Dale Long
Dale Long
Full name: Richard Dale Long
Born: February 6, 1926, Springfield, Missouri
Died January 27, 1991, Palm Coast, Florida
Buried at Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Massachusetts
First Game: April 21, 1951; Final Game: July 18, 1963
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 4" Weight: 205
Dale Long
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1951 PIT N 10 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .417 -0.1 1951 PIT N
1951 STL A 34 105 11 25 5 1 2 11 10 22 1 0 1 0 0 .238 .310 .362 -0.5 1951 STL A
1951 Total 44 117 12 27 5 1 3 12 10 25 1 0 1 0 0 .231 .297 .368 -0.6 1951 Total
1955 PIT N 131 419 59 122 19 13 16 79 48 6 72 1 6 4 14 0 1 .291 .362 .513 1.7 1955 PIT N
1956 PIT N 148 517 64 136 20 7 27 91 54 11 85 0 0 11 10 1 0 .263 .326 .485 0.0 1956 PIT N
1957 PIT N 7 22 0 4 1 0 0 5 4 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 .182 .296 .227 -0.2 1957 PIT N
1957 CHI N 123 397 55 121 19 0 21 62 52 4 63 1 1 4 9 1 1 .305 .383 .511 1.6 1957 CHI N
1957 TOT N 130 419 55 125 20 0 21 67 56 4 73 1 1 5 10 1 1 .298 .378 .496 1.4 1957 TOT N
1958 CHI N 142 480 68 130 26 4 20 75 66 9 64 2 0 6 15 2 0 .271 .357 .467 0.5 1958 CHI N
1959 CHI N 110 296 34 70 10 3 14 37 31 2 53 0 0 3 6 0 0 .236 .306 .432 -1.1 1959 CHI N
1960 SF N Daily Splits 37 54 4 9 0 0 3 6 7 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .262 .333 -0.3 1960 SF N
1960 NY A Daily Splits 26 41 6 15 3 1 3 10 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .366 .435 .707 0.5 1960 NY A
1960 Total 63 95 10 24 3 1 6 16 12 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .253 .336 .495 0.2 1960 Total
1961 WAS A Daily Splits 123 377 52 94 20 4 17 49 39 5 41 1 0 6 0 4 7 0 0 .249 .317 .459 -0.8 1961 WAS A
1962 WAS A Daily Splits 67 191 17 46 8 0 4 24 18 0 22 1 0 2 0 1 6 5 1 .241 .307 .346 -0.9 1962 WAS A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 41 94 12 28 4 0 4 17 18 0 9 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 .298 .404 .468 0.6 1962 NY A
1962 TOT A 108 285 29 74 12 0 8 41 36 0 31 1 0 4 0 2 8 6 1 .260 .340 .386 -0.3 1962 TOT A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 14 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .250 .200 -0.2 1963 NY A
Total NL 708 2197 285 594 95 27 102 356 262 33i 357 4 7 29i 0i 0i 58 4 2 .270 .345 .477 2.1 Total NL
Total AL 305 823 99 211 40 6 30 111 91 6i 103 3 0 10i 0i 6i 18 6 1 .256 .329 .429 -1.3 Total AL
Total Splits 1013 3020 384 805 135 33 132 467 353 39i 460 7 7 39i 0i 6i 76 10 3 .267 .341 .464 0.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1960 NY A Daily Splits 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1960 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 1962 NY A
Total Splits 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 NL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1951 PIT N 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000
1951 STL A 1B 28 227 19 3 23 .988
1951 STL A OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1951 Total 1B 29 235 19 3 23 .988
1955 PIT N 1B 119 968 97 13 114 .988
1956 PIT N 1B 138 1201 99 24 92 .982
1957 PIT N 1B 7 54 5 0 6 1.000
1957 CHI N 1B 104 908 72 5 81 .995
1957 TOT N 1B 111 962 77 5 87 .995
1958 CHI N 1B 137 1173 84 10 130 .992
1958 CHI N C 2 0 1 0 0 1 1.000
1959 CHI N 1B 85 731 49 12 63 .985
1960 SF N Daily 1B 10 8 4 76.2 73 6 0 5 0 1.000
1960 NY A Daily 1B 11 6 5 73 78 4 1 3 0 .988
1960 Total 1B 21 14 9 149.2 151 10 1 8 0 .994
1961 WAS A Daily 1B 95 94 82 817 827 62 15 87 0 .983
1962 WAS A Daily 1B 51 47 45 411.2 459 32 2 46 0 .996
1962 NY A Daily 1B 31 23 16 226.2 242 21 2 21 0 .992
1962 TOT A 1B 82 70 61 638.1 701 53 4 67 0 .995
1963 NY A Daily 1B 2 1 1 9 11 0 1 1 0 .917
Total 1B 819 179i 153i 1614 i 6960 550 88 672 0i .988
Total C 2 0 1 0 0 1 1.000
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1962 NY A Daily 1B 2 1 1 11 9 3 0 1 0 1.000
Total 1B 2 1 1 11 9 3 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1956 NL Daily 1B 1 1 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Transactions Transactions
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 ).
Share Your Memories!
Our sites have always been by you and about you. If
you check
our TV Forums , you'll find literally thousands of messages from fans
of 1970s TV shows from all over the world sharing their memories, asking
questions, making comments. Our baseball section is new, but don't let
that stop you from sharing
your memories of the first game you went to, your favorite player, a
now-forgotten stadium, etc. Of course you can also ask questions, post
trivia, tell the world what you think of Barry Bonds, or just read what
others are saying.
--Patrick Mondout
Super70s.com
Copyright 1994-2008, Super70s.com. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site is subject to our Terms of Service. Privacy Statement
Logos and team names may be trademarks of their respective franchises or leagues. This site is not recognized, approved, sponsored by, or endorsed by Major League Baseball nor any sports league or team. Any marks, terms, or logos are used for editorial/identification purposes and are not claimed as belonging to this site or its owners. Any statistical data provided courtesy of Retrosheet (see credits ).
Notice from Retrosheet: The information used here was obtained free of
charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested
parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd.,
Newark, DE 19711.