Earnest Long vs. Jake McGee — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jake McGee
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake McGee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake McGee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.71 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Jake McGee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Jake McGee

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
10.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.5
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.24
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
3.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1717
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
572.1
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
7.86
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.45
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
9.64
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2359
37.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.86
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
3.99
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.47
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2164
34.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
37.1

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Jake McGee

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
10.22
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1717
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
572.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.68
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.96
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
93.85
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.094
0.094
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Jake McGee

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Jake McGee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
650
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake McGee
Career
Per 600 PA