How Dale Long's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Dale Long posted a career Range Factor of 9.14, well above the league average of 3.19 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Range Factor season came in 1956, posting 9.42, well above the league average of 3.42 that year. The lowest point came in 1963 at 5.5, well above the league average of 3.34 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 9.36 in 1961 to 9.2 in 1962 and 5.5 in 1963. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 10 seasons.
Dale Long Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Dale Long
| Dale Long
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 9.138 |
| Season Avg. | 9.138 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 9.138 |
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Dale Long Range Factor Per Season
Dale Long's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dale Long Range Factor by Team
Dale Long's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dale Long Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dale 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.
Dale Long Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dale 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.
Dale Long Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dale 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.
