Bud Byerly vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Bud Byerly
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Byerly as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Byerly posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.7 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Bud Byerly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Byerly and Earnest Long

Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
4.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.17
7.17
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.26
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
3.7
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1475
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
9.5
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.62
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.06
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.83
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127
38.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
4.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1951
35.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.93
38.93
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Bud Byerly and Earnest Long

Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
9.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
707
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
5.5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
5.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.22
97.22
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Byerly and Earnest Long

Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
1503.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
536.84
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
63.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
56.84
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
11.47
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
75.79
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
88.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
50.53
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.89
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
88.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.23
-1.47
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
25.26
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
22
138.95
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.32
4.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.89
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.32
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA