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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

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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