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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 Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 25 TOT MLB 44 128 117 12 27 5 1 3 12 0 0 10 25 .231 .297 .368 .664 77 43 1 1 0 3/O
1951 25 PIT NL 10 12 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .417 .583 50 5 0 0 0 /3
1951 25 SLB AL 34 116 105 11 25 5 1 2 11 0 0 10 22 .238 .310 .362 .672 79 38 1 1 0 3/O
1955 29 PIT NL 131 478 419 59 122 19 13 16 79 0 1 48 72 .291 .362 .513 .875 132 215 14 1 6 4 6 *3 MVP-19
1956 30 PIT NL 148 582 517 64 136 20 7 27 91 1 0 54 85 .263 .326 .485 .812 118 251 10 0 0 11 11 *3 AS,MVP-26
1957 31 TOT NL 130 482 419 55 125 20 0 21 67 1 1 56 73 .298 .378 .496 .875 134 208 10 1 1 5 4 *3
1957 31 PIT NL 7 27 22 0 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 10 .182 .296 .227 .524 46 5 1 0 0 1 0 /3
1957 31 CHC NL 123 455 397 55 121 19 0 21 62 1 1 52 63 .305 .383 .511 .895 139 203 9 1 1 4 4 *3
1958 32 CHC NL 142 554 480 68 130 26 4 20 75 2 0 66 64 .271 .357 .467 .824 119 224 15 2 0 6 9 *3/2
1959 33 CHC NL 110 330 296 34 70 10 3 14 37 0 0 31 53 .236 .306 .432 .738 95 128 6 0 0 3 2 3
1960 34 TOT MLB 63 107 95 10 24 3 1 6 16 0 0 12 13 .253 .336 .495 .831 129 47 5 0 0 0 2 3
1960 34 SFG NL 37 61 54 4 9 0 0 3 6 0 0 7 7 .167 .262 .333 .596 66 18 3 0 0 0 1 3
1960 34 NYY AL 26 46 41 6 15 3 1 3 10 0 0 5 6 .366 .435 .707 1.142 213 29 2 0 0 0 1 3
1961 35 WSA AL 123 423 377 52 94 20 4 17 49 0 0 39 41 .249 .317 .459 .776 110 173 7 1 0 6 5 3
1962 36 TOT AL 108 326 285 29 74 12 0 8 41 6 1 36 31 .260 .340 .386 .726 97 110 8 1 0 4 0 3
1962 36 WSA AL 67 212 191 17 46 8 0 4 24 5 1 18 22 .241 .307 .346 .652 76 66 6 1 0 2 0 3
1962 36 NYY AL 41 114 94 12 28 4 0 4 17 1 0 18 9 .298 .404 .468 .872 138 44 2 0 0 2 0 3
1963 37 NYY AL 14 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 /3
10 Seasons 1013 3426 3020 384 805 135 33 132 467 10 3 353 460 .267 .341 .464 .805 115 1402 76 7 7 39 39
162 Game Avg. 162 548 483 61 129 22 5 21 75 2 0 56 74 .267 .341 .464 .805 115 224 12 1 1
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (4 yrs) 296 1099 970 124 264 40 20 44 176 1 1 106 170 .272 .339 .491 .830 122 476 25 1 6 16 17
CHC (3 yrs) 375 1339 1173 157 321 55 7 55 174 3 1 149 180 .274 .354 .473 .827 120 555 30 3 1 13 15
NYY (3 yrs) 81 176 150 19 46 7 1 7 27 1 0 24 18 .307 .398 .507 .904 147 76 4 0 0 2 1
WSA (2 yrs) 190 635 568 69 140 28 4 21 73 5 1 57 63 .246 .313 .421 .734 98 239 13 2 0 8 5
SFG (1 yr) 37 61 54 4 9 0 0 3 6 0 0 7 7 .167 .262 .333 .596 66 18 3 0 0 0 1
SLB (1 yr) 34 116 105 11 25 5 1 2 11 0 0 10 22 .238 .310 .362 .672 79 38 1 1 0
NL (7 yrs) 708 2499 2197 285 594 95 27 102 356 4 2 262 357 .270 .345 .477 .823 119 1049 58 4 7 29 33
AL (5 yrs) 305 927 823 99 211 40 6 30 111 6 1 91 103 .256 .329 .429 .758 105 353 18 3 0 10 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 34 NYY AL WS PIT L 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 36 NYY AL WS SFG W 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0

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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 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 (1339th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 NL  .298 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1957 NL  .378 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1957 NL  .875 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1955 NL  13 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1956 NL  91 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  66 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL  72 (7th)
1956 NL  85 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1957 NL  134 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1957 NL  22 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1957 NL  2.2 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1957 NL  .684 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 NL  11 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  9 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL  14 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1956 NL  19.1 (10th)
1957 NL  20.0 (8th)
Career  22.9 (208th)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. John Jaha (945)
  2. Greg Walker (944)
  3. Rico Brogna (943)
  4. Adam LaRoche (939)
  5. Lee Stevens (935)
  6. Wes Covington (934)
  7. Jerry Lynch (926)
  8. Willie Aikens (925)
  9. Sid Bream (924)
  10. Greg Colbrunn (924)
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  1. Bob Lemon (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Collins (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Geronimo Berroa (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Brian Daubach (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brian Daubach (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Geronimo Berroa (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Jaha (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ron Northey (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charlie Maxwell (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May, 1945: Traded by Middletown (Ohio State) with Elmer Braden (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds for Dick Oder (minors) and Joe Turesak (minors).

June, 1947: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

June, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 24, 1948: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the Boston Red Sox in the 1948 minor league draft.

December 5, 1949: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers in the 1949 minor league draft.

November 16, 1950: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees in the 1950 rule 5 draft.

June 1, 1951: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 19, 1951: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

October 15, 1953: Obtained by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Hollywood (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.

May 1, 1957: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Lee Walls to the Chicago Cubs for Gene Baker and Dee Fondy.

April 5, 1960: Purchased by the San Francisco Giants from the Chicago Cubs.

August 21, 1960: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the San Francisco Giants.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees in the 1960 expansion draft.

July 11, 1962: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees for Don Lock.

August 2, 1963: Released by the New York Yankees.

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