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Name Team Age
Longie Long Retired (1967, Age 36) Died (2004, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 33
(1953)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Luis Aparicio League 0 12 years (60 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  C+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
F  D- C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- D- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
C- B  B 
Leadership   Mentor Value  
C- B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
F  0 9/22/1931
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
4 7 8
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year Type   Chances    Endurance   Velocity   Control   Total 
1953 Minors 24.00 0 / 1 3 / 12 2 / 11 5 / 24
1953 Majors 1.42 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1
1954 Majors 45.84 2 / 2 6 / 24 4 / 19 12 / 45
1955 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1955 Majors 32.24 1 / 3 7 / 17 4 / 12 12 / 32
1956 Minors 21.00 1 / 2 1 / 15 1 / 4 3 / 21
1956 Majors 10.97 0 / 0 1 / 2 3 / 8 4 / 10
1957 Majors 43.61 0 / 7 3 / 15 2 / 21 5 / 43
1958 Minors 14.00 1 / 1 0 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 14
1958 Majors 19.50 0 / 0 1 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 19
1959 Majors 37.95 1 / 8 0 / 15 2 / 14 3 / 37
1960 Majors 32.32 0 / 5 2 / 17 2 / 10 4 / 32
1961 Majors 41.16 0 / 8 3 / 16 0 / 17 3 / 41
1962 Majors 38.70 0 / 4 0 / 12 0 / 22 0 / 38
1963 Majors 38.32 0 / 4 0 / 18 1 / 16 1 / 38
1964 Majors 36.29 3 / 5 0 / 17 2 / 14 5 / 36
1965 Majors 44.82 -1 / 8 -3 / 21 -2 / 15 -6 / 44
1966 Majors 44.17 -3 / 7 -1 / 19 2 / 18 -2 / 44
1967 Majors 45.66 -2 / 10 0 / 11 -4 / 24 -6 / 45
Total 3 / 75 23 / 247 20 / 243 46 / 565
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Longie Long has retired from the Los Angeles Lightning
1967-09-06Longie Long of the Los Angeles Lightning is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1966-08-13Longie Long of the Los Angeles Lightning is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1965-08-07Longie Long of the Los Angeles Lightning is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1965-04-01The Los Angeles Lightning have promoted Longie Long to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lightning have promoted Rich Reynolds to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lightning have designated Ron Drake for assignment. The Los Angeles Lightning have designated Frank Edwards for assignment.
1964-09-20Longie Long of the Boston Lizards is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1962-10-01Longie Long of the Boston Lizards is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1958-09-17Longie Long of the Boston Lizards is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1958-07-02The Boston Lizards have promoted Longie Long to the major league team. The Boston Lizards have designated Jimmy Mallette for assignment.
1958-03-25The Boston Lizards have sent Ron Schulze to the minors. The Boston Lizards have sent Longie Long to the minors.
1957-07-28Longie Long of the Boston Lizards is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1957-04-01The Boston Lizards have promoted Longie Long to the major league team. The Boston Lizards have sent Johnny Clay to the minors.
1956-05-22The Boston Lizards have promoted Mike Hanlon to the major league team. The Boston Lizards have sent Longie Long to the minors.
1955-06-17The Boston Lizards have promoted Longie Long to the major league team.
1955-05-13The Boston Lizards have promoted Bob Marples to the major league team. The Boston Lizards have sent Longie Long to the minors.
1955-05-07Longie Long of the Boston Lizards is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1953-09-24The Boston Lizards have promoted Bugs McKenna to the major league team. The Boston Lizards have promoted Longie Long to the major league team. The Boston Lizards have sent Johnny Pappas to the minors. The Boston Lizards have sent Dusty Rhodes to the minors.
1953-04-01The Boston Lizards have renamed Vance Bettencourt to Longie Long.