Roy Golden vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Roy Golden
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Golden 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 4.89 and 1.740 for Roy Golden. By the career numbers, Sam Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Golden and Sam Long

Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.74
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.46
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.78
83.78
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.42
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
4.89
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.65
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
191.1
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.04
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
8.83
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.42
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
7.62
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
3.8
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
5.27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.42
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.33
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
852
40.08
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
39.28
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
5.55
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
5.42
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
32.13
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
34.76
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.08
40.08
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Roy Golden and Sam Long

Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
7.74
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
6.91
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.26
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
11.09
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.67
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
14.44
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.19
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
12.77
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.15
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.41
88.41
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.649
1.649
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.22
16.22
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Golden and Sam Long

Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
37
326.47
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
520.59
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
79.41
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
70.59
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
22.28
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
88.24
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
132.35
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.65
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
61.76
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
79.41
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.4
21.18
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-17.94
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
105.88
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.47
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA