Roy Evans vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Roy Evans
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Evans as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Evans posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.475 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Roy Evans had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Evans and Earnest Long

Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.23
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.63
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.28
40.28
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.95
80.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
3.66
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1843
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
614.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
9.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
3.41
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
3.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.53
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2665
39.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.39
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2396
35.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.04
39.04
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Roy Evans and Earnest Long

Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.23
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1842
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
614
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
2.3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.23
90.23
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.869
1.869
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Evans and Earnest Long

Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
214.47
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
513.19
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
81.7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.28
26.24
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
91.91
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
140.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
28.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.72
24.82
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
53.62
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
99
252.77
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.37
2.37
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA