Lep Long vs. Rich Robertson — Career Comparison

Lep Long
Lost GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Robertson
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Robertson 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. Lep Long posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 2.500 compared to 4.94 and 1.631 for Rich Robertson. By the career numbers, Lep Long had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lep Long and Rich Robertson

Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
2.56
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.19
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.39
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.42
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.15
48.15
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.51
46.51
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
4.94
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
907
27
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302.1
9
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
16.88
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
9.91
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.92
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.63
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
4.55
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
5.48
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.115
1.115
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.77
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
47.25
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1379
41.05
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.8
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.33
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.608
1.608
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1204
35.84
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.05
41.05

Fielding Stats for Lep Long and Rich Robertson

Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.56
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.19
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
27
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302.2
9
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.59
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.22
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.96
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.81
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.709
0.709
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.51
46.51
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lep Long and Rich Robertson

Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
531.96
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
600
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
531.96
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
49.48
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
18.89
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
98.97
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
61.86
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.93
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
43.3
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.49
-9.22
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
51
315.46
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.9
1.9
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
55.67
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.19
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lep Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA