Dale Long

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Full Name: Richard Dale Long	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/205	First Game: April 21, 1951
Birthdate: February 6, 1926	Final Game: July 18, 1963
Birthplace: Springfield, Missouri	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: January 27, 1991
Deathplace: Palm Coast, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Dale Long (Richard Dale Long) was born on February 6, 1926 in Springfield, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 21, 1951 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 16 home runs and 79 RBI. Long played for the St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Washington Senators over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Dale Long's best season was 1956, when he slugged 27 home runs and knocked in 91 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	STL	A	34	105	11	25	2	11	.238	.310	.362	5	1	10	22	1	0	0	0	1
1951	PIT	N	10	12	1	2	1	1	.167	.167	.417	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1951	Total		44	117	12	27	3	12	.231	.297	.368	5	1	10	25	1	0	0	0	1
1955	PIT	N	131	419	59	122	16	79	.291	.362	.513	19	13	48	72	1	6	0	6	14
1956	PIT	N	148	517	64	136	27	91	.263	.326	.485	20	7	54	85	0	0	1	11	10
1957	PIT	N	7	22	0	4	0	5	.182	.296	.227	1	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	1
1957	CHI	N	123	397	55	121	21	62	.305	.383	.511	19	0	52	63	1	1	1	4	9
1957	TOT	N	130	419	55	125	21	67	.298	.378	.496	20	0	56	73	1	1	1	4	10
1958	CHI	N	142	480	68	130	20	75	.271	.357	.467	26	4	66	64	2	0	2	9	15
1959	CHI	N	110	296	34	70	14	37	.236	.306	.432	10	3	31	53	0	0	0	2	6
1960	SF	N	37	54	4	9	3	6	.167	.262	.333	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	1	3
1960	NY	A	26	41	6	15	3	10	.366	.435	.707	3	1	5	6	0	0	0	1	2
1960	Total		63	95	10	24	6	16	.253	.336	.495	3	1	12	13	0	0	0	2	5
1961	WAS	A	123	377	52	94	17	49	.249	.317	.459	20	4	39	41	1	0	0	5	7
1962	WAS	A	67	191	17	46	4	24	.241	.307	.346	8	0	18	22	1	0	5	0	6
1962	NY	A	41	94	12	28	4	17	.298	.404	.468	4	0	18	9	0	0	1	0	2
1962	TOT	A	108	285	29	74	8	41	.260	.340	.386	12	0	36	31	1	0	6	0	8
1963	NY	A	14	15	1	3	0	0	.200	.250	.200	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		708	2197	285	594	102	356	.270	.345	.477	95	27	262	357	4	7	4	33	58
Total	AL		305	823	99	211	30	111	.256	.329	.429	40	6	91	103	3	0	6	6	18
Total			1013	3020	384	805	132	467	.267	.341	.464	135	33	353	460	7	7	10	39	76

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	STL	A	1B	28	0	0	227	19	3	23	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1951	STL	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	PIT	N	1B	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	Total		1B	29	0	0	235	19	3	23	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1955	PIT	N	1B	119	0	0	968	97	13	114	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1956	PIT	N	1B	138	0	0	1201	99	24	92	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1957	PIT	N	1B	7	6	51	54	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CHI	N	1B	104	103	921.1	908	72	5	81	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1957	TOT	N	1B	111	109	972.1	962	77	5	87	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1958	CHI	N	1B	137	135	1186.2	1173	84	10	130	1	0	0	0	0	.992
1958	CHI	N	C	2	0	1.2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CHI	N	1B	85	72	680.2	731	49	12	63	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1960	SF	N	1B	10	8	76.2	73	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	NY	A	1B	11	6	73	78	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1960	Total		1B	21	14	149.2	151	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1961	WAS	A	1B	95	94	817	827	62	15	87	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1962	WAS	A	1B	51	47	411.2	459	32	2	46	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1962	NY	A	1B	31	23	226.2	242	21	2	21	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1962	TOT	A	1B	82	70	638.1	701	53	4	67	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1963	NY	A	1B	2	1	9	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.917
Total			C	2	0	1.2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	819	495	4453.2	6960	550	88	672	1	0	0	0	0	.988

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Middletown (Ohio State) with Elmer Braden to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Joe Turesak and Dick Oder (May, 1945).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (June, 1947).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (June, 1947).
Selected by Detroit Tigers from Boston Red Sox in the minor league draft (November 24, 1948).
Selected by New York Yankees from Detroit Tigers in the minor league draft (December 5, 1949).
Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Pittsburgh Pirates (June 1, 1951).
Released by St. Louis Browns (July 19, 1951).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Lee Walls to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dee Fondy and Gene Baker (May 1, 1957).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to San Francisco Giants (April 5, 1960).
Sold by San Francisco Giants to New York Yankees (August 21, 1960).
Selected by Washington Senators from New York Yankees in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Washington Senators to New York Yankees in exchange for Don Lock (July 11, 1962).
Released by New York Yankees (August 2, 1963).

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