Dale Long vs. Sam Mertes — Career Comparison

Dale Long
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star
Sam Mertes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueLeft Fielder

Dale Long and Sam Mertes are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 104 for Dale Long, 105 for Sam Mertes), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 116 vs 113). The overall lean goes to Sam Mertes, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Dale Long and Sam Mertes

Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1013
177.41
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1190
142.83
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
3426
600
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4999
600
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3020
528.9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4405
528.71
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.817
0.817
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.818
0.818
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
805
140.98
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1227
147.27
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
505
88.44
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
891
106.94
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135
23.64
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
22.56
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
33
5.78
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
12.96
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
23.12
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
40
4.8
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
300
52.54
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
40.33
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
485.31
84.99
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
711.12
85.35
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1402
245.53
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1751
210.16
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1165
204.03
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1682
201.88
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.805
0.805
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.744
0.744
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.772
0.772
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.819
0.819
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
384
67.25
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
695
83.42
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
467
81.79
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
721
86.54
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
719
125.92
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1376
165.15
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
488.43
85.54
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
756.1
90.75
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.23
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3.96
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
353
61.82
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
422
50.65
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
6.83
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
460
80.56
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
45.37
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
7.45
7.45
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.22
13.22
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.77
0.77
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.23
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
16.68
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
6.83
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
76
13.31
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
10
1.75
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.53
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
13
2.28
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Dale Long
Career
Per 600 PA
76.92
76.92
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Dale Long and Sam Mertes

Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
1.11
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1186
1.03
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
1.01
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
0.37
Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
19940
27
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31017
27
Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6646.2
9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10339
9
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6960
9.42
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2532
2.2
Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
0.75
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
0.56
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.12
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
0.18
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7599
10.29
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3381
2.94
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7511
10.17
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3179
2.77
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.84
98.84
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.138
9.138
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.88
90.88
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.67
35.67
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
0.91
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.1
Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dale Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0