Bill Long vs. Zach McClellan — Career Comparison

Bill Long
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Zach McClellan
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Zach McClellan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Long posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.37 and WHIP 1.386 compared to 5.79 and 1.929 for Zach McClellan. By the career numbers, Bill Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Long and Zach McClellan

Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.37
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
9.86
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
12.86
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.09
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.43
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
4.29
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
8.36
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2216
38.45
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.73
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
4.79
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.78
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.365
1.365
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
35.1
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
36.64
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Long and Zach McClellan

Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.37
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
2.1
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.03
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.69
96.69
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Long and Zach McClellan

Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
15900
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
7200
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
500
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
2.15
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.23
-22.96
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA