Tommy Bond vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Tommy Bond
Pre-GenerationalIrelandThrows RightBats RightEuropeBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Tommy Bond as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tommy Bond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.14 and WHIP 1.091 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Tommy Bond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Bond and Earnest Long

Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
1.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
1.01
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
0.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
0.4
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.94
58.94
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.84
97.84
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
0.96
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
862
2.14
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10886
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3628.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3765
9.34
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.48
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
972
2.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.35
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15082
37.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1931
4.79
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14887
36.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.41
37.41
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Tommy Bond and Earnest Long

Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520
1.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12912
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4304
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
0.7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
928
1.94
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.29
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1402
2.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1264
2.64
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.16
90.16
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.431
2.431
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Bond and Earnest Long

Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
488
146.62
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1997
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1975
593.39
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
471
141.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
407
122.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
15.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
3.3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
19.23
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127.86
38.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
546
164.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
493
148.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
64
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
52.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
116.27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149.28
44.85
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
6.61
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
63
18.93
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.7
31.7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
7
2.1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.8
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA