Tommy John vs. Bill Long — Career Comparison

Tommy John
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Long
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

When held to the same standard, Tommy John comes out ahead of Bill Long in this starter comparison. Tommy John led in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 95), run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 101), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 100). Bill Long held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 176 vs 118). The edge goes to Tommy John.

Pitching Stats for Tommy John and Bill Long

Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
26
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
1.45
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.76
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
1.34
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
0.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.44
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.49
55.49
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.7
32.7
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.31
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.09
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1749
3.34
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.37
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14131
27
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4710.1
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4783
9.14
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9.86
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
0.58
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.09
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1259
2.41
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.43
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.19
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
4.29
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
4.29
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.744
0.744
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.36
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.19
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19692
37.63
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2216
38.45
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.04
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.73
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2017
3.85
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
4.79
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.3
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.15
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
0.73
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.78
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18101
34.59
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
35.1
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.63
37.63
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Tommy John and Bill Long

Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
26
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
1.45
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.76
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
1.34
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14129
27
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4709.2
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
0.45
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1028
1.96
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.37
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.09
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1314
2.51
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.1
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1265
2.42
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.03
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.27
96.27
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.665
1.665
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.7
32.7
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.13
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy John and Bill Long

Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
761
443.3
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
15900
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1030
600
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
900
524.27
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
82.14
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
71.65
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.57
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.91
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
10.49
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.05
17.51
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
98.45
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.94
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
25.05
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
31.46
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
53.59
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.54
10.22
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.23
-22.96
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
19.22
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
122.91
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.88
4.88
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
54.17
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.75
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.65
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA