Bob Long vs. Harry Shriver — Career Comparison

Bob Long
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Shriver
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Shriver 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. Harry Shriver posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.513 compared to 4.5 and 1.397 for Bob Long. By the career numbers, Harry Shriver had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Long and Harry Shriver

Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.08
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.2
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.69
57.69
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.5
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.12
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.22
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
9.77
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.4
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.19
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.85
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.74
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.12
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.103
1.103
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.775
0.775
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
39.1
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
39.02
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.02
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
4.81
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
4.17
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
34.14
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
35.01
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Bob Long and Harry Shriver

Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
27
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
9
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.24
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.24
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.654
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Long and Harry Shriver

Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3300
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
26
472.73
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
509.09
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
2.68
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.14
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.07
-6.65
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.52
-27.6
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
12
218.18
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA