Bill Long
William Douglas Long
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 29, 1960 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Moeller (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Miami University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1985
Final Game: April 14, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1985 25 CHW AL 0 1 .000 10.29 4 3 1 0 0 0 14.0 25 17 16 4 5 2 13 0 0 1 71 42 2.143 16.1 2.6 3.2 8.4 2.60
1987 27 CHW AL 8 8 .500 4.37 29 23 2 5 2 1 169.0 179 85 82 20 28 1 72 3 1 0 699 105 1.225 9.5 1.1 1.5 3.8 2.57
1988 28 CHW AL 8 11 .421 4.03 47 18 14 3 0 2 174.0 187 89 78 21 43 4 77 4 0 2 732 99 1.322 9.7 1.1 2.2 4.0 1.79
1989 29 CHW AL 5 5 .500 3.92 30 8 3 0 0 1 98.2 101 49 43 8 37 0 51 4 0 3 432 97 1.399 9.2 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.38
1990 30 TOT MLB 6 2 .750 4.55 46 0 21 0 0 5 61.1 72 34 31 10 23 4 34 1 0 1 270 90 1.549 10.6 1.5 3.4 5.0 1.48
1990 30 CHW AL 0 1 .000 6.35 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 6 5 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 26 60 1.412 9.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 1.00
1990 30 CHC NL 6 1 .857 4.37 42 0 21 0 0 5 55.2 66 29 27 8 21 4 32 1 0 1 244 94 1.563 10.7 1.3 3.4 5.2 1.52
1991 31 MON NL 0 0 10.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 34 4.800 21.6 0.0 21.6 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 27 27 .500 4.37 159 52 42 8 2 9 518.2 568 276 252 63 140 11 247 12 1 7 2216 95 1.365 9.9 1.1 2.4 4.3 1.76
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .500 4.37 51 17 14 3 1 3 167 183 89 81 20 45 4 80 4 0 2 714 95 1.365 9.9 1.1 2.4 4.3 1.76
CHW (5 yrs) 21 26 .447 4.35 114 52 20 8 2 4 461.1 498 245 223 55 115 7 215 11 1 6 1960 96 1.329 9.7 1.1 2.2 4.2 1.87
MON (1 yr) 0 0 10.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 34 4.800 21.6 0.0 21.6 0.0 0.00
CHC (1 yr) 6 1 .857 4.37 42 0 21 0 0 5 55.2 66 29 27 8 21 4 32 1 0 1 244 94 1.563 10.7 1.3 3.4 5.2 1.52
AL (5 yrs) 21 26 .447 4.35 114 52 20 8 2 4 461.1 498 245 223 55 115 7 215 11 1 6 1960 96 1.329 9.7 1.1 2.2 4.2 1.87
NL (2 yrs) 6 1 .857 4.55 45 0 22 0 0 5 57.1 70 31 29 8 25 4 32 1 0 1 256 90 1.657 11.0 1.3 3.9 5.0 1.28

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 25 CHW AL 4 71 64 17 25 5 1 4 5 1 5 13 .391 .429 .688 1.116 .438 44 1 0 1 1 2
1987 27 CHW AL 29 699 659 85 179 37 5 20 8 4 28 72 .272 .303 .434 .737 .279 286 14 3 6 3 1
1988 28 CHW AL 47 732 669 89 187 37 8 21 12 6 43 77 .280 .323 .453 .776 .287 303 16 4 8 8 4
1989 29 CHW AL 30 432 381 49 101 20 5 8 7 4 37 51 .265 .332 .407 .739 .284 155 7 4 4 6 0
1990 30 CHW AL 4 26 23 5 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .261 .320 .565 .885 .211 13 0 0 1 0 0
1990 30 CHC NL 42 244 219 29 66 7 2 8 11 5 21 32 .301 .365 .461 .826 .324 101 6 1 3 0 4
1990 30 TOT MLB 46 270 242 34 72 8 2 10 11 5 23 34 .298 .361 .471 .832 .313 114 6 1 4 0 4
1991 31 MON NL 3 12 8 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 .500 .667 .750 1.417 .500 6 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 159 2216 2023 276 568 109 21 63 43 20 140 247 .281 .328 .449 .777 .292 908 45 12 23 18 11
162 Game Avg. 51 714 652 89 183 35 7 20 14 6 45 80 .281 .328 .449 .777 .292 293 15 4 7 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1985 25 CHW AL 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 2 0 0 0 0% 28 45 14 3 3 0 2 5.3 3.0 4.1
1987 27 CHW AL 29 23 7 7 9 1 2 12 11 .522 3 3 5 2 10 43% 47 88 21 27 9 0 11 5.6 5.3 6.2
1988 28 CHW AL 47 18 6 9 3 1 3 8 10 .444 1 2 3 0 10 56% 50 78 20 16 2 0 3 3.5 3.3 6.6 95 5 1 9 2 131
1989 29 CHW AL 30 8 3 5 0 2 1 3 5 .375 0 0 0 0 2 25% 43 60 27 23 9 0 6 3.4 3.1 5.4 85 2 5 1 0 101
4 Seasons 110 52 16 22 14 4 6 24 28 .462 4 7 8 2 22 42% 46 88 14 69 23 0 22 4.5 4.2 6.1 91 7 6 10 2 131
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 25 CHW AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.745 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1987 27 CHW AL 29 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 4 57% 6 0.900 2 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 6 0 6 1 13.0
1988 28 CHW AL 47 29 14 2 2 3 2 1 67% 5 2 33 12 36% 8 0.957 11 5 13 9 3 17 17 12 21 3 21 3 5.8 30
1989 29 CHW AL 30 22 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 31 12 39% 5 0.831 5 7 10 6 0 16 18 4 14 4 16 0 7.6 39
1990 30 TOT MLB 46 46 21 6 2 7 5 2 71% 12 4 31 8 26% 1.041 21 9 15 14 10 22 18 28 21 11 23 14 4.0 21
1990 30 CHW AL 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 3 0.863 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 4.3 23
1990 30 CHC NL 42 42 21 6 1 7 5 2 71% 12 4 25 4 16% 8 1.060 19 7 15 14 9 19 15 27 18 10 20 13 4.0 21
1991 31 MON NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 7 0.756 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.7 15
6 Seasons 159 107 42 11 5 12 9 3 75% 21 8 105 39 37% 0.917 39 26 41 32 15 60 59 48 63 20 67 18 5.7 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1985 25 CHW AL 71 62% 5.6% 18.3% 7.0% 14.1% 40% 1.23 68% 12 1 8%
1987 27 CHW AL 699 52% 2.9% 10.3% 4.0% 8.9% 35% 1.25 82% 99 14 14%
1988 28 CHW AL 732 49% 2.9% 10.5% 5.9% 9.0% 35% 0.69 0.92 79% 23% 10.2% 41% 128 16 13%
1989 29 CHW AL 432 46% 1.9% 11.8% 8.6% 7.6% 33% 0.74 0.98 76% 22% 5.0% 17% 82 7 9%
1990 30 TOT MLB 270 51% 3.7% 12.6% 8.5% 7.4% 28% 0.71 0.95 73% 22% 10.1% 17% 53 6 11%
1990 30 CHW AL 26 42% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 11.5% 50% 0.91 2.00 73% 23% 18.2% 0% 5 0 0%
1990 30 CHC NL 244 52% 3.3% 13.1% 8.6% 7.0% 26% 0.69 0.87 73% 22% 9.1% 19% 48 6 13%
1991 31 MON NL 12 42% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 50% 1.00 4.00 67% 25% 0.0% 0% 3 1 33%
6 Seasons 2216 50% 2.8% 11.2% 6.3% 8.7% 34% 0.71 1.05 78% 22% 8.3% 29% 377 45 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 CHW AL 709 2466 3.48 1557 63% 28% 9% 25% 38% 72% 2% 45% 87% 57% 5% 32 20 19% 133 70 4 46% 11 8 23 0 0
1989 29 CHW AL 432 1541 3.57 935 61% 27% 8% 27% 36% 72% 0% 44% 88% 53% 7% 29 13 19% 83 42 7 53% 10 16 0 0 6
1990 30 TOT MLB 240 886 3.69 534 60% 31% 8% 25% 36% 69% 5% 41% 88% 55% 8% 19 13 14% 34 17 2 52% 3 2 30 0 2
1990 30 CHW AL 26 90 3.46 58 64% 38% 2% 22% 38% 62% 0% 40% 97% 58% 8% 2 2 15% 4 4 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 CHC NL 214 796 3.72 476 60% 30% 8% 26% 35% 69% 5% 41% 87% 54% 8% 17 11 14% 30 13 1 48% 3 2 30 0 2
1991 31 MON NL 12 46 3.83 22 48% 50% 5% 9% 36% 50% 0% 24% 91% 58% 8% 1 0 8% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1393 4939 3.55 3048 62% 29% 9% 26% 37% 71% 2% 44% 88% 55% 6% 81 46 18% 251 129 13 49% 24 27 53 0 8
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1985 25 CHW AL 71 25 4 0 1 0 4 1 3 5 4 1 80% 1 1 0 29 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 27 CHW AL 699 179 20 0 7 10 10 10 10 30 22 2 73% 7 0 0 216 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 0
1988 28 CHW AL 732 187 28 4 21 0 12 12 9 7 14 33 24 3 73% 9 2 2 266 12 6 67% 9 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
1989 29 CHW AL 432 101 11 1 8 0 11 4 4 4 4 32 18 1 56% 4 3 0 175 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1990 30 TOT MLB 270 72 10 1 10 0 10 5 5 6 4 18 4 4 22% 3 1 0 101 11 5 69% 9 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
1990 30 CHW AL 26 6 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 CHC NL 244 66 10 1 8 0 7 3 5 5 3 16 3 4 19% 2 1 0 94 11 5 69% 9 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
1991 31 MON NL 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2216 568 49 6 63 0 43 31 32 28 35 121 74 11 61% 24 7 2 791 43 20 68% 37 18 6 2 0 0 7 1 31 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1985 25 0 1 .000 10.29 4 3 1 0 0 0 14.0 25 17 16 4 5 2 13 0 0 1 71 42 2.143 16.1 2.6 3.2 8.4 2.60 42
1986 26 0 1 .000 10.29 4 3 1 0 0 0 14.0 25 17 16 4 5 2 13 0 0 1 71 42 2.143 16.1 2.6 3.2 8.4 2.60 42
1987 27 8 9 .471 4.82 33 26 3 5 2 1 183.0 204 102 98 24 33 3 85 3 1 1 770 95 1.295 10.0 1.2 1.6 4.2 2.58 95
1988 28 16 20 .444 4.44 80 44 17 8 2 3 357.0 391 191 176 45 76 7 162 7 1 3 1502 97 1.308 9.9 1.1 1.9 4.1 2.13 97
1989 29 21 25 .457 4.33 110 52 20 8 2 4 455.2 492 240 219 53 113 7 213 11 1 6 1934 97 1.328 9.7 1.0 2.2 4.2 1.89 97
1990 30 27 27 .500 4.35 156 52 41 8 2 9 517.0 564 274 250 63 136 11 247 12 1 7 2204 96 1.354 9.8 1.1 2.4 4.3 1.82 96
1991 31 27 27 .500 4.37 159 52 42 8 2 9 518.2 568 276 252 63 140 11 247 12 1 7 2216 95 1.365 9.9 1.1 2.4 4.3 1.76 95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1985 25 0 1 .000 10.29 14.0 25 18 16 4 5 13 0 2.143 16.1 3.2 8.4 2.60 2.6 4
1987 27 9 9 .500 4.15 165.0 173 84 76 19 27 70 3 1.212 9.4 1.5 3.8 2.59 1.0 29
1988 28 8 10 .444 4.64 163.0 195 93 84 22 45 72 4 1.472 10.8 2.5 4.0 1.60 1.2 47
1989 29 4 6 .400 4.60 94.0 107 53 48 8 39 49 4 1.553 10.2 3.7 4.7 1.26 0.8 30
1990 30 2 4 .333 4.81 58.0 72 34 31 10 23 32 1 1.638 11.2 3.6 5.0 1.39 1.6 46
1991 31 0 0 18.00 1.0 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 8.000 36.0 36.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
6 Seasons 23 30 .434 4.67 495.0 576 284 257 63 143 236 12 1.453 10.5 4.3 1.65 1.1 159

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1987 AL  1.225 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 AL  1.491 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 AL  2 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  2.571 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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