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Dale Long

Richard Dale Long

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 6, 1926 in Springfield, MO
High School: Adams HS (Adams, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Senators/Yankees/Giants/... 1951-1963

Final Game: July 18, 1963
Died: January 27, 1991 in Palm Coast, FL
Buried: Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, MA
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1951 TOT MLB 25 1B 29 27 26 247.1 257 235 19 3 23 .988 9.24 8.76 .990 9.70 9.66
1951 PIT NL 25 1B 1 1 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 8.00 .989 9.75 9.70
1951 SLB AL 25 1B 28 26 26 241.1 249 227 19 3 23 .988 9.17 8.79 .990 9.70 9.66
1951 SLB AL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1951 SLB AL 25 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1955 PIT NL 29 1B 119 116 106 997.0 1078 968 97 13 114 .988 2 3 9.61 8.95 .991 9.79 9.70 MVP-19
1956 PIT NL 30 1B 138 136 132 1191.2 1324 1201 99 24 92 .982 -4 -4 9.82 9.42 .989 9.82 9.72 AS,MVP-26
1957 TOT NL 31 1B 111 109 105 971.1 1044 962 77 5 87 .995 -2 -3 9.63 9.36 .990 9.67 9.73
1957 PIT NL 31 1B 7 6 5 51.0 59 54 5 0 6 1.000 0 9 10.41 8.43 .990 9.67 9.73
1957 CHC NL 31 1B 104 103 100 920.1 985 908 72 5 81 .995 -3 -4 9.58 9.42 .990 9.67 9.73
1958 CHC NL 32 1B 137 135 125 1186.2 1267 1173 84 10 130 .992 -6 -6 9.53 9.18 .990 9.54 9.49
1958 CHC NL 32 C 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.40 0.50 .990 5.94 6.00 1 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 33 1B 85 72 68 680.2 792 731 49 12 63 .985 -1 -2 10.31 9.18 .988 9.58 9.48
1960 TOT MLB 34 1B 21 14 9 149.2 162 151 10 1 8 .994 -0 -4 9.68 7.67 .990 9.58 9.56
1960 SFG NL 34 1B 10 8 4 76.2 79 73 6 0 5 1.000 0 0 9.27 7.90 .990 9.58 9.55
1960 NYY AL 34 1B 11 6 5 73.0 83 78 4 1 3 .988 -0 -8 10.11 7.45 .991 9.58 9.56
1961 WSA AL 35 1B 95 94 82 817.0 904 827 62 15 87 .983 0 0 9.79 9.36 .990 9.45 9.34
1962 TOT AL 36 1B 82 70 61 638.4 758 701 53 4 67 .995 2 4 10.63 9.20 .990 9.44 9.41
1962 WSA AL 36 1B 51 47 45 411.2 493 459 32 2 46 .996 1 3 10.73 9.63 .990 9.44 9.41
1962 NYY AL 36 1B 31 23 16 226.2 265 242 21 2 21 .992 1 6 10.44 8.48 .990 9.44 9.41
1963 NYY AL 37 1B 2 1 1 9.0 12 11 0 1 1 .917 -1 -107 11.00 5.50 .990 9.50 9.50
10 Seasons 1B 819 774 715 6888.2 7598 6960 550 88 672 .988 -11 -2 9.81 9.17 .990 9.63 9.57
1 Season C 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.40 0.50 .990 5.94 6.00 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
10 Seasons TOT 822 774 715 6891.1 7599 6960 551 88 672 .988 -11 -2 9.81 9.14 .990 9.63 9.56 1 0 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1951 PIT NL 25 1B
1951 SLB AL 25 1B
1951 SLB AL 25 LF
1955 PIT NL 29 1B 2 3 2 -1 4 0
1956 PIT NL 30 1B -4 -4 -3 1 -4 -1
1957 PIT NL 31 1B 0 9 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 31 1B -3 -4 -3 -2 -1 0
1958 CHC NL 32 1B -6 -6 -6 -4 -3 0
1958 CHC NL 32 C 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 33 1B -1 -2 -1 0 -2 0
1960 SFG NL 34 1B 0 0 0 0 -0 0
1960 NYY AL 34 1B -0 -8 -0 0 -0 0
1961 WSA AL 35 1B 0 0 0 -1 2 0
1962 WSA AL 36 1B 1 3 1 -1 2 0
1962 NYY AL 36 1B 1 6 1 2 -1 0
1963 NYY AL 37 1B -1 -107 -1 0 -1 0
10 Seasons 1B -11 -2 -10 -5 -5 -1
1 Season C 0 0 0
1 Season LF
10 Seasons TOT -11 -2 -10 -5 -5 -1 0

Appearances

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 35 26 35 30 0 0 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
1951 PIT NL 25 10 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1955 PIT NL 29 131 116 131 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1956 PIT NL 30 148 136 148 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1957 CHC NL 31 123 103 123 104 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1957 PIT NL 31 7 6 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 CHC NL 32 142 135 142 137 0 2 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 CHC NL 33 110 72 110 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1960 SFG NL 34 37 8 37 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1960 NYY AL 34 26 6 26 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1961 WSA AL 35 123 94 123 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1962 WSA AL 36 67 47 67 51 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1962 NYY AL 36 41 23 41 31 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1963 NYY AL 37 14 1 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
10 Seasons 1014 774 1014 821 0 2 820 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 207 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1951 SLB AL 25 738 64% 83% 25% 48 88% 0 160 8 152 0 20 14 10 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 13 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 8 63%
1955 PIT NL 29 3138 61% 82% 26% 184 93% 3 685 35 637 13 84 63 40 14 2 8 9 1 6 2 6 93 5 0 4 80 7 13 4 8 12 83%
1956 PIT NL 30 3855 58% 82% 27% 235 90% 2 906 54 843 10 90 72 49 16 0 2 20 3 16 1 14 85 0 1 0 79 2 6 1 5 16 50%
1957 CHC NL 31 3628 60% 78% 25% 205 94% 1 805 64 735 6 83 60 34 15 1 8 5 1 4 0 3 79 4 1 2 67 6 11 5 4 8 88%
1957 PIT NL 31 214 64% 83% 32% 13 92% 1 53 3 50 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 2 1 0%
1958 CHC NL 32 5078 61% 77% 27% 249 94% 1 1127 59 1058 8 92 92 60 23 0 1 10 2 6 2 7 131 1 3 0 124 4 7 6 1 18 89%
1959 CHC NL 33 2813 58% 81% 30% 171 93% 0 713 52 659 4 62 48 32 14 0 4 11 2 9 0 7 60 5 0 0 55 5 5 1 4 11 100%
1960 NYY AL 34 302 69% 77% 29% 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 34 326 64% 74% 25% 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 3550 65% 82% 27% 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 1794 67% 81% 29% 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 36 942 62% 83% 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 37 59% 78% 27% 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%
10 Seasons 26415 61% 80% 27% 1480 93% 13 6168 385 5728 57 563 478 315 107 5 28 79 13 58 8 48 630 24 5 8 570 34 58 21 34 108 81%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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 6 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 6 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 3.90 4.41 95% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MLB Averages 41% 1.18 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1951 SLB AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83% 100% 17% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83% 100% 17% 1 0%
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.5% 63% 80% 30% 49%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1956 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 NL (19, 1%)
1956 NL (26, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Putouts† s c a p y
1955 NL  968 (5th)
1956 NL  1,201 (3rd)
1957 NL  962 (5th)
1958 NL  1,173 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1955 NL  119 (4th)
1956 NL  138 (1st)
1958 NL  137 (2nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1955 NL  968 (4th)
1956 NL  1,201 (2nd)
1957 NL  962 (5th)
1958 NL  1,173 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1955 NL  97 (3rd)
1956 NL  99 (3rd)
1957 NL  77 (5th)
1958 NL  84 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1955 NL  13 (1st)
1956 NL  24 (1st)
1958 NL  10 (4th)
1959 NL  12 (5th)
1961 AL  15 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1955 NL  2 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1957 NL  9.63 (5th)
1958 NL  9.53 (4th)
1959 NL  10.31 (2nd)
1961 AL  9.79 (2nd)
1962 AL  10.63 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1956 NL  9.42 (3rd)
1957 NL  9.36 (5th)
1958 NL  9.18 (2nd)
1959 NL  9.18 (2nd)
1961 AL  9.36 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1957 NL  .995 (2nd)
1958 NL  .992 (4th)
1962 AL  .995 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1963 AL  born 1926-02-06 (9th)

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