Bud Black vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Long as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Black posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.22 and WHIP 1.688 compared to 4.65 and 1.431 for Sam Long. By the career numbers, Bud Black had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Sam Long

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.22
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.65
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
8.83
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
3.8
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
39.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
5.42
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
34.76
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Sam Long

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.19
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Sam Long

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
4.86
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.33
-17.94
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA