Bill Graham vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Bill Graham
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Graham 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. Bill Graham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 1.125 compared to 4.65 and 1.431 for Sam Long. By the career numbers, Bill Graham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Graham and Sam Long

Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.84
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.92
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.45
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.65
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
6.75
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
8.83
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.92
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.38
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.8
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
4.91
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
36.51
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
39.28
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
5.42
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
33.14
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
34.76
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Bill Graham and Sam Long

Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.84
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.92
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.02
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.15
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Graham and Sam Long

Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
8.38
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.14
-10.38
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-17.94
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Bill Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA