Bobby Parnell
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| New York Mets – No. 39 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 8, 1984 Salisbury, North Carolina |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 15, 2008 for the New York Mets | |
| Career statistics (through August 26, 2011 Season) |
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| Win-Loss | 7–13 |
| Earned run average | 4.45 |
| Strikeouts | 162 |
| Saves | 2 |
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Robert Allen Parnell (born September 8, 1984 in Salisbury, North Carolina) is an American baseball pitcher for the New York Mets. He was drafted by the Mets in the ninth round of the 2005 MLB Draft after attending college at Charleston Southern University.
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[edit] Professional career
[edit] Minor Leagues
Parnell worked as a starter for the minor league teams in the Mets organization, pitching for the Brooklyn Cyclones, St. Lucie Mets, Binghamton Mets, and New Orleans Zephyrs. In three different leagues, Parnell has been named a mid-season All-Star. He earned the honor in the New York-Penn League in 2005, the Florida State League in 2007,
[edit] Major Leagues
[edit] 2008
Parnell earned Eastern League All-Star honors again in 2008.[1] Despite having a poor record since being promoted to the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs, Parnell was rewarded with a call-up to the New York Mets on September 1, 2008.[2] He made his Major League debut on September 15.
[edit] 2009
Parnell earned a spot in the Mets bullpen to start the 2009 season. He got his first win May 8, 2009 against the Pirates; he pitched a scoreless eighth inning. On August 5, he got his first major league hit in his first career at-bat, as he pitched three innings for the save. After Mets pitcher Jon Niese suffered a season-ending injury in the same game, Parnell was tabbed to replace Niese in the rotation.[3] He made his first Major League start on August 8 against the San Diego Padres. He earned his first Major League win as a starter in his second start on August 14, pitching six innings, giving up only three hits, and striking out seven. Parnell was terrific on September 4, shutting down the Cubs that battered him in his last start. Parnell pitched a career-high seven innings, shutting out the Cubs on five hits while striking out seven.[4]
On July 8, 2009, against the Dodgers, Daniel Murphy assisted on a play to first base by throwing the ball behind his back to Bobby Parnell, who was on first base and made the catch to complete the play. It received the number one web gem of the day.
[edit] 2010
On June 29, 2010 Mejia was sent back down to Double-A Binghamton and the Mets called up Parnell to take his spot in the Mets bullpen.
Parnell, in his short major league career, has already developed a reputation for being a flamethrower. His fastballs consistently touch the high-90s, sometimes eclipsing 100 MPH. On August 18, 2010, in a game against the Houston Astros, Parnell hit 102.5 MPH on the radar gun, the fastest pitch in the Major Leagues in 2010 up to that point. Cincinnati Reds rookie Aroldis Chapman set the new mark on August 31, 2010 at 103 MPH.
On September 21, Parnell was shut down for the remainder of the 2010 season with an inflamed pilca in his right elbow.
[edit] 2011
He returned to the Mets. But on April 21, 2011 he was placed on the DL due to a clot in his finger also on that same day Ángel Pagán was also placed on the DL due to a rib injury.
On May 30, 2011 he returned to the club as José Reyes was placed on the Bereavement list due to the death of his grandmother.
On June 29, 2011 he made a relief appearance against the Tigers. His pitches clocked: 100, 101, 103, 103, 102, 102, and a 93 MPH slider in an at-bat against Miguel Cabrera.
[edit] References
- ^ LeBlanc, Jay (August 28, 2008). "Prospect Q&A – Bobby Parnell, Mets". The Washington Post. http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/national-pastime/2008/Aug/28/prospect-qa---bobby-parnell-mets/. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
- ^ DiComo, Anthony (August 31, 2008). "Niese to make Mets debut Tuesday". MLB.com. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080831&content_id=3396190. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
- ^ Noble, Marty (August 5, 2009). "Parnell replaces Niese in Mets' rotation". mlb.com. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090806&content_id=6282996&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- ^ Britton, Tim (September 4, 2009). "Parnell, big eighth beat Cubs; Win displays best and worst of Mets' eventful season". MLB.com. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090904&content_id=6787896&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
