Graham Godfrey vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Graham Godfrey
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Graham Godfrey built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Long as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Long posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.65 and WHIP 1.431 compared to 5.09 and 1.587 for Graham Godfrey. By the career numbers, Sam Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Graham Godfrey and Sam Long

Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.96
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.57
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
5.09
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.65
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
11.35
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
8.83
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.35
11.35
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.37
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.28
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.93
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.8
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
4.5
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
41.09
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
39.28
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
6.26
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
5.42
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
36.59
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
34.76
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.09
41.09
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Graham Godfrey and Sam Long

Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.96
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.57
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.37
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.15
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.19
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.15
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.15
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
96.43
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Graham Godfrey and Sam Long

Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
10
3000
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
4.86
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.33
-17.94
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA