Herman Long

Herman C. Long (Germany or Flying Dutchman)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 13, 1866 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1889
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Cowboys/Tigers/Highlanders/Phillies 1889-1904

Final Game: July 13, 1904
Died: September 17, 1909 in Denver, CO
Buried: Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1889	KCC	AA	23	SS	128				931	335	479	117	55	.874		6.36	.873		5.13
1889	KCC	AA	23	2B	8				52	20	27	5	4	.904		5.88	.917		5.65
1889	KCC	AA	23	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00	1-0-0
1890	BSN	NL	24	SS	101				648	230	352	66	40	.898		5.76	.902		5.33
1891	BSN	NL	25	SS	139				871	345	441	85	60	.902		5.65	.889		5.25
1892	BSN	NL	26	SS	141				893	297	497	99	65	.889		5.63	.897		5.37
1892	BSN	NL	26	OF	12				24	16	5	3	0	.875		1.75	.912		1.89	11-1-0
1892	BSN	NL	26	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.60
1893	BSN	NL	27	SS	123				838	271	469	98	67	.883		6.02	.897		5.54
1893	BSN	NL	27	2B	5				31	11	18	2	1	.935		5.80	.933		5.94
1894	BSN	NL	28	SS	98				651	217	359	75	52	.885		5.88	.897		5.70
1894	BSN	NL	28	OF	5				6	5	0	1	0	.833		1.00	.915		2.28	5-0-0
1894	BSN	NL	28	2B	3				25	17	6	2	1	.920		7.67	.928		5.80
1895	BSN	NL	29	SS	123				777	283	410	84	48	.892		5.63	.899		5.63
1895	BSN	NL	29	2B	2				12	9	3	0	1	1.000		6.00	.933		5.70
1896	BSN	NL	30	SS	120				809	311	415	83	52	.897		6.05	.903		5.58
1897	BSN	NL	31	SS	107				693	274	353	66	40	.905		5.86	.907		5.76
1897	BSN	NL	31	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.10	1-0-0
1898	BSN	NL	32	SS	142				865	326	472	67	65	.923		5.62	.913		5.66
1898	BSN	NL	32	2B	2				14	7	7	0	0	1.000		7.00	.943		5.60
1899	BSN	NL	33	SS	143				846	351	435	60	68	.929		5.50	.910		5.65
1899	BSN	NL	33	1B	2				22	20	2	0	1	1.000		11.00	.977		10.50
1900	BSN	NL	34	SS	125				759	257	454	48	34	.937		5.69	.922		5.87
1901	BSN	NL	35	SS	138				816	304	468	44	55	.946		5.59	.925		5.73
1902	BSN	NL	36	SS	107				689	286	366	37	46	.946		6.09	.912		5.42
1902	BSN	NL	36	2B	13				83	41	35	7	6	.916		5.85	.947		5.43
1903	TOT	AL	37	SS	60				350	142	167	41	18	.883		5.15	.913		5.28
1903	NYY	AL	37	SS	22				126	52	60	14	6	.889		5.09	.913		5.28
1903	DET	AL	37	SS	38				224	90	107	27	12	.879		5.18	.913		5.28
1903	DET	AL	37	2B	31				167	71	91	5	6	.970		5.23	.943		5.11
1904	PHI	NL	38	2B	1				9	4	4	1	0	.889		8.00	.942		5.40
	15 Seasons			SS	1795				11436	4229	6137	1070	765	.906		5.77	.903		5.53
	8 Seasons			2B	65				393	180	191	22	19	.944		5.71	.938		5.37
	4 Seasons			OF	19				30	21	5	4	0	.867		1.37	.913		2.01	18-1-0
	1 Season			1B	2				22	20	2	0	1	1.000		11.00	.977		10.50
	1 Season			3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.60
	16 Seasons			TOT	1882				11881	4450	6335	1096	785	.908		5.73	.904		5.50	18-1-0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1889	KCC	AA	23	136		136		0	0	0	8	0	128	1	0	0	1	0
1890	BSN	NL	24	101		101		0	0	0	0	0	101	0	0	0	0	0
1891	BSN	NL	25	139		139		0	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0
1892	BSN	NL	26	151		151		0	0	0	0	1	141	11	1	0	12	0
1893	BSN	NL	27	128		128		0	0	0	5	0	123	0	0	0	0	0
1894	BSN	NL	28	104		104		0	0	0	3	0	98	5	0	0	5	0
1895	BSN	NL	29	125		125		0	0	0	2	0	123	0	0	0	0	0
1896	BSN	NL	30	120		120		0	0	0	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	0
1897	BSN	NL	31	107		107		0	0	0	0	0	107	1	0	0	1	0
1898	BSN	NL	32	144		144		0	0	0	2	0	142	0	0	0	0	0
1899	BSN	NL	33	145		145		0	0	2	0	0	143	0	0	0	0	0
1900	BSN	NL	34	125		125		0	0	0	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	0
1901	BSN	NL	35	138		138		0	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	0
1902	BSN	NL	36	120		120		0	0	0	13	0	107	0	0	0	0	0
1903	DET	AL	37	69		69		0	0	0	31	0	38	0	0	0	0	0
1903	NYY	AL	37	22		22		0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0
1904	PHI	NL	38	1		1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16 Seasons			1875		1875		0	0	2	65	1	1795	18	1	0	19	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1936 Veterans (19.9%) 1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%) 1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)	Assists† s c a p y 1889 AA 506 (2nd) 1893 NL 487 (2nd) 1900 NL 454 (4th) 1901 NL 468 (2nd) Career 6,335 (32nd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1889 AA 122 (1st) 1891 NL 85 (2nd) 1892 NL 102 (1st) 1893 NL 100 (2nd) 1894 NL 78 (3rd) 1895 NL 84 (2nd) 1896 NL 83 (3rd) 1897 NL 66 (5th) 1898 NL 67 (5th) Career 1,096 (1st)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1889 AA 128 (4th) 1891 NL 139 (2nd) 1892 NL 141 (4th) 1898 NL 142 (5th) 1899 NL 143 (3rd) 1900 NL 125 (5th) 1901 NL 138 (2nd) 1902 NL 107 (5th) Career 1,795 (35th)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1889 AA 335 (1st) 1891 NL 345 (1st) 1892 NL 297 (4th) 1893 NL 271 (2nd) 1895 NL 283 (3rd) 1896 NL 311 (3rd) 1897 NL 274 (5th) 1898 NL 326 (5th) 1899 NL 351 (2nd) 1901 NL 304 (3rd) 1902 NL 286 (3rd) Career 4,229 (9th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1889 AA 479 (2nd) 1891 NL 441 (3rd) 1892 NL 497 (4th) 1893 NL 469 (2nd) 1898 NL 472 (5th) 1899 NL 435 (4th) 1900 NL 454 (4th) 1901 NL 468 (2nd) Career 6,137 (19th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1889 AA 117 (1st) 1890 NL 66 (5th) 1891 NL 85 (2nd) 1892 NL 99 (1st) 1893 NL 98 (2nd) 1894 NL 75 (3rd) 1895 NL 84 (2nd) 1896 NL 83 (3rd) 1897 NL 66 (4th) 1898 NL 67 (4th) 1899 NL 60 (4th) Career 1,070 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1889 AA 6.36 (1st) 1890 NL 5.76 (2nd) 1891 NL 5.65 (2nd) 1893 NL 6.02 (3rd) 1894 NL 5.88 (3rd) 1895 NL 5.63 (5th) 1896 NL 6.05 (4th) 1901 NL 5.59 (5th) 1902 NL 6.09 (1st) Career 5.77 (7th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1889 AA .874 (5th) 1891 NL .902 (5th) 1899 NL .929 (4th) 1900 NL .937 (3rd) 1901 NL .946 (1st) 1902 NL .946 (1st)	Oldest s c a p y 1902 NL born 1866-04-13 (6th) 1903 AL born 1866-04-13 (4th) 1904 NL born 1866-04-13 (4th)

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