Mort Flohr vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Mort Flohr
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Mort Flohr 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 5.87 and 2.185 for Mort Flohr. By the career numbers, Earnest Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mort Flohr and Earnest Long

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.88
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.59
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.43
21.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.87
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9.98
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.88
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9.68
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.76
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.17
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
44.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
6.16
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.185
2.185
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.889
1.889
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
34.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.9
44.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44

Fielding Stats for Mort Flohr and Earnest Long

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mort Flohr and Earnest Long

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
750
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1.22
61.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1.62
80.77
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
3
150
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA