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Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Pitching Comparison

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Totals

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	12	24	.333	5.25	93	45	23	7	2	2	344.2	390	230	201	40	198	7	120	10	5	7	1582	611	87	5.16	1.706	10.2	1.0	5.2	3.1

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Value

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	93	45	344.2	1.2	-1.5

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Totals Against

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	93	45	344.2	611	1362	268	65	17	5	13	27.78	2	18	13	0	.286	.381	.447	.828	121	.161	.291	232	609	122	598	611

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Starting & Relieving

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	16	36	42.4	42	13	31	2	50.0	23	48

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Ratios

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	93	45	344.2	7.6	12.5	-4.9

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Pitch Summary

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	93	45	344.2

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Totals

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	0	1	.000	4.26	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.1	8	3	3	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	30	1.737	11.4	1.4	4.3	4.3
2	Mel Parnell	1	0	1.000	3.94	2	2	0	0	0	0	16.0	17	7	7	0	9	1	6	0	0	0	73	1.625	9.6	0.0	5.1	3.4

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Game Logs

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Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	1951-09-03 (1)	GS-9, W	8.1	7	2	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	35	11	31	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	60			0.3	3.64			1.02
2	Dick Starr	WSH	1951-09-03 (1)	GS-6, L	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	29	11	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	44			-0.1	0.42			0.59
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1949-05-26	GS-8	7.2	10	5	5	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	38	16	32	9	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	37			-0.3	0.02			1.49
4	Dick Starr	SLB	1949-05-26	8-GF(8)	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				0.0	0.47	2	0	0.53

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Starr (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Starr (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	1951	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Starr (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Starr (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-09-03 (1)	BOS	WSH	ahead 0-3	b2	---	2		Single to RF
2	1951	1951-09-03 (1)	BOS	WSH	ahead 0-3	b4	1--	1		Flyball: CF
3	1951	1951-09-03 (1)	BOS	WSH	ahead 0-3	b6	-2-	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; B. Rosar to 3B

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Starr (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Starr (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	1951	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Starr (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Starr (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-09-03 (1)	WSH	BOS	down 3-0	t2	12-	2		Strikeout
2	1951	1951-09-03 (1)	WSH	BOS	down 3-0	t5	1--	0		Strikeout

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Comparison

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Totals

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	94	113	97	11	15	4	0	0	2	0	1	10	36	.155	.234	.196	.430	13	19	2	0	6		0

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Value

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	94	113	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-14	0	0	0

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	100.0	2
2	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	94	113	4	25	27	91	5	.246	13	-13	-1.3	.041	2.7	0.0	1

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Win Probability

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	26-30	1947	1951	94	113	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-10.85	-1.1	-9.23	0.92

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Totals

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Dick Starr	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Mel Parnell	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	1	0	1		0

Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: Game Logs

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Dick Starr vs. Mel Parnell: 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	1951-09-03 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.36	-0.022	0.73	-0.03%	-0.72			P
2	Dick Starr	WSH	1951-09-03 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.52	-0.077	0.00	0.00%	-0.86			P
3	Mel Parnell	BOS	1949-05-26	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1		0	0.86	0.022	1.95	0.03%	-0.13			P
4	Dick Starr	SLB	1949-05-26		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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