Mel Parnell
Portrait of Mel Parnell, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Mel Parnell." Printed on back: "Mel Parnell. Pitcher, Boston Red Sox. Born: New Orleans, La., June 13, 1922. Height: 6 ft. Weight: 180. Bats: left. Throws: left. Chalked up a record of 18 and 11 for the Sox in 1951. Had an earned-run average of 3.26. Got into a total of 36 games. Pitched 221 innings. Walks exactly matched strikeouts (77). Mel's big year was 1949 when he had 25 wins against 7 losses. Led league in complete games (27). No. 241 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001739
- Subject:
- Parnell, Mel (Melvin Lloyd), 1922-
- Pitchers (Baseball)--Massachusetts--Boston
- Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Parnell, Mel
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.