Joey Long vs. Rich Robertson — Career Comparison

Joey Long
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Robertson
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Robertson built a career as a starting pitcher and Joey Long as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rich Robertson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.94 and WHIP 1.631 compared to 8.18 and 2.364 for Joey Long. By the career numbers, Rich Robertson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joey Long and Rich Robertson

Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
8.18
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
2.56
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.19
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.39
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.42
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.15
48.15
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.51
46.51
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
8.18
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
4.94
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
907
27
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302.1
9
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
13.91
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
9.91
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.91
13.91
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.92
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.55
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
4.55
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.55
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
5.48
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.115
1.115
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.77
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
49.09
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1379
41.05
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.8
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.33
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.273
2.273
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.608
1.608
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
40.91
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1204
35.84
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.09
49.09
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.05
41.05

Fielding Stats for Joey Long and Rich Robertson

Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
8.18
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
2.56
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.19
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908
27
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302.2
9
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.59
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.22
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.96
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.81
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.709
0.709
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.51
46.51
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joey Long and Rich Robertson

Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
10
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
531.96
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
600
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
531.96
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
49.48
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
18.89
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
98.97
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
61.86
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.93
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
43.3
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.49
-9.22
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
51
315.46
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.9
1.9
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
55.67
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.19
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA