Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- Miami
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- Miami
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 159
- W
- 27
- L
- 27
- ERA
- 4.37
- IP
- 518.2
- K
- 247
- BB
- 140
- WHIP
- 1.37
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | CHW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10.29 | 14.0 | 13 | 5 | 2.14 |
| 1987 | CHW | 29 | 8 | 8 | 4.37 | 169.0 | 72 | 28 | 1.22 |
| 1988 | CHW | 47 | 8 | 11 | 4.03 | 174.0 | 77 | 43 | 1.32 |
| 1989 | CHW | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3.92 | 98.2 | 51 | 37 | 1.40 |
| 1990 |  CHW/CHC | 46 | 6 | 2 | 4.55 | 61.1 | 34 | 23 | 1.55 |
| 1991 | WSH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.80 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 8
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHW/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill Long's career stats?
Bill Long played 6 seasons for the White Sox and the Nationals. He had 27 wins and 247 strikeouts with a 4.37 ERA over 518.2 innings. His best season was 1987: 8 wins, a 4.37 ERA and 72 strikeouts.
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