Earnest Long vs. Michael McDermott — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael McDermott
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael McDermott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael McDermott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.16 and WHIP 1.684 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Michael McDermott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Michael McDermott

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.96
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.96
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.85
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.96
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84.1
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
11.53
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.53
11.53
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.63
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.664
0.664
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
42.05
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
6.94
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.94
6.94
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
38.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.22
7.22
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.05
42.05

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Michael McDermott

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.96
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.82
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.93
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Michael McDermott

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
154.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
565.71
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
33.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
171.43
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
29.97
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.67
11.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA