Bill Long
Chicago White Sox 1985; Chicago White Sox 1987–1990; Chicago Cubs 1990; Montreal Expos 1991
Percentile snapshot
1988 season — qualified pitchers
of 91 qualified 1988 pitchers (min 161 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.8 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 |
| 1988 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 |
| 1990 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | -47.2 | -51.2 | .125 | 0.2 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 14.0 | 10.29 | 2.143 | 8.36 | 5.67 | 133.0 | 41.4 | -0.8 |
| 1987 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 179 | 82 | 28 | 72 | 20 | 169.0 | 4.37 | 1.225 | 3.83 | 4.11 | 90.3 | 104.2 | 2.0 |
| 1988 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 187 | 78 | 43 | 77 | 21 | 174.0 | 4.03 | 1.322 | 3.98 | 4.32 | 108.8 | 98.4 | 1.6 |
| 1989 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 43 | 37 | 51 | 8 | 98.7 | 3.92 | 1.399 | 4.65 | 4.12 | 107.9 | 97.3 | 0.9 |
| 1990 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 31 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 61.3 | 4.55 | 1.549 | 4.99 | 4.99 | 124.3 | 88.6 | 0.2 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.80 | 4.800 | 0.00 | 9.99 | 277.1 | 33.4 | -0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-05-01 | CHC @ SF Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990-05-05 | SD @ CHC Gameday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990-05-06 | SD @ CHC Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990-05-07 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990-05-08 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-08-21 | CWS @ TEX Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987-06-07 | CWS @ LAA Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988-07-19 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989-09-11 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 3.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1987-05-05 | NYY @ CWS Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.