Herman Long

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 160 lb

BornApril 13, 1866 · Chicago, IL, USA

MLB debutApril 17, 1889

Final gameJuly 13, 1904

Seasons16 (1889–1904)

Kansas City Cowboys 1889; Boston Beaneaters 1890–1902; Detroit Tigers 1903; New York Highlanders 1903; Philadelphia Phillies 1904

Percentile snapshot

1902 season — qualified batters

120

27.2

482

20.4

437

21.4

12.6

101

13.6

17.5

47.6

RBI

42.7

77.7

.231

8.7

OBP

.284

13.6

SLG

.270

5.8

OPS

.554

8.7

wRC+

72.4

13.6

OPS+

71.4

13.6

wOBA

.277

9.7

sWAR

0.6

26.2

of 104 qualified 1902 batters (min 437 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

98.4

38.4

OPS+

99.1

39.8

sWAR

32.6

96.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1889	136	648	574	137	158	32	6	3	60	64	63	89	.275	.358	.368	.726	106.0	106.4	.352	3.2
1890	101	475	431	95	108	15	3	8	52	40	34	49	.251	.320	.355	.675	95.9	96.4	.328	1.8
1891	139	665	577	129	163	21	12	9	75	80	51	60	.282	.377	.407	.785	123.6	128.3	.379	4.8
1892	151	698	646	115	181	33	6	6	78	44	36	57	.280	.334	.378	.712	109.8	114.7	.344	3.8
1893	128	630	552	149	159	22	6	6	58	73	32	38	.288	.376	.382	.758	102.5	101.5	.369	2.7
1894	104	522	475	136	154	28	11	12	79	35	17	24	.324	.375	.505	.881	105.5	110.4	.400	2.3
1895	125	595	540	109	170	23	10	9	75	31	13	36	.315	.355	.444	.800	101.7	105.3	.372	2.5
1896	120	545	502	106	173	26	8	6	101	26	16	38	.345	.383	.464	.847	116.9	122.5	.396	3.4
1897	107	492	450	89	145	32	7	3	69	23	17	22	.322	.358	.444	.802	106.5	110.9	.375	2.4
1898	144	645	589	99	156	21	10	6	99	39	24	20	.265	.311	.365	.676	90.7	93.0	.326	2.1
1899	145	651	578	91	153	30	8	6	100	45	27	20	.265	.321	.375	.697	89.8	90.5	.333	1.9
1900	125	550	486	80	127	19	4	12	66	44	23	26	.261	.325	.391	.716	95.9	97.1	.340	2.1
1901	138	559	518	54	112	14	6	3	68	25	56	20	.216	.254	.284	.537	55.6	55.3	.258	-0.5
1902	120	482	437	40	101	11	0	2	44	31	18	24	.231	.284	.270	.554	72.4	71.4	.277	0.6
1903	91	344	319	27	68	15	0	0	31	12	35	14	.213	.244	.260	.504	51.4	51.9	.237	-0.5
1904	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	52.0	55.6	.239	0.0

Career totals

1,875

350th-most career G

8,505

210th-most career PA

7,678

189th-most career AB

1,456

81st-most career R

2,129

226th-most career H

342

341st-most career 2B

173rd-most career 3B

RBI

1,055

261st-most career RBI

612

462

537

30th-most career SB

.2773

OBP

.3352

SLG

.3827

OPS

.7179

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
1901-05-08	LAD @ ATL Gameday	5	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	6
1901-07-20	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	5
1903-06-30	MIN @ DET Gameday	3	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	5
1902-06-03	STL @ ATL Gameday	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	5
1901-06-24	PIT @ ATL Gameday	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-19	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-23	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-26	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	ATL @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	ATL @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	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.