Dale Long stats
Last played for the New York Yankees, 1963
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,013
- AB
- 3,020
- R
- 384
- H
- 805
- HR
- 132
- RBI
- 467
- SB
- 10
- AVG
- .267
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  BAL/PIT | 44 | 117 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .231 |
| 1955 | PIT | 131 | 419 | 59 | 122 | 16 | 79 | 0 | .291 |
| 1956 | PIT | 148 | 517 | 64 | 136 | 27 | 91 | 1 | .263 |
| 1957 |  PIT/CHC | 130 | 419 | 55 | 125 | 21 | 67 | 1 | .298 |
| 1958 | CHC | 142 | 480 | 68 | 130 | 20 | 75 | 2 | .271 |
| 1959 | CHC | 110 | 296 | 34 | 70 | 14 | 37 | 0 | .236 |
| 1960 |  NYY/SF | 63 | 95 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .253 |
| 1961 | TEX | 123 | 377 | 52 | 94 | 17 | 49 | 0 | .249 |
| 1962 |  TEX/NYY | 108 | 285 | 29 | 74 | 8 | 41 | 6 | .260 |
| 1963 | NYY | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- AB
- 8
- R
- 0
- H
- 2
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .250
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,426
- TB
- 1,402
- XBH
- 300
- HBP
- 7
- IBB
- 39
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | BAL/PIT | 128 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 478 | 215 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 582 | 251 | 54 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT/CHC | 482 | 208 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHC | 554 | 224 | 50 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHC | 330 | 128 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | NYY/SF | 107 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | TEX | 423 | 173 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | TEX/NYY | 326 | 110 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | NYY | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 8.7
- RC
- 505.1
- RC/27
- 6.00
- ISOP
- .198
- SECA
- .317
- BB/K
- 0.77
- AB/HR
- 22.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | BAL/PIT | -0.4 | 13.4 | 4 | .137 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 39 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 2.2 | 79.6 | 7 | .222 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 26.2 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 1.7 | 86.6 | 6 | .222 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 19.1 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT/CHC | 2.5 | 81.4 | 7.3 | .198 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 20 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHC | 1.1 | 85.4 | 6.5 | .196 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHC | 0.4 | 41.6 | 4.9 | .196 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 21.1 | 0 |
| 1960 | NYY/SF | 0.4 | 16.4 | 6.2 | .242 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 15.8 | 0 |
| 1961 | TEX | 0.8 | 58.3 | 5.4 | .210 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 22.2 | 0 |
| 1962 | TEX/NYY | 0.2 | 42 | 5.2 | .126 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 35.6 | 0 |
| 1963 | NYY | -0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Dale Long's career stats?
Dale Long played 10 seasons for the Pirates, the Cubs, the Rangers and the Yankees. He was a career .267 hitter with 805 hits, 132 home runs and 467 RBI. His best season was 1957: a .298 batting average, 21 home runs and 67 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1951 to 1963
Championships
- 1962 World Series with the New York Yankees