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Herman Long
Herman C. Long (Germany or Flying Dutchman)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 17, 1889
Final Game July 13, 1904
Born April 13, 1866 in Chicago, IL
Died September 17, 1909 in Denver, CO

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1889 23 KCC AA 136  574  137  158  32  6   3   60  89     64  63  .275  .358  .368  102  211              10    
 1890 24 BSN NL 101  431   95  108  15  3   8   52  49     40  34  .251  .320  .355   90  153               4    
 1891 25 BSN NL 139  577  129  163  21 12   9   76  60     80  51  .282  .377  .407  118  235               8    
 1892 26 BSN NL 151  646  115  181  33  6   6   78  57     44  36  .280  .334  .378  107  244               8    
 1893 27 BSN NL 128  552  149  159  22  6   6   58  38     73  32  .288  .376  .382   95  211               5    
 1894 28 BSN NL 104  475  136  154  28 11  12   79  24     35  17  .324  .375  .505  101  240               4    
 1895 29 BSN NL 124  535  109  169  23 10   9   75  35     31  12  .316  .357  .447  102  239  21           3    
 1896 30 BSN NL 120  501  105  172  26  8   6  100  36     26  16  .343  .382  .463  117  232  12           5    
 1897 31 BSN NL 107  450   89  145  32  7   3   69  22     23      .322  .358  .444  106  200  17           2    
 1898 32 BSN NL 144  589   99  156  21 10   6   99  20     39      .265  .311  .365   89  215  17           0    
 1899 33 BSN NL 145  578   91  153  30  8   6  100  20     45      .265  .321  .375   84  217  25           3    
 1900 34 BSN NL 125  486   80  127  19  4  12   66  26     44      .261  .325  .391   88  190  18           2    
 1901 35 BSN NL 138  518   54  112  14  6   3   68  20     25      .216  .254  .284   50  147  15           1    
 1902 36 BSN NL 120  439   40  101  11  0   2   44  24     31      .230  .282  .269   69  118  13           1    
 1903 37 TOT AL  91  319   27   68  15  0   0   31  14     12      .213  .244  .260   52   83  12           1    
         NYY AL  22   80    6   15   3  0   0    8   3      2      .188  .207  .225   26   18   6           0    
         DET AL  69  239   21   53  12  0   0   23  11     10      .222  .256  .272   61   65   6           1    
 1904 38 PHI NL   1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .250  .250  .250   55    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         7674      2127     97     1055      0     261  .277  .335  .383   94      150   0   0  57   0
               1874      1455      342     91      534    612                            2936
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        663  126  184  30  8   8   91  46  0  53  23  .277  .335  .383   94  254  13   0   0   5   0
 Career High    151  646  149  181  33 12  12  100  89  0  80  63  .343  .382  .505  118  244  25   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1889 23 KCC AA  648  416   73   4.6    96| .275  .274| .358  .347| .368  .371| .726  .718| 102  .546   3.8   0.4     
 1890 24 BSN NL  475  323   48   3.9    94| .251  .268| .320  .346| .355  .363| .675  .709|  90  .497  -6.4  -0.7     
 1891 25 BSN NL  665  414   87   5.6    97| .282  .273| .377  .349| .407  .372| .784  .721| 118  .652  15.5   1.6     
 1892 26 BSN NL  698  465   80   4.5    88| .280  .261| .334  .336| .378  .350| .712  .686| 107  .597   5.2   0.6     
 1893 27 BSN NL  630  393   78   5.3   113| .288  .296| .376  .375| .382  .402| .758  .777|  95  .531  -2.7  -0.3     
 1894 28 BSN NL  514  321   89   7.2   138| .324  .332| .375  .405| .505  .468| .880  .873| 101  .585  -3.0  -0.3     
 1895 29 BSN NL  590  387   84   5.6   116| .316  .308| .357  .376| .447  .417| .804  .792| 102  .539  -1.3  -0.1     
 1896 30 BSN NL  544  341   87   6.6   112| .343  .305| .382  .371| .463  .407| .845  .778| 117  .641  10.7   1.0     
 1897 31 BSN NL  492  322   71   5.7   112| .322  .306| .358  .371| .444  .407| .802  .777| 106  .580   2.3   0.2     
 1898 32 BSN NL  645  450   67   3.9    95| .265  .284| .311  .349| .365  .364| .676  .713|  89  .492 -11.2  -1.2     
 1899 33 BSN NL  651  450   69   4.0   107| .265  .301| .321  .364| .375  .392| .696  .756|  84  .462 -14.8  -1.5     
 1900 34 BSN NL  550  377   61   4.2   108| .261  .301| .325  .364| .391  .397| .716  .761|  88  .496  -9.8  -1.0     
 1901 35 BSN NL  559  421   37   2.3    95| .216  .286| .254  .342| .284  .373| .538  .715|  50  .276 -35.6  -3.8     
 1902 36 BSN NL  484  351   33   2.5    79| .230  .268| .282  .323| .269  .329| .551  .652|  69  .358 -15.9  -1.8     
 1903 37 TOT AL  344  263   20   2.0    81| .213  .261| .244  .310| .260  .353| .504  .664|  52  .258 -18.0  -2.0     
         NYY AL   88   71    4   1.5    87| .188  .270| .207  .320| .225  .365| .432  .685|  26  .167  -7.3  -0.8     
         DET AL  256  192   16   2.2    79| .222  .258| .256  .307| .272  .349| .528  .657|  61  .293 -10.7  -1.2     
 1904 38 PHI NL    4    3    0   0.0    77| .250  .256| .250  .314| .250  .332| .500  .646|  55  .000  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     8493 5697  984   4.5   102| .277  .288| .335  .356| .383  .384| .718  .741|  94  .522 -81.7  -8.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1889 23 KCC AA SS 128 335 479 117 55 .874 .891 6.36 5.12 2B 8 20 27 5 4 .904 .916 5.88 5.59 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1890 24 BSN NL SS 101 230 352 66 40 .898 .902 5.76 5.29 1891 25 BSN NL SS 139 345 441 85 60 .902 .889 5.65 5.16 1892 26 BSN NL SS 141 297 497 99 65 .889 .897 5.63 5.33 OF 12 16 5 3 0 .875 .913 1.75 1.86 11 1 0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 1893 27 BSN NL SS 123 271 469 98 67 .883 .897 6.02 5.47 2B 5 11 18 2 1 .935 .932 5.80 5.88 1894 28 BSN NL SS 98 217 359 75 52 .885 .898 5.88 5.59 OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .909 1.00 2.24 5 0 0 2B 3 17 6 2 1 .920 .927 7.67 5.70 1895 29 BSN NL SS 122 280 409 84 48 .891 .899 5.65 5.54 2B 2 9 3 0 1 1.000 .930 6.00 5.65 1896 30 BSN NL SS 120 311 415 83 52 .897 .903 6.05 5.52 1897 31 BSN NL SS 107 274 353 66 40 .905 .908 5.86 5.67 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1898 32 BSN NL SS 142 326 472 67 65 .923 .913 5.62 5.56 2B 2 7 7 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 5.55 1899 33 BSN NL SS 143 351 435 60 68 .929 .910 5.50 5.53 1B 2 20 2 0 1 1.000 .978 11.00 10.20 1900 34 BSN NL SS 125 257 454 48 34 .937 .922 5.69 5.76 1901 35 BSN NL SS 138 304 468 44 55 .946 .925 5.59 5.66 1902 36 BSN NL SS 107 285 366 37 46 .946 .913 6.08 5.35 2B 13 41 35 7 6 .916 .946 5.85 5.36 1903 37 TOT AL SS 60 142 167 41 18 .883 .913 5.15 5.21 NYY AL SS 22 52 60 14 6 .889 .913 5.09 5.21 DET AL SS 38 90 107 27 12 .879 .913 5.18 5.21 2B 31 71 91 5 6 .970 .943 5.23 5.04 1904 38 PHI NL 2B 1 4 4 1 0 .889 .941 8.00 5.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1899 33 BSN NL 1B 2 20 2 0 1 1.000 .978 11.00 10.20 1889 23 KCC AA 2B 8 20 27 5 4 .904 .916 5.88 5.59 1893 27 BSN NL 2B 5 11 18 2 1 .935 .932 5.80 5.88 1894 28 BSN NL 2B 3 17 6 2 1 .920 .927 7.67 5.70 1895 29 BSN NL 2B 2 9 3 0 1 1.000 .930 6.00 5.65 1898 32 BSN NL 2B 2 7 7 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 5.55 1902 36 BSN NL 2B 13 41 35 7 6 .916 .946 5.85 5.36 1903 37 DET AL 2B 31 71 91 5 6 .970 .943 5.23 5.04 1904 38 PHI NL 2B 1 4 4 1 0 .889 .941 8.00 5.30 1892 26 BSN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 1889 23 KCC AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1892 26 BSN NL OF 12 16 5 3 0 .875 .913 1.75 1.86 11 1 0 1894 28 BSN NL OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .909 1.00 2.24 5 0 0 1897 31 BSN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1889 23 KCC AA SS 128 335 479 117 55 .874 .891 6.36 5.12 1890 24 BSN NL SS 101 230 352 66 40 .898 .902 5.76 5.29 1891 25 BSN NL SS 139 345 441 85 60 .902 .889 5.65 5.16 1892 26 BSN NL SS 141 297 497 99 65 .889 .897 5.63 5.33 1893 27 BSN NL SS 123 271 469 98 67 .883 .897 6.02 5.47 1894 28 BSN NL SS 98 217 359 75 52 .885 .898 5.88 5.59 1895 29 BSN NL SS 122 280 409 84 48 .891 .899 5.65 5.54 1896 30 BSN NL SS 120 311 415 83 52 .897 .903 6.05 5.52 1897 31 BSN NL SS 107 274 353 66 40 .905 .908 5.86 5.67 1898 32 BSN NL SS 142 326 472 67 65 .923 .913 5.62 5.56 1899 33 BSN NL SS 143 351 435 60 68 .929 .910 5.50 5.53 1900 34 BSN NL SS 125 257 454 48 34 .937 .922 5.69 5.76 1901 35 BSN NL SS 138 304 468 44 55 .946 .925 5.59 5.66 1902 36 BSN NL SS 107 285 366 37 46 .946 .913 6.08 5.35 1903 37 TOT AL SS 60 142 167 41 18 .883 .913 5.15 5.21 NYY AL SS 22 52 60 14 6 .889 .913 5.09 5.21 DET AL SS 38 90 107 27 12 .879 .913 5.18 5.21
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 1794 4225 6136 1070 765 .906 .905 5.78 5.46 2B 65 180 191 22 19 .944 .938 5.71 5.30 OF 19 21 5 4 0 .867 .912 1.37 1.98 18 1 0 1B 2 20 2 0 1 1.000 .978 11.00 10.20 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1881 4446 6334 1096 785 .908 .906 5.73 5.42
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   6  27   4   6  0  0  0   1   0   0  .222  .222  .222   2                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1891 NL-.377-9

OPS
1891 NL-.785-10

Games
1891 NL-139-5

At Bats
1889 AA-574-5
1891 NL-577-2
1892 NL-646-3
1893 NL-552-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1889 AA-648-2
1891 NL-665-2
1892 NL-698-5
1893 NL-630-7

Runs
1889 AA-137-6
1891 NL-129-2
1892 NL-115-8
1893 NL-149-1
Car-1455-73

Hits
1891 NL-163-6
1892 NL-181-5

Total Bases
1891 NL-235-3
1892 NL-244-9

Doubles
1889 AA-32-5
1892 NL-33-2
1897 NL-32-6
1899 NL-30-4

Triples
1891 NL-12-10

Home Runs
1890 NL-8-4
1891 NL-9-4
1895 NL-9-10
1898 NL-6-8
1899 NL-6-10
1900 NL-12-1

RBI
1896 NL-100-8
1898 NL-99-7
1899 NL-100-7

Bases on Balls
1891 NL-80-4

Stolen Bases
1889 AA-89-3
1890 NL-49-9
1891 NL-60-4
1892 NL-57-6
Car-534-29

Singles
1891 NL-121-7
1892 NL-136-7

Runs Created
1891 NL-87-4

Extra-Base Hits
1891 NL-42-8
1892 NL-45-9
1899 NL-44-8

Times on Base
1891 NL-251-3

Offensive Win%
1891 NL-.652-9

Hit By Pitch
1889 AA-10-10
1891 NL-8-9

Sac. Hits
1895 NL-21-3
1897 NL-17-7
1898 NL-17-10
1899 NL-25-4
1900 NL-18-8
1901 NL-15-9

Power/Speed Number
1890 NL-13.8-4
1891 NL-15.7-4
1895 NL-14.3-8
1898 NL-9.2-10
1900 NL-16.4-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1895 NL-44.6-10

At Bats per Home Run
1890 NL-53.9-4
1891 NL-64.1-7
1894 NL-39.6-9
1900 NL-40.5-1

Outs
1889 AA-416-4
1891 NL-414-4
1892 NL-465-7
1893 NL-393-8
1895 NL-387-8
1898 NL-450-5
1899 NL-450-2
1901 NL-421-3

Oldest Player
1902 NL-36-6
1903 AL-37-4
1904 NL-38-4

       

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (307) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 78 (301) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 36.9 (173) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 63.0 (294) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  13. Bill Dahlen (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bill Dahlen (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Bill Dahlen (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Bid McPhee (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 5, 1890: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Kansas City Cowboys for $5000 to $6000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the New York Highlanders.

June 10, 1903: Traded by the New York Highlanders with Ernie Courtney to the Detroit Tigers for Kid Elberfeld.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Germany Flying Herman C. Dutchman Herman Long

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