Nick Carter vs. Bob Long — Career Comparison

Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Long
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nick Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Long as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 4.5 and 1.397 for Bob Long. By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Carter and Bob Long

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
4.5
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
8.6
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.22
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.4
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.19
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.74
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.103
1.103
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
39.1
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.02
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.86
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
4.81
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
34.14
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1

Fielding Stats for Nick Carter and Bob Long

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.24
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.24
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.071
2.071
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Carter and Bob Long

Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
420
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3300
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
5.34
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
2.68
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-20.83
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.07
-6.65
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA