Tom Dettore vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Tom Dettore
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Dettore 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 5.21 and 1.586 for Tom Dettore. By the career numbers, Earnest Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Dettore and Earnest Long

Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.75
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.55
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.06
22.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
5.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
9.82
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.82
9.82
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.8
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.91
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.55
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
5.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
814
40.78
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
6.16
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
35.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Tom Dettore and Earnest Long

Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.75
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
2.25
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.56
95.56
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
0.632
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.06
22.06
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Dettore and Earnest Long

Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
755.56
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
533.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
122.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
111.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.29
36.54
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
133.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
166.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.539
0.539
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
77.78
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
111.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.94
43.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
13
144.44
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.15
4.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA