Lynn Brenton vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Lynn Brenton
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lynn Brenton 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. Lynn Brenton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.538 compared to 4.65 and 1.431 for Sam Long. By the career numbers, Lynn Brenton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lynn Brenton and Sam Long

Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.03
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.82
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.12
44.12
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.97
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.65
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
131.1
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
11.03
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
8.83
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.81
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.8
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
3.56
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
38.99
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
39.28
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.03
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
5.62
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
5.42
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.538
1.538
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
35.98
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
34.76
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.99
38.99
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Lynn Brenton and Sam Long

Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.51
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
27
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
9
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.02
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.15
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.49
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.618
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lynn Brenton and Sam Long

Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
34
453.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
533.33
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
18.3
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
11.29
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-17.94
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.81
2.81
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lynn Brenton
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA