Earnest Long vs. Roy Oswalt — Career Comparison

Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Oswalt
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Roy Oswalt posted a stronger line than Earnest Long. Roy Oswalt posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.36 vs 5) and WHIP (1.226 vs 1.889). By the career numbers, Roy Oswalt had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Earnest Long and Roy Oswalt

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
1.46
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1.37
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
0.65
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.41
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.51
61.51
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6736
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245.1
9
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2199
8.81
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.79
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
2.08
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1852
7.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.12
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.32
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9301
37.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
3.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.42
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.23
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.81
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.211
1.211
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8539
34.23
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Earnest Long and Roy Oswalt

Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
1.47
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.37
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
0.68
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.24
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.95
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
1.92
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.16
98.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.44
93.44
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.12
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earnest Long and Roy Oswalt

Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
278.89
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
657
495.23
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
76.13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
70.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.28
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.03
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.7
15.6
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
83.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
100.25
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
22.61
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
27.14
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
48.99
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.77
11.89
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
20.35
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
181
136.43
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
79.9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.52
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA