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Dale Long

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: February 6, 1926 in Springfield, MO us

Died: January 27, 1991 in Palm Coast, FL

Buried: Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, MA

High School: Adams HS (Adams, MA)

Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 25-074d, 10,787th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 18, 1963 (Age 37-162d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Richard Dale Long

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.2

3020

805

132

.267

384

RBI

467

OBP

.341

SLG

.464

OPS

.805

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 5)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 17 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
2	9 (3)	Apr 24 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
3	10	Apr 24 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
4	11	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
5	12	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
6	13	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
7	14	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	3	0	14	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15	May 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
9	16	May 1 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	2
10	17	May 2	PIT		STL	W,5-1	GS	19	5.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
11	18	May 3	PIT		MLN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
12	19	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
13	20	May 5	PIT		MLN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
14	21	May 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
15	22	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
16	23	May 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
17	24	May 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
18	25	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
19	26	May 11	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
20	27	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
21	28	May 14	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	29	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
23	30	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
24	31	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	34	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
25	32	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
26	40 (7)	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	GF	17	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
27	44 (3)	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
28	45	May 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	46	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
30	47	Jun 2	PIT		STL	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
31	48	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
32	49	Jun 4	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	50	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
34	51	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
35	52	Jun 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	1B
36	53	Jun 8	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
37	54	Jun 9	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
38	55	Jun 11	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
39	56	Jun 12 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
40	57	Jun 12 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
41	58	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
42	59	Jun 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
43	60	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	61	Jun 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
45	62	Jun 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
46	63	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
47	64	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
48	65	Jun 20	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
49	66	Jun 21	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	67	Jun 22	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
51	68	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
52	69	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
53	70	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
54	71	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
55	72	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	48	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
56	73	Jun 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	74	Jul 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	1B
58	75	Jul 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
59	76	Jul 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
60	77	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
61	78	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
62	79	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	11.0	9	1	1	11	1
63	80	Jul 5	PIT		NYG	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
64	81	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
65	82	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
66	85 (2)	Jul 9	PIT		PHI	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
67	86	Jul 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
68	87	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	3
69	88	Jul 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-19	CG	61	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
70	89	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
71	90	Jul 16	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
72	91	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	GS	0	10.0	7	2	0	9	3
73	92	Jul 17 susp	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
74	93	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	70	19.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
75	94	Jul 20	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	3	1B
76	95	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
77	96	Jul 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
78	97	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
79	98	Jul 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	99	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
81	100	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
82	101	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
83	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
84	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-16	CG	50	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
85	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
86	105	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
87	106	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	48	8.2	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
89	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
90	109	Aug 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
91	110	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
92	111	Aug 4	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
93	112	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-5	GS	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	113	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
95	114	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	7	2	2	11	3	1B
96	116 (1)	Aug 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
97	117	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
98	118	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
99	126 (7)	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	129 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	136 (6)	Sep 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
102	137	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	41	10.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
103	138	Sep 5 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
104	139	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
105	140	Sep 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
106	141	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
107	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
108	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
109	144	Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
110	145	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
111	146	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
112	147	Sep 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
113	148	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
114	149	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,8-14	CG	0	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
115	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
116	151	Sep 21 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
117	152	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
118	153	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
119	154	Sep 25	PIT		BRO	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
							119gm		997.0	968	97	13	1078	114