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Bill Long
William Douglas Long

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Miami University

Debut July 21, 1985
  vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER
Final Game April 14, 1991
Born February 29, 1960 in Cincinnati, OH

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 25 CHW AL   0   1   4   3   0   0   1  0   14.0   25   17   16   4    5   13   0   1    71   2   0 10.29  4.31   42 2.143
 1987 27 CHW AL   8   8  29  23   5   2   2  1  169.0  179   85   82  20   28   72   3   0   699   1   1  4.37  4.61  105 1.225
 1988 28 CHW AL   8  11  47  18   3   0  14  2  174.0  187   89   78  21   43   77   4   2   732   4   0  4.03  3.98   99 1.322
 1989 29 CHW AL   5   5  30   8   0   0   3  1   98.7  101   49   43   8   37   51   4   3   432   0   0  3.92  3.81   97 1.399
 1990 30 TOT      6   2  46   0   0   0  21  5   61.3   72   34   31  10   23   34   1   1   270   4   0  4.55  4.08   90 1.549
         CHW AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   0  0    5.7    6    5    4   2    2    2   0   0    26   0   0  6.35  3.84   60 1.412
         CHC NL   6   1  42   0   0   0  21  5   55.7   66   29   27   8   21   32   1   1   244   4   0  4.37  4.10   94 1.563
 1991 31 MON NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    1.7    4    2    2   0    4    0   0   0    12   0   0 10.80  3.65   34 4.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .500  27  27 159  52   8   2  42  9  518.7  568  276  252  63  140  247  12   7  2216  11   1  4.37  4.17   95 1.365
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  51  16   2   0  13  2  167.0  183   88   81  20   45   79   3   2   714   3   0  4.37  4.17   95 1.365
 Career High      8  11  47  23   5   2  21  5  174.0  187   89   82  21   43   77   4   3   732   4   1  3.92  4.61  105 1.225

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 30 TOT     46    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .167  .000  -51    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  42    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .167  .000  -51    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      159    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .167  .000  -51    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .167  .000  -51    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     47    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 30 TOT       6    5    0   0.0   104| .000  .273| .167  .341| .000  .411| .167  .751| -51  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL    6    5    0   0.0   104| .000  .273| .167  .341| .000  .411| .167  .751| -51  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons         6    5    0   0.0   104| .000  .273| .167  .341| .000  .411| .167  .751| -51  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 25 CHW AL P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.70 3.21 1.86 3 14.0 1987 27 CHW AL P 29 14 25 3 2 .929 .956 1.34 0.67 2.08 1.84 23 169.0 1988 28 CHW AL P 47 7 25 0 0 1.000 .961 0.68 0.67 1.66 1.78 18 174.0 1989 29 CHW AL P 30 9 15 0 0 1.000 .960 0.80 0.66 2.19 1.87 8 98.7 1990 30 TOT P 46 6 11 1 0 .944 .960 0.37 0.58 2.49 1.79 0 61.4 CHW AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.60 4.74 1.74 0 5.7 CHC NL P 42 5 9 1 0 .933 .959 0.33 0.58 2.26 1.79 0 55.7 1991 31 MON NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 2.12 0 1.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 25 CHW AL P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.70 3.21 1.86 3 14.0 1987 27 CHW AL P 29 14 25 3 2 .929 .956 1.34 0.67 2.08 1.84 23 169.0 1988 28 CHW AL P 47 7 25 0 0 1.000 .961 0.68 0.67 1.66 1.78 18 174.0 1989 29 CHW AL P 30 9 15 0 0 1.000 .960 0.80 0.66 2.19 1.87 8 98.7 1990 30 TOT P 46 6 11 1 0 .944 .960 0.37 0.58 2.49 1.79 0 61.4 CHW AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.60 4.74 1.74 0 5.7 CHC NL P 42 5 9 1 0 .933 .959 0.33 0.58 2.26 1.79 0 55.7 1991 31 MON NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 2.12 0 1.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 159 38 79 4 2 .967 .959 0.74 0.64 2.03 1.82 52 518.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 159 38 79 4 2 .967 .959 0.74 0.64 2.03 1.82 52 519
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1987 AL-1.225-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1987 AL-1.49-1

Shutouts
1987 AL-2-9

SO to Walk
1987 AL-2.57-8

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (737) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2081) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1322) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

December 6, 1984: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Ozzie Guillen, Tim Lollar, and Luis Salazar to the Chicago White Sox for La Marr Hoyt, Kevin Kristan (minors), and Todd Simmons (minors).

April 30, 1990: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Frank Campos (minors).

December 18, 1990: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

January 31, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Chicago White Sox$102,500
1989Chicago White Sox$357,500
1990Chicago White Sox$257,500
1991Montreal Expos$394,500
Career (may be incomplete)$1,112,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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