Earnest Long vs. Ray Narleski — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Earnest Long built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Narleski as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Narleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 5 and 1.889 for Earnest Long. By the career numbers, Ray Narleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Ray Narleski

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.55
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.42
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.58
56.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.55
19.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.29
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
5.82
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3022
38.74
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.69
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
4.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2676
34.31
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Ray Narleski

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Ray Narleski

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
524.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
82.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
72.63
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.47
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.4
20.2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
104.21
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.26
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.6
14.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
57
180
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA