Dale Long
1951–1963 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,014G
.267AVG
.341OBP
.464SLG
More career statistics
805H
132HR
467RBI
10SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 460 | 459 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,426 | 3,430 |
| Batting · Runs | 384 | 383 |
| Batting · RBI | 467 | 468 |
| Batting · Walks | 353 | 356 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,014 | 3,426 | 3,020 | 384 | 805 | 135 | 33 | 132 | 467 | 353 | 460 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 1,402 | .267 | .341 | .464 | .805 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1956-04-21 to 1956-05-03
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1961-06-16 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1955-05-05 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1955-06-19 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 506 | 1650 | 377 | 60 | 244 | 181 | 218 | .262 | .338 | .460 |
| Away | 508 | 1780 | 428 | 72 | 224 | 175 | 241 | .271 | .339 | .468 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 89 | 307 | 72 | 14 | 44 | 29 | 45 | .265 | .329 | .500 |
| May | 195 | 690 | 175 | 27 | 101 | 82 | 78 | .293 | .372 | .515 |
| June | 217 | 781 | 183 | 28 | 100 | 73 | 97 | .264 | .328 | .445 |
| July | 199 | 677 | 147 | 24 | 83 | 72 | 105 | .247 | .323 | .427 |
| August | 159 | 492 | 113 | 21 | 69 | 56 | 66 | .265 | .343 | .455 |
| September | 152 | 476 | 113 | 17 | 69 | 43 | 67 | .263 | .328 | .457 |
| October | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .833 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-braves | 107 | 394 | 99 | 15 | 62 | 49 | 51 | .294 | .376 | .504 |
| cincinnati-reds | 106 | 390 | 96 | 15 | 42 | 31 | 53 | .270 | .326 | .465 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 100 | 346 | 84 | 18 | 56 | 35 | 45 | .276 | .344 | .516 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 96 | 343 | 84 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 53 | .278 | .353 | .447 |
| new-york-giants | 61 | 206 | 42 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 36 | .233 | .311 | .422 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 60 | 225 | 60 | 9 | 34 | 25 | 28 | .308 | .378 | .503 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 56 | 185 | 43 | 8 | 28 | 17 | 31 | .261 | .324 | .485 |
| chicago-cubs | 51 | 181 | 37 | 9 | 37 | 28 | 28 | .247 | .359 | .493 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns | 45 | 117 | 27 | 3 | 12 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 131 | 419 | 122 | 16 | 79 | – | .291 | – | – |
| 1956 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 517 | 136 | 27 | 91 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 130 | 419 | 125 | 21 | 67 | 1 | .298 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Chicago Cubs | 142 | 480 | 130 | 20 | 76 | 2 | .271 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs | 110 | 296 | 70 | 14 | 37 | – | .236 | – | – |
| 1960 | New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants | 63 | 95 | 24 | 6 | 16 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 123 | 377 | 94 | 17 | 49 | – | .249 | – | – |
| 1962 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 108 | 285 | 74 | 8 | 41 | 6 | .260 | – | – |
| 1963 |  New York Yankees | 14 | 15 | 3 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |