Jose Cano vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Jose Cano
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jose Cano 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 5.09 and 1.435 for Jose Cano. By the career numbers, Sam Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Cano and Sam Long

Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.47
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.09
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.65
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.39
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
8.83
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.8
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
38.74
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
39.28
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.09
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
5.42
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
35.22
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
34.76
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Jose Cano and Sam Long

Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.02
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.19
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.15
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Cano and Sam Long

Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
4.86
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.65
-65.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.33
-17.94
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
1.2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA