Bill Long

Full Name: William Douglas Long	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: July 21, 1985
Birthdate: February 29, 1960	Final Game: April 14, 1991
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 29, 1960 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bill Long (William Douglas Long) played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Montreal Expos over the course of his 6 year career. Long broke into the bigs on July 21, 1985 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.37 ERA in 169 innings pitched in 1987, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Long's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1988, when he posted a 4.03 ERA and struck out 77 batters. However, others believe that it was 1987, when he posted a 4.37 ERA and struck out 72 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1985	CHI	A	4	3	0	1	1.29	13	17	16	0	0	0	14	25	4	5	2	1	0
1987	CHI	A	29	23	8	8	4.37	72	85	82	5	2	1	169	179	20	28	1	0	3
1988	CHI	A	47	18	8	11	4.03	77	89	78	3	0	2	174	187	21	43	4	2	4
1989	CHI	A	30	8	5	5	3.92	51	49	43	0	0	1	98.2	101	8	37	0	3	4
1990	CHI	N	42	0	6	1	4.37	32	29	27	0	0	5	55.2	66	8	21	4	1	1
1990	CHI	A	4	0	0	1	6.35	2	5	4	0	0	0	5.2	6	2	2	0	0	0
1990	Total		46	0	6	2	4.55	34	34	31	0	0	5	61.1	72	10	23	4	1	1
1991	MON	N	3	0	0	0	1.80	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.2	4	0	4	0	0	0
Total	NL		45	0	6	1	4.55	32	31	29	0	0	5	57.1	70	8	25	4	1	1
Total	AL		114	52	21	26	4.35	215	245	223	8	2	4	461.1	498	55	115	7	6	11
Total			159	52	27	27	4.37	247	276	252	8	2	9	518.2	568	63	140	11	7	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1985	CHI	A	P	4	3	14	2	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	1.000
1987	CHI	A	P	29	23	169	14	25	3	2	0	8	4	2	.929
1988	CHI	A	P	47	18	174	7	25	0	0	2	12	6	1	1.000
1989	CHI	A	P	30	8	98.2	9	15	0	0	0	7	4	0	1.000
1990	CHI	N	P	42	0	55.2	5	9	1	0	0	11	5	2	.933
1990	CHI	A	P	4	0	5.2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	Total		P	46	0	61.1	6	11	1	0	0	11	5	2	.944
1991	MON	N	P	3	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	159	52	518.2	38	79	4	2	2	43	20	5	.967

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO
1985	CHI	A	4	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1987	CHI	A	29	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1988	CHI	A	47	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1989	CHI	A	30	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1990	CHI	N	42	5	.000	.167	.000	1	4
1990	CHI	A	4	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1990	Total		46	5	.000	.167	.000	1	4
1991	MON	N	3	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	NL		45	5	.000	.167	.000	1	4
Total	AL		114	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total			159	5	.000	.167	.000	1	4

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Selected by San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981).
Traded by San Diego Padres with Ozzie Guillen, Tim Lollar and Luis Salazar to Chicago White Sox in exchange for LaMarr Hoyt, Kevin Kristan and Todd Simmons (December 6, 1984).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Frank Campos (April 30, 1990).
Released by Chicago Cubs (December 18, 1990).
Signed by Montreal Expos (January 31, 1991).

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