PHA	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
7	1954	1954-04-13	BOS	PHA	down 3-2	t4	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
8	1956	1956-06-23	BOS	KCA	ahead 1-5	t6	---	2		Single
9	1956	1956-06-23	BOS	KCA	ahead 1-6	t8	1--	2		Strikeout
10	1956	1956-07-18	BOS	KCA	ahead 3-7	b8	-23	1		Foul Popfly: 1B

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bobby Shantz (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	1950	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1954	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1956	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	.800	1.600	1	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-06-27	PHA	BOS	down 4-1	b3	---	1		Single to LF
2	1950	1950-06-27	PHA	BOS	down 5-2	b5	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; B. Hitchcock to 3B; M. Guerra to 2B
3	1950	1950-06-27	PHA	BOS	down 5-4	b7	---	1		Single to CF
4	1954	1954-04-13	PHA	BOS	ahead 0-3	b2	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1954	1954-04-13	PHA	BOS	ahead 2-3	b4	1--	2		Single to RF; J. Astroth to 2B
6	1956	1956-06-23	KCA	BOS	down 6-1	b7	---	2		Single to 3B

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	.195	.265	.245	.509	38	134	4	5	44	1	0

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Value

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	2.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	-49	3	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	23	159	169	492	39	.235	105	-48	-5.0	.049	5.7	60.00	5

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	0	1	1	3	0	.250	0			.000			0

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Win Probability

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	-3.5	-3.7	-0.1	-40.07	-4.1	-41.87	0.90

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	5	18	16	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.500	.875	8	0	0	2	0	0
2	Bobby Shantz	5	6	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	.800	1.600	4	0	0	1	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	1956-07-18	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.052	0.71	-0.03%	-1.03			P
2	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-07-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1956-06-23	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.32	0.036	0.42	0.03%	0.20			P
4	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-06-23		4	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	0	0.13	0.005	0.01	0.00%	0.13			P
5	Mel Parnell	BOS	1954-04-13	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.049	2.47	-0.08%	-0.44			P
6	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1954-04-13	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	0.010	1.37	0.02%	0.05			P
7	Mel Parnell	BOS	1950-08-15 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.41	0.008	0.45	0.01%	-0.56			P
8	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1950-08-15 (1)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Mel Parnell	BOS	1950-06-27	*	9	9	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	2		0	1.34	0.225	2.29	0.23%	2.09			P
10	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1950-06-27	*	9	9	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	1		0	1.53	0.064	0.02	0.00%	0.45			P

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