Sonny Gray vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Sonny Gray
MillenialTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Sonny Gray posted a stronger line than Earnest Long. Sonny Gray posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.58 vs 5) and WHIP (1.200 vs 1.889). By the career numbers, Sonny Gray had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Gray and Earnest Long

Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
1.59
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.59
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.48
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.07
55.07
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.35
97.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
763
3.58
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1675
7.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
2.91
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1925
9.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.5
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.27
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7952
37.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
3.92
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.22
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.197
1.197
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7204
33.8
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.31
37.31
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Sonny Gray and Earnest Long

Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
1.59
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
0.87
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
2.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
1.98
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.8
96.8
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.35
97.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Gray and Earnest Long

Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
1738.98
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
503.39
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
71.19
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
66.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.49
12.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
81.36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
86.44
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
40.68
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.25
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
55.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
5.24
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.25
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
35
177.97
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
3.37
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
81.36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.08
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA