Bob Long

Robert Earl Long

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 11, 1954 in Jasper, TN
School: Shorter College (Rome, GA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 24th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1981
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Pirates 1981-1985

Final Game: October 2, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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
1976	21	PIT-min	A-	3	5	.375	4.10	11	11					68.0	74	44	31	1	35								1.603	9.8	0.1	4.6			NFL · NYPL
1977	22	PIT-min	A	6	4	.600	3.39	17	9		4	1	0	85.0	78	42	32	4	43	0	57	2	0	6			1.424	8.3	0.4	4.6	6.0	1.33	CHS · WCRS
1978	23	PIT-min	A	8	4	.667	2.81	33	2		1	0	5	93.0	74	42	29	2	40	1	81	4	0	6			1.226	7.2	0.2	3.9	7.8	2.03	SAL · CARL
1979	24	PIT-min	AA	4	10	.286	3.42	44	0		0	0	10	92.0	98	52	35	10	54	4	73	3	0	5			1.652	9.6	1.0	5.3	7.1	1.35	BFL · EL
1980	25	PIT-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.26	33	3		0	0	5	93.0	86	48	44	5	41	3	54	8	0	2			1.366	8.3	0.5	4.0	5.2	1.32	POR · PCL
1981	26	PIT-min	AAA	15	3	.833	2.98	26	20	3	4	2	1	157.0	122	56	52	12	59	1	97	10	0	1			1.153	7.0	0.7	3.4	5.6	1.64	POR · PCL
1981	26	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	5.95	5	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	23	14	13	2	10	0	8	0	0	0	90	62	1.678	10.5	0.9	4.6	3.7	0.80

1982	27	PIT-min	AAA	5	13	.278	5.78	31	18	5	7	0	0	157.1	146	110	101	26	73	3	91	8	0	4			1.392	8.4	1.5	4.2	5.2	1.25	POR · PCL
1983	28	SEA-min	AA	4	5	.444	3.33	33	0	27	0	0	12	48.2	31	21	18	2	26	3	44	5	0	2			1.171	5.7	0.4	4.8	8.1	1.69	CNG · SOUL
1984	29	SEA-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.16	50	3	22	0	0	10	90.2	93	53	52	15	37	2	73	4	1	4			1.434	9.2	1.5	3.7	7.2	1.97	SLC · PCL
1985	30	SEA-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.10	19	0	9	0	0	5	34.1	24	9	8	1	15	2	32	4	0	2			1.136	6.3	0.3	3.9	8.4	2.13	CGY · PCL
1985	30	SEA	AL	0	0		3.76	28	0	13	0	0	0	38.1	30	17	16	7	17	1	29	2	0	2	162	113	1.226	7.0	1.6	4.0	6.8	1.71
1986	31	ATL-min	AA,AAA	5	1	.833	3.22	45	0	34	0	0	17	64.1	44	24	23	6	44	3	60	3	0	1			1.368	6.2	0.8	6.2	8.4	1.36	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1987	32	BAL-min	AA,AAA	7	3	.700	2.43	53	0	44	0	0	18	63.0	42	22	17	6	31	3	60	4	1	2			1.159	6.0	0.9	4.4	8.6	1.94	CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	4.50	33	3	13	0	0	0	58.0	53	31	29	9	27	1	37	2	0	2	252	90	1.379	8.2	1.4	4.2	5.7	1.37
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.333	4.50	62	6	25	0	0	0	110	100	59	55	17	51	2	70	4	0	4	476	90	1.379	8.2	1.4	4.2	5.7	1.37

PIT (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.95	5	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	23	14	13	2	10	0	8	0	0	0	90	62	1.678	10.5	0.9	4.6	3.7	0.80
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		3.76	28	0	13	0	0	0	38.1	30	17	16	7	17	1	29	2	0	2	162	113	1.226	7.0	1.6	4.0	6.8	1.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1981	26	PIT	NL	19.2	5	3	14	6.41	3.86	-0.28	0.01	103.7	4.31	-5	-0.5	.2	0.0	-0.3	-3	.398	.497	$

1985	30	SEA	AL	38.1	28	0	17	3.99	4.48	-0.14	-0.35	101.7	4.35	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.4	6	.506	.501	$
2 Seasons				58.0	33	3	31	4.81	4.27	-0.19	-0.23	102.4	4.33	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.1	0.1	2	.489	.499	$

PIT (1 yr)				19.2	5	3	14	6.41	3.86	-0.28	0.01	103.7	4.31	-5	-0.5	.2	0.0	-0.3	-3	.398	.497	$
SEA (1 yr)				38.1	28	0	17	3.99	4.48	-0.14	-0.35	101.7	4.35	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.4	6	.506	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1981	26	PIT	NL	5	90	77	14	23	3	1	2	1	0	10	8	.299	.375	.442	.817	.309	34	0	0	2	1	0	0

1985	30	SEA	AL	28	162	143	17	30	5	0	7	3	0	17	29	.210	.302	.392	.694	.215	56	2	2	0	0	1	2
2 Yrs				33	252	220	31	53	8	1	9	4	0	27	37	.241	.328	.409	.737	.251	90	2	2	2	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				62	476	416	59	100	15	2	17	8	0	51	70	.241	.328	.409	.737	.251	170	4	4	4	2	2	4
MLB Averages																.259	.323	.386	.709	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1981	26	PIT	NL	-4.5	-0.5	92	-0.7	0.9	-1.6	.73	-0.3	-0.7	-5.6	-0.6	0.73	-4.3	0	0	2

1985	30	SEA	AL	2.3	0.2	167	-0.2	1.5	-1.6	.50	0.3	-0.6	0.9	0.1	0.50	3.8	3	5	19
2 Yrs				-2.2	-0.2	259	-0.9	2.4	-3.3	.58	0.0	-1.5	-4.7	-0.5	0.58	-0.5	3	5	21

Starting Pitching*

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
1981	26	PIT	NL	5	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	37.0	43	27	2	1	0	2	2.8	2.8	4.7
1 Yr				5	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	37	43	27	2	1	0	2	2.8	2.8	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1981	26	PIT	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	.728	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	8.5

1985	30	SEA	AL	28	28	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	26	7	27%	9	.505	3	5	19	1	2	25	13	15	12	7	15	6	4.1
2 Yrs				33	30	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	27	8	30%		.585	3	5	21	1	2	27	14	16	14	7	17	6	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1981	26	PIT	NL	90	56%	2.2%	8.9%	11.1%	6.7%	26%	0.58	76%	23	0	0%

1985	30	SEA	AL	162	66%	4.3%	17.9%	10.5%	7.4%	40%	0.47	66%	24	2	8%
2 Yrs				252	62%	3.6%	14.7%	10.7%	7.1%	34%	0.51	69%	47	2	4%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.5%	8.4%	6.6%	29%	1.08	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1981	26	PIT	NL	90	23			2	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	3	1	60%	0	0	0	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

1985	30	SEA	AL	162	30			7	1	12	2	5	2	5	12	3	4	25%	2	2	1	49	3	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				252	53			9	1	13	3	6	4	5	17	6	5	35%	2	2	1	89	4	0	100%	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1981	26	1	2	.333	5.95	5	3	0	19.2	23	14	13	2	10	0	8	0	0	90	62	1.678	10.5	0.9	4.6	3.7	0.80	62
1982	27	1	2	.333	5.95	5	3	0	19.2	23	14	13	2	10	0	8	0	0	90	62	1.678	10.5	0.9	4.6	3.7	0.80	62
1983	28	1	2	.333	5.95	5	3	0	19.2	23	14	13	2	10	0	8	0	0	90	62	1.678	10.5	0.9	4.6	3.7	0.80	62
1984	29	1	2	.333	5.95	5	3	0	19.2	23	14	13	2	10	0	8	0	0	90	62	1.678	10.5	0.9	4.6	3.7	0.80	62
1985	30	1	2	.333	4.50	33	3	13	58.0	53	31	29	9	27	1	37	2	2	252	90	1.379	8.2	1.4	4.2	5.7	1.37	90

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1981	26	1	2	.333	7.07	28.0	37	24	22	3	16	11	0	1.893	11.9	5.1	3.5	0.69	1.0	5

1985	30	2	2	.500	4.14	37.0	31	19	17	7	18	28	2	1.324	7.5	4.4	6.8	1.56	1.7	28
2 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.40	65.0	68	43	39	10	34	39	2	1.569	9.4		5.4	1.15	1.4	33

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