Mike Gonzalez vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Mike Gonzalez
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Gonzalez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Gonzalez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.346 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Mike Gonzalez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Earnest Long

Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
10.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.49
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.14
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
7.51
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.85
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
4.15
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
10.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.35
10.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.611
1.611
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1902
38.53
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.75
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.59
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.59
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1646
33.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Earnest Long

Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
10.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.97
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.61
96.61
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.112
0.112
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Earnest Long

Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
509
101800
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
109.5
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
109.32
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA