Tex Covington vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Tex Covington posted a stronger line than Earnest Long. Tex Covington posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.1 vs 5) and WHIP (1.463 vs 1.889). By the career numbers, Tex Covington had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Earnest Long

Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.94
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Earnest Long

Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Earnest Long

Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.47
28.45
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
150
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.5
28.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
57.69
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA