Bob Long vs. Hub Pruett — Career Comparison

Bob Long
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hub Pruett built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Long as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Long posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.63 and 1.627 for Hub Pruett. By the career numbers, Bob Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Long and Hub Pruett

Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.55
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.83
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.58
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.5
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
4.63
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.22
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
816
9.86
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.4
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.19
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
4.78
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.74
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
4.31
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.103
1.103
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
39.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3395
41.01
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.02
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.95
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.81
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
5.65
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.627
1.627
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
34.14
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2962
35.78
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
39.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01

Fielding Stats for Bob Long and Hub Pruett

Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
27
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.24
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.24
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Long and Hub Pruett

Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
3300
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
506.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
508.8
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
86.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
72
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
2.68
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.3
27.13
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.2
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
136.8
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
21.6
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-6.65
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.55
27.72
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
124.8
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
40.8
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0