Lem Cross vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Lem Cross
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Lem Cross as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Earnest Long posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5 and WHIP 1.889 compared to 7.66 and 2.000 for Lem Cross. By the career numbers, Earnest Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Cross and Earnest Long

Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.73
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.61
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
7.66
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
14.35
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.35
14.35
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.46
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.65
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.19
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
44.76
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
10.82
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.889
1.889
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
40.5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.76
44.76
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44

Fielding Stats for Lem Cross and Earnest Long

Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Cross and Earnest Long

Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
205.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
548.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.671
0.671
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.66
62.82
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
188.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.658
0.658
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.05
69.45
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
5
85.71
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA