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Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Pitching Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	177	135	.567	3.39	517	328	114	124	33	30	2682.1	2416	1124	1009	188	1088	63	1534	47	6	63	11378	3679	117	3.54	1.306	8.1	0.6	3.7	5.1

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	1	0	1.000	3.38	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.1	14	5	5	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	58	19			1.425	9.5	0.0	3.4	4.7

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Value

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	42.3	21.0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Totals Against

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	3679	10073	1803	352	73	90	66	57.69	4	163	156	17	.240	.316	.345	.662	83	.105	.266	1103	3478	613	3551	3679

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1	19	51	12	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	.275	.339	.314	.653		.039	.318	6	16	2	19	19

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Starting & Relieving

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	193	59	54.7	177	65	37	16	65.2	114	189

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	1	50	52.0						0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Ratios

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	13.5	9.6	3.9

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1	12.1	8.6	3.4

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Pitch Summary

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	5	3	.625	2.74	14	12	1	5	1	0	98.2	85	36	30	3	41	5	40	1	2	4	415	1.277	7.8	0.3	3.7	3.6
2	Virgil Trucks	2	6	.250	4.52	14	11	2	2	1	1	71.2	79	39	36	4	35	1	40	1	1	3	322	1.591	9.9	0.5	4.4	5.0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	1955-08-03	GS-7	6.1	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	29	10	26	5	1	0	1	0	0	15	0	1	0	3	42			-0.2	-0.76			1.07
2	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-08-03	GS-4	3.2	7	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	19	9	17	4	2	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	33			-0.2	-1.29			1.01
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1955-06-02	GS-6, L	6.0	7	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	28	10	25	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	45			-0.1	0.05			0.75
4	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-06-02	GS-7, W	6.1	7	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	29	10	25	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	51			0.1	0.97			1.10
5	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
6	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-09-13	8-8, HL	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.69	0	0	2.62
7	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-08-29	GS-8, L	7.2	7	5	2	3	0	2	1	8	0	0	1	32	11	30	6	0	1	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	1	57			-0.1	-1.34			0.77
8	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-08-29	9-GF, S	1.0	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	1.51	2	0	1.57
9	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-07-22	GS-7, L	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	1	28	8	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	66			0.2	2.59			1.01
10	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-07-22	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	6	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	81			0.7	4.62			1.38
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Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1949	11	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0
3	1950	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1952	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0
5	1953	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
6	1955	5	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	29	26	4	0	0	0	3	1	5	.154	.185	.154	.339	2	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-05-05	BOS	DET	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1948	1948-05-05	BOS	DET	down 2-0	b6	-2-	0		Strikeout Looking
3	1949	1949-05-22	BOS	DET	tied 0-0	b2	-2-	1		Flyball: CF
4	1949	1949-05-22	BOS	DET	down 2-0	b4	123	1		Flyball: CF; A. Zarilla Scores
5	1949	1949-05-22	BOS	DET	tied 2-2	b6	-2-	0		Groundout: P-2B
6	1949	1949-05-22	BOS	DET	tied 2-2	b8	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; B. Tebbetts to 2B
7	1949	1949-05-22	BOS	DET	tied 2-2	b10	12-	1		Flyball: RF
8	1949	1949-05-22	BOS	DET	tied 2-2	b12	12-	2		Single to LF; B. Tebbetts to 2B; A. Zarilla Scores
9	1949	1949-07-16	BOS	DET	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	1		Strikeout
10	1949	1949-07-16	BOS	DET	ahead 0-6	t3	---	2		Flyball: 1B
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Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Virgil Trucks (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	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1949	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1950	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1952	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1953	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1955	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	23	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.087	.087	.087	.174	0	0	0	0	0

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-05-05	DET	BOS	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
2	1948	1948-05-05	DET	BOS	tied 0-0	t6	---	0		Popfly: 2B
3	1948	1948-05-05	DET	BOS	ahead 1-2	t8	---	0		Single to LF
4	1949	1949-05-22	DET	BOS	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
5	1949	1949-05-22	DET	BOS	ahead 0-2	t4	---	2		Flyball: CF
6	1949	1949-05-22	DET	BOS	tied 2-2	t7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1949	1949-05-22	DET	BOS	tied 2-2	t8	12-	2		Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
8	1949	1949-05-22	DET	BOS	tied 2-2	t11	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1949	1949-08-06	DET	BOS	down 1-0	t3	1--	0		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
10	1949	1949-08-06	DET	BOS	down 1-0	t5	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
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Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Batting Comparison

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Batting Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	949	63	171	23	1	2	70	1	1	9	153	.180	.189	.213	.402	8	202	31	2	46	3	0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0		0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Batting Value

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	-1.9	-1.9	-1.9	0.0	-122	-1	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	26	182	201	859	42	.212	131	-126	-13.0	.033	6.2	50.00	2

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	5	0	1	1	4	0	.000	0			.000	4.0		0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Batting Win Probability

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	-9.4	-9.7	0.1	-109.35	-11.2	-109.93	0.98

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Totals

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	14	42	39	1	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.154	.175	.154	.329	6	0	0	2	0	0
2	Virgil Trucks	14	25	25	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.120	.120	.120	.240	3	1	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: Game Logs

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Mel Parnell vs. Virgil Trucks: 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	1955-08-03	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.017	8.49	0.05%	0.03			P
2	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-08-03	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	-0.011	3.38	-0.05%	-0.11			P
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1955-06-02	*	7	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.93	0.058	0.32	0.01%	0.41			P
4	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-06-02	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	0.060	2.94	0.11%	0.36			P
5	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
6	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-09-13		1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-08-29	*	8	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.40	-0.120	0.00	0.00%	-1.21			P
8	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-08-29		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Mel Parnell	BOS	1953-07-22	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.99	-0.122	1.99	-0.07%	-0.74			P
10	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-07-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.27	-0.113	4.05	-0.22%	-1.14			P
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