Odell Jones vs. Bill Long — Career Comparison

Odell Jones
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Long
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Odell Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Long led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 176 vs 107), run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 88), and home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 84). Odell Jones held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 71). Role difference aside, Bill Long holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Odell Jones and Bill Long

Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.29
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.74
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.68
40.68
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.39
22.39
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
4.42
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.37
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1648
27
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549.1
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
9.49
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9.86
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.92
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.09
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
3.49
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.43
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.52
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
5.54
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
4.29
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.003
1.003
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2392
39.19
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2216
38.45
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.49
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.73
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
4.98
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
4.79
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.67
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.78
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.442
1.442
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.365
1.365
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2109
34.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
35.1
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Odell Jones and Bill Long

Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.29
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.74
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1648
27
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549.1
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.93
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.37
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.44
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.1
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.36
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.03
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.32
94.32
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.39
22.39
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Odell Jones and Bill Long

Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
2804.65
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
15900
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
544.19
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
13.71
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
97.67
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
6.99
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.23
-22.96
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
209.3
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.87
2.87
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Odell Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Odell Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA