Bill Howard vs. Sam Long — Career Comparison

Bill Howard
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Long
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Howard 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 Howard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 4.65 and 1.431 for Sam Long. By the career numbers, Bill Howard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Howard and Sam Long

Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.47
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.92
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.65
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
8.45
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
8.83
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.28
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.8
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
4.41
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.68
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.878
0.878
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
38.39
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
39.28
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.26
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.96
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
5.42
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
34.16
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
34.76
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Bill Howard and Sam Long

Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.36
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
6.91
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.95
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
9
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.05
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.45
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.19
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.32
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.15
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Howard and Sam Long

Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
220
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
8836.36
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
600
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
260
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.63
112.57
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
280
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
260
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.824
0.824
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
220
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
131.75
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-17.94
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Long
Career
Per 600 PA