Bill Long

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: February 29, 1960 in Cincinnati, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH).

High School: Archbishop Moeller HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)

Debut: July 21, 1985 (Age 25-143d, 15,057th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: April 14, 1991 (Age 31-045d)
vs. NYM 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: William Douglas Long

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

4.37

159

518.2

247

WHIP

1.365

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 63 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	55
CHC	8

Platoon
vs LHB	32
vs RHB	31

Home/Road
Away	35
Home	28

Outs
1	26
2	21
0	16

19 Opps
NYY	7
DET	7
BAL	6
CLE	6
MIL	5
MIN	4
TEX	4
CAL	4
KCR	4
OAK	3
BOS	3
SEA	2
PIT	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
ATL	1
MON	1
HOU	1

53 Batters
Rob Deer	2
Darrell Evans	2
Dwayne Murphy	2
Barry Bonds	2
Brook Jacoby	2
Ellis Burks	2
Joe Carter	2
Lou Whitaker	2
Larry Sheets	2
Don Mattingly	2
Brian Downing	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Glenn Davis	1
Candy Maldonado	1
Dale Sveum	1
Kevin Seitzer	1
Eddie Murray	1
Alvin Davis	1
Milt Thompson	1
Frank White	1
Mike Pagliarulo	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Ron Hassey	1
Gary Ward	1
Roy Smalley	1
Devon White	1
Dwight Evans	1
Sandy Alomar	1
Jerry Browne	1
Ron Gant	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Greg Gagne	1
Dan Pasqua	1
Larry Walker	1
Chili Davis	1
Randy Velarde	1
Mike Devereaux	1
Henry Cotto	1
Mark McGwire	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Wally Joyner	1
Larry Parrish	1
Brett Butler	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Willie Wilson	1
Tim Laudner	1
Benito Santiago	1
Chet Lemon	1
Paul Molitor	1
Pat Sheridan	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Dave Henderson	1

17 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	23
Yankee Stad (NYC)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	3
County Stad (MIL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	21
89	7
78	5
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	27
1	10
3	8
2	8
7+	4
5	4
4	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	17
-2-	7
--3	3
12-	2
1-3	2
-23	1

100 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	31
1 on	27
2 on	5
Any on	32

Inning
1	9
2	4
3	9
4	6
5	10
6	8
7	4
8	7
9	6

1-3	22
4-6	24
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	5
+2	8
+1	14
Tied	12
-1	3
-2	3
-4..	10

Ahead	35
Tied	12
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	27
0-0	10
1-1	6
0-1	5
3-2	3
1-0	3
2-1	2
2-2	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
1-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	12
RF	12
CF	11
DH	6
C	5
LF	5
3B	5
2B	4
SS	3

OrderPos
3rd	13
5th	13
6th	12
1st	7
4th	6
8th	6
7th	3
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-07-26	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	---		1	4	3	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1985-08-03	Dan Pasqua	NYY		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--		2	5	7	16%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores
3	3	3	2	1985-08-03	Ron Hassey	NYY		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	---		1	6	2	6%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	3	1985-08-03	Don Mattingly	NYY		CHW	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	---		1	3	3	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1987-05-12	Gary Ward	NYY		CHW	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--		2	6	DH	18%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores
6	6	2	2	1987-05-12	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY		CHW	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---		1	7	5	11%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	3	1	1987-05-17	Rubén Sierra	TEX	@	CHW	behind 1-3	t 6	1	-2-		2	3	9	21%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. McDowell Scores
8	8	4	1	1987-05-26	Willie Wilson	KCR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	5	2	1987-05-26	Frank White	KCR	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---		1	5	4	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	1987-06-02	Larry Parrish	TEX		CHW	behind 2-12	b 6	2	---		1	6	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	1987-06-12 (1)	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	1-3		3	6	DH	25%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Hrbek Scores; G. Gaetti Scores
12	12	8	2	1987-06-12 (1)	Greg Gagne	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 4-0	t 8	0	---		1	2	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	9	1	1987-06-28	Brian Downing	CAL	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	DH	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	10	2	1987-06-28	Wally Joyner	CAL	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1--		2	3	3	13%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. White Scores
15	15	11	1	1987-07-03	Brook Jacoby	CLE		CHW	behind 1-5	b 5	1	---		1	8	5	6%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	12	2	1987-07-03	Brook Jacoby	CLE		CHW	behind 2-6	b 7	2	---		1	8	5	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	13	1	1987-07-08	Larry Sheets	BAL		CHW	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--		2	5	9	23%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Lynn Scores
18	18	14	1	1987-07-19	Joe Carter	CLE	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	3	9%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	15	1	1987-07-21	Larry Sheets	BAL	@	CHW	tied 6-6	t 7	0	-2-		2	5	9	20%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Murray Scores
20	20	16	1	1987-07-28	Darrell Evans	DET		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---		1	6	3	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	17	1	1987-08-02	Paul Molitor	MIL		CHW	behind 0-4	b 3	2	1--		2	1	DH	14%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Castillo Scores
22	22	18	1	1987-08-26	Dwight Evans	BOS		CHW	behind 0-5	b 7	0	12-		3	5	3	13%	24%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Boggs Scores; M. Greenwell Scores
23	23	19	1	1987-09-12	Alvin Davis	SEA		CHW	behind 0-1	b 1	2	-2-		2	4	3	17%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Brantley Scores
24	24	20	1	1987-10-04	Dwayne Murphy	OAK	@	CHW	behind 1-5	t 7	1	---		1	7	8	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1988-04-13	Chili Davis	CAL		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 8	1	--3	7,(2-2) CSBFBFX	2	3	9	3%	99%		Home Run (LF-CF); M. McLemore Scores/unER; C. Davis Scores/Team unER
26	26	2	1	1988-04-24	Dave Henderson	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 4-3	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	8	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1988-05-31	Pat Sheridan	DET		CHW	behind 0-10	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	1988-06-06	Tim Laudner	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
29	29	5	1	1988-06-12	Dale Sveum	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 6-2	t 5	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	6	7%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Leonard Scores/unER; B. Robidoux Scores/unER; D. Sveum Scores/unER
30	30	6	2	1988-06-12	Rob Deer	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 11-2	t 6	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Yount Scores
31	31	7	1	1988-06-17	Jeffrey Leonard	MIL		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	8	1	1988-06-28	Kevin Seitzer	KCR		CHW	tied 1-1	b 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	5	21%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Tartabull Scores
33	33	9	1	1988-07-08 (2)	Ellis Burks	BOS	@	CHW	behind 0-4	t 2	0	--3		2	5	8	8%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Greenwell Scores
34	34	10	2	1988-07-08 (2)	Ellis Burks	BOS	@	CHW	tied 5-5	t 5	1	--3		2	5	8	17%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Greenwell Scores
35	35	11	1	1988-07-14	Don Mattingly	NYY		CHW	ahead 5-4	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	11%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
36	36	12	2	1988-07-14	Randy Velarde	NYY		CHW	ahead 6-5	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	5	11%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
37	37	13	1	1988-08-08	Mark McGwire	OAK		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 3	0	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	6	3	14%	85%		Home Run (CF-RF); R. Hassey Scores
38	38	14	1	1988-08-14	Henry Cotto	SEA		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	13%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Quiñones Scores
39	39	15	1	1988-08-19	Dwayne Murphy	DET		CHW	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	9	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	16	2	1988-08-19	Darrell Evans	DET		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	DH	19%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Nokes Scores
41	41	17	3	1988-08-19	Lou Whitaker	DET		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) 11X	2	1	4	7%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Pettis Scores
42	42	18	1	1988-09-04 (2)	Joe Carter	CLE		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	11%	84%		Home Run
43	43	19	1	1988-09-14	Rob Deer	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	8,(3-2) CBSBFBFX	1	4	9	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	20	1	1988-09-19	Pete O'Brien	TEX		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	3	3	11%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
45	45	21	2	1988-09-19	Jerry Browne	TEX		CHW	behind 2-7	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1989-04-19	Devon White	CAL	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	3	8	15%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Downing Scores; M. McLemore Scores
47	47	2	1	1989-05-15	Lou Whitaker	DET		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	3	4	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
48	48	3	2	1989-05-15	Chet Lemon	DET		CHW	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	5,(0-2) 1C1FFFX	2	2	9	22%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Pettis Scores
49	49	4	1	1989-05-23	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	8,(3-2) CBFBBFFX	1	4	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
50	50	5	2	1989-05-23	Mike Devereaux	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	1	8	16%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Gonzales Scores
51	51	6	1	1989-06-30	Danny Tartabull	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	9	7%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
52	52	7	1	1989-08-23	Kent Hrbek	MIN		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	3	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Harper Scores
53	53	8	1	1989-09-11	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		CHW	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	-2-	4,(2-1) CBB.X	2	3	6	10%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Finley Scores/unER
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1990-04-13	Candy Maldonado	CLE	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 6	1	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	3	7	24%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Webster Scores
55	55	2	1	1990-04-21	Sandy Alomar	CLE		CHW	ahead 6-4	b 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	2	10%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores/unER
56	56	3	1	1990-05-06	Benito Santiago	SDP	@	CHC	ahead 6-2	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF into Foul Terr.); P. Stephenson Scores
57	57	4	1	1990-05-26 (1)	Glenn Davis	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Yelding Scores; B. Doran Scores
58	58	5	1	1990-06-03	Milt Thompson	STL		CHC	ahead 5-1	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Guerrero Scores
59	59	6	1	1990-07-07	Brett Butler	SFG		CHC	behind 6-8	b 8	1	1--	9,(3-2) BCBFF1FFBX	2	1	8	40%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Uribe Scores
60	60	7	1	1990-08-04	Larry Walker	MON	@	CHC	behind 1-10	t 9	1	---	5,(1-2) BCSFX	1	6	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
61	61	8	1	1990-08-26	Ron Gant	ATL		CHC	behind 2-3	b 9	0	---		1	3	8	44%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
62	62	9	1	1990-09-19	Barry Bonds	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 4-1	t 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	7	7%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
63	63	10	1	1990-09-20	Barry Bonds	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 9-2	t 8	1	1--	5,(2-2) CFBBX	2	5	7	0%	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); A. Van Slyke Scores