Earnest Long vs. Rudy Minarcin — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rudy Minarcin
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Minarcin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy Minarcin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.582 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Rudy Minarcin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Rudy Minarcin

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.69
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.57
18.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.66
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
8.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.27
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
4.71
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
756
40.02
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.48
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.66
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.518
1.518
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
35.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.02
40.02

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Rudy Minarcin

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.69
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.01
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.59
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.54
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.96
97.96
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.57
18.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Rudy Minarcin

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
1105.26
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
505.26
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.54
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.01
31.81
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
173.68
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.62
41.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
6.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA