Earnest Long vs. Kid Madden — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kid Madden
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Kid Madden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kid Madden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.92 and WHIP 1.381 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Kid Madden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Kid Madden

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.51
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.47
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.34
89.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.91
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2874
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
958
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
987
9.27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.38
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.647
0.647
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.38
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.81
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4238
39.81
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
6.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3816
35.85
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.81
39.81

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Kid Madden

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.15
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3171
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.35
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.07
87.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.044
2.044
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Kid Madden

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
170.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
468
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
433
555.13
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.641
0.641
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
135.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
117.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.97
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.56
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44.04
56.46
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
165.38
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
180.77
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.599
0.599
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
76.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
62.82
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
137.18
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.93
64.01
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.97
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
35.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
43
55.13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.88
10.88
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100