Lep Long vs. Christy Mathewson — Career Comparison

Lep Long
Lost GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Christy Mathewson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Christy Mathewson built a career as a starting pitcher and Lep Long as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Christy Mathewson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.13 and WHIP 1.058 compared to 4.5 and 2.500 for Lep Long. By the career numbers, Christy Mathewson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lep Long and Christy Mathewson

Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
1.2
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.04
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
0.7
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.35
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.49
66.49
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.79
86.79
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
0.82
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.15
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
2.13
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14366
27
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4788.2
9
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
16.88
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4219
7.93
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.17
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.63
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
1.59
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2507
4.71
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.701
0.701
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.22
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.11
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
47.25
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18943
35.6
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.14
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
3.04
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18036
33.9
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.6
35.6

Fielding Stats for Lep Long and Christy Mathewson

Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
1.73
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.72
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10032
27
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3344
9
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
0.84
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1506
4.05
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.15
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1876
5.05
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1819
4.9
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.96
96.96
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.829
2.829
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.37
41.37
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lep Long and Christy Mathewson

Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
647
205.51
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1889
600
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1687
535.84
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
114.98
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
93.07
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
15.88
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.81
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.22
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.92
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135.75
43.12
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
145.16
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
495
157.23
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
47.96
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
52.41
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
98.15
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149.28
47.42
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.4
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
36.84
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
218
69.24
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.92
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
6.35
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.32
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.67
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95.24
95.24