Earnest Long vs. Kyle McClellan — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kyle McClellan
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Kyle McClellan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kyle McClellan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Kyle McClellan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Kyle McClellan

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
6.23
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.56
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.19
44.19
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.79
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
8.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.05
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
6.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.033
1.033
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1652
38.39
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.74
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
34.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Kyle McClellan

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
6.23
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.79
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.77
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.7
98.7
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Kyle McClellan

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
3045.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
520.75
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.89
10.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-4.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
203.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA