Earnest Long vs. Leroy Matlock — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leroy Matlock
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Leroy Matlock posted a stronger line than Earnest Long. Leroy Matlock posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.93 vs 5) and WHIP (1.312 vs 1.889). By the career numbers, Leroy Matlock had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Leroy Matlock

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.38
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.63
64.63
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.17
74.17
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
3.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2340
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
780
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
9.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3312
38.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.8
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.78
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3006
34.68
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Leroy Matlock

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2939
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.03
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
3.38
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
3.24
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.263
2.263
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.87
69.87
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Leroy Matlock

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
222.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
518.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.624
0.624
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
114.75
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
92.63
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.76
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.15
47.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
147.93
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
161.75
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.503
0.503
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
80.18
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
129.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.48
53.2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.62
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.67
144.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
34.56
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100