Kevin Hagen vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Kevin Hagen
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Hagen 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. Kevin Hagen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.25 and WHIP 1.719 compared to 4.65 and 1.431 for Sam Long. By the career numbers, Kevin Hagen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Hagen and Sam Long

Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.94
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.91
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.25
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.65
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
13.04
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
8.83
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.43
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.8
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.73
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
40.65
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
39.28
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.16
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
5.42
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.64
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.719
1.719
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
37.62
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
34.76
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.65
40.65
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Kevin Hagen and Sam Long

Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.94
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.52
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.43
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.19
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.12
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.15
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.539
0.539
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Kevin Hagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Hagen and Sam Long

Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1560
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
4.86
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.33
-17.94
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Hagen
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA