How Bill Long's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Bill Long posted a career Range Factor of .736, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1987, posting 1.35, well below the league average of 3.04 that year. The lowest point came in 1991 at .000, well below the league average of 2.99 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .800 in 1989 to .370 in 1990 and .000 in 1991. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .000 to 1.35 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bill Long Lifetime Range Factor

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Bill Long Range Factor Per Season

Bill Long's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Long Range Factor per season line chart

Bill Long Range Factor by Team

Bill Long's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Long career Range Factor by team bar chart

Bill Long Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Long's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bill Long Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Long Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Long's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bill Long Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Long Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Long's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Bill Long Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table