Mike Crudale vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Mike Crudale
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Crudale as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Crudale posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.09 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Mike Crudale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Crudale and Earnest Long

Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
8.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.09
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
6.75
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.93
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
37.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.45
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
32.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Mike Crudale and Earnest Long

Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
8.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.72
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Crudale and Earnest Long

Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
21300
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA