Bob Long vs. Mike Thompson — Career Comparison

Bob Long
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Thompson
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thompson 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 5.27 and 1.533 for Mike Thompson. 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 Mike Thompson

Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
5.27
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.22
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
10.2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.4
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.25
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.19
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.09
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.74
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
3.34
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.103
1.103
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
39.1
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
40.12
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.02
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.81
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
5.93
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
34.14
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
35.19
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
39.1
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Bob Long and Mike Thompson

Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.12
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.42
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.24
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.51
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.24
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.26
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Long and Mike Thompson

Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3300
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
522.58
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
2.68
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
13.19
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-6.65
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
6.66
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
251.61
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Bob Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA