Dale Long
Richard Dale Long
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 6, 1926 in Springfield, MO
High School: Adams (Adams, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Final Game: July 18, 1963
Died: January 27, 1991 in Palm Coast, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1951 TOT MLB 25 1B 29 257 235 19 3 23 .988 8.76 .990 8.52
1951 PIT NL 25 1B 1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 .988 9.30
1951 SLB AL 25 1B 28 249 227 19 3 23 .988 8.79 .990 8.49
1951 SLB AL 25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1955 PIT NL 29 1B 119 116 995.2 1078 968 97 13 114 .988 2.2 2.7 2.2 3.7 -1.4 0 9.63 8.95 .991 9.04 8.40 MVP-19
1956 PIT NL 30 1B 138 136 1195.2 1324 1201 99 24 92 .982 -4.3 -4.3 -3.3 -4.2 0.9 -1 9.79 9.42 .989 7.53 7.25 AS,MVP-26
1957 TOT NL 31 1B 111 109 972.1 1044 962 77 5 87 .995 -2.4 -3.0 -2.4 -1.0 -1.4 0 9.62 9.36 .990 9.67 8.82
1957 PIT NL 31 1B 7 6 51.0 59 54 5 0 6 1.000 0.4 9.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 10.41 8.43 .990 9.67 8.81
1957 CHC NL 31 1B 104 103 921.1 985 908 72 5 81 .995 -2.8 -3.6 -2.8 -1.3 -1.5 0 9.57 9.42 .990 9.67 8.82
1958 CHC NL 32 1B 137 135 1186.2 1267 1173 84 10 130 .992 -6.2 -6.3 -6.2 -2.7 -3.5 0 9.53 9.18 .990 7.58 7.30
1958 CHC NL 32 C 2 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 0.50 1.000 5.94 5.20 1 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 33 1B 85 72 680.2 792 731 49 12 63 .985 -1.3 -2.3 -1.3 -1.7 0.4 0 10.31 9.18 .988 9.58 8.04
1960 TOT MLB 34 1B 21 14 149.2 162 151 10 1 8 .994 -0.5 -4.0 -0.5 -0.9 0.4 0 9.68 7.67 .991 9.58 8.11
1960 SFG NL 34 1B 10 8 76.2 79 73 6 0 5 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 9.27 7.90 .990 9.58 8.20
1960 NYY AL 34 1B 11 6 73.0 83 78 4 1 3 .988 -0.5 -8.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 10.11 7.45 .992 9.58 8.04
1961 WSA AL 35 1B 95 94 817.0 904 827 62 15 87 .983 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.7 -1.4 0 9.79 9.36 .990 9.45 8.29
1962 TOT AL 36 1B 82 70 638.4 758 701 53 4 67 .995 2.1 3.9 2.1 0.9 1.2 0 10.63 9.20 .990 9.44 8.76
1962 WSA AL 36 1B 51 47 411.2 493 459 32 2 46 .996 0.9 2.6 0.9 1.9 -1.0 0 10.73 9.63 .990 9.44 8.76
1962 NYY AL 36 1B 31 23 226.2 265 242 21 2 21 .992 1.2 6.4 1.2 -1.0 2.2 0 10.44 8.48 .990 9.44 8.76
1963 NYY AL 37 1B 2 1 9.0 12 11 0 1 1 .917 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 11.00 5.50 .992 9.50 8.60
10 Seasons 1B 819 747 6645.0 7598 6960 550 88 672 .988 -11.0 -2.0 -10.0 -5.0 -4.8 -1 10.17 9.17 .990 8.76 8.06
1 Season C 2 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 0.50 1.000 5.94 5.20 1 0 0 0
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
10 Seasons TOT 822 747 6646.2 7599 6960 551 88 672 .988 -11.0 -2.0 -10.0 -5.0 -4.8 -1 0 10.17 9.14 .978 8.76 8.05 1-0-0 1 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 SLB AL 25 34 34 34 0 0 28 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1951 PIT NL 25 10 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 29 131 116 131 131 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1956 PIT NL 30 148 136 148 148 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1957 CHC NL 31 123 103 123 123 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1957 PIT NL 31 7 6 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 CHC NL 32 142 135 142 142 0 2 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 CHC NL 33 110 72 110 110 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
1960 SFG NL 34 37 8 37 37 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1960 NYY AL 34 26 6 26 26 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1961 WSA AL 35 123 94 123 123 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1962 WSA AL 36 67 47 67 67 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1962 NYY AL 36 41 23 41 41 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1963 NYY AL 37 14 1 14 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
10 Seasons 1013 747 1013 1013 0 2 819 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 184 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 PIT NL 29 2521 60% 80% 26% 148 95% 3 547 29 507 11 70 51 32 10 2 8 5 1 3 1 2 71 3 0 3 60 4 11 4 6 10 100%
1956 PIT NL 30 3306 57% 80% 26% 184 88% 1 738 44 686 8 71 51 32 14 0 2 17 2 15 0 13 75 0 1 0 69 1 6 1 5 14 43%
1957 CHC NL 31 3536 57% 76% 24% 192 94% 0 766 60 700 6 80 54 31 13 0 8 5 1 4 0 3 75 4 0 2 63 5 11 5 4 7 86%
1957 PIT NL 31 177 66% 82% 33% 12 92% 1 48 3 45 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 2 1 0%
1958 CHC NL 32 4928 60% 75% 26% 231 93% 1 1063 52 1002 7 85 88 55 24 0 1 10 2 6 2 7 126 1 3 0 119 4 7 6 1 16 88%
1959 CHC NL 33 2839 56% 79% 29% 168 93% 0 689 52 635 4 59 48 32 14 0 4 11 2 9 0 7 58 5 0 0 53 5 5 1 4 10 100%
1960 NYY AL 34 310 67% 75% 28% 18 89% 0 76 8 67 1 4 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1960 SFG NL 34 333 63% 72% 24% 16 100% 0 71 2 68 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1961 WSA AL 35 3661 63% 79% 26% 186 90% 4 842 55 780 8 57 59 42 10 1 3 15 3 10 2 5 87 3 0 0 77 4 9 1 8 15 80%
1962 WSA AL 36 1839 65% 79% 28% 100 97% 1 464 33 428 3 33 34 26 6 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 46 4 0 1 44 4 2 1 1 10 100%
1962 NYY AL 36 963 61% 81% 34% 52 98% 0 255 12 241 2 21 22 14 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 21 1 0 0 20 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1963 NYY AL 37 42 52% 69% 24% 3 67% 0 11 0 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 24455 60% 78% 27% 1310 93% 11 5570 350 5169 52 497 420 271 97 3 28 69 12 51 6 41 574 21 4 7 516 28 56 21 32 92 83%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1958 CHC NL 32 5 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.88 4.39 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1958 CHC NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MLB Averages 40% 1.18 1.17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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