Lefty Bowers vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Lefty Bowers
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Bowers 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. Sam Long posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.65 and WHIP 1.431 compared to 11.81 and 2.625 for Lefty Bowers. By the career numbers, Sam Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Bowers and Sam Long

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.65
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
17.44
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
8.83
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.44
17.44
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.19
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
3.8
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
50.06
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
39.28
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
14.06
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
5.42
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.64
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
41.06
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
34.76
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.448
0.448
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.06
50.06
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Lefty Bowers and Sam Long

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.19
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.15
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Bowers and Sam Long

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
95.86
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-17.94
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA