Herman Long
1897–1904 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
1,874G
.277AVG
.335OBP
.383SLG
More career statistics
2,128H
91HR
1,055RBI
536SB
3Rare feats
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 · Games | 1,874 | 871 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,673 | 3,380 |
| Batting · Doubles | 342 | 141 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,128 | 863 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 57 | 10 |
| Batting · Home runs | 91 | 32 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 261 | 177 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,500 | 3,742 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,456 | 480 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,055 | 479 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 536 | 148 |
| Batting · Triples | 97 | 35 |
| Batting · Walks | 612 | 226 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,874 | 8,500 | 7,673 | 1,456 | 2,128 | 342 | 97 | 91 | 1,055 | 612 | 261 | 536 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 2,937 | .277 | .335 | .383 | .718 |
Streaks
26longest hitting streak · 1897-06-07 to 1897-07-09
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1900-08-25 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1900-06-02 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1902-09-19 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 442 | 1894 | 466 | 28 | 261 | 115 | 95 | .273 | .307 | .390 |
| Away | 429 | 1848 | 397 | 4 | 218 | 111 | 82 | .237 | .275 | .302 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 283 | 70 | 2 | 46 | 8 | 13 | .261 | .276 | .343 |
| May | 134 | 579 | 149 | 6 | 99 | 28 | 26 | .283 | .306 | .385 |
| June | 145 | 637 | 166 | 8 | 91 | 29 | 31 | .283 | .306 | .408 |
| July | 167 | 713 | 152 | 3 | 67 | 53 | 30 | .239 | .288 | .297 |
| August | 153 | 648 | 130 | 3 | 67 | 38 | 34 | .223 | .259 | .302 |
| September | 168 | 706 | 163 | 9 | 94 | 58 | 37 | .260 | .313 | .356 |
| October | 42 | 176 | 33 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | .214 | .256 | .312 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 97 | 423 | 93 | 3 | 46 | 27 | 26 | .245 | .284 | .334 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 96 | 404 | 93 | 4 | 49 | 21 | 22 | .253 | .282 | .319 |
| new-york-giants | 92 | 394 | 95 | 3 | 49 | 29 | 23 | .268 | .315 | .339 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 90 | 373 | 87 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 13 | .254 | .282 | .327 |
| chicago-cubs | 90 | 395 | 79 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 18 | .219 | .253 | .277 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 89 | 396 | 91 | 7 | 59 | 26 | 13 | .261 | .295 | .408 |
| cincinnati-reds | 87 | 374 | 79 | 3 | 47 | 34 | 16 | .242 | .302 | .347 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 37 | 167 | 46 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 6 | .303 | .329 | .447 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Boston Braves | 107 | 450 | 145 | 3 | 69 | 22 | .322 | – | – |
| 1898 | Boston Braves | 144 | 590 | 157 | 6 | 99 | 20 | .266 | – | – |
| 1899 | Boston Braves | 145 | 578 | 152 | 6 | 100 | 22 | .263 | – | – |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 125 | 486 | 127 | 12 | 66 | 26 | .261 | – | – |
| 1901 | Boston Braves | 138 | 517 | 112 | 3 | 68 | 20 | .217 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Braves | 120 | 435 | 101 | 2 | 44 | 24 | .232 | – | – |
| 1903 | Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees | 91 | 320 | 68 | – | 33 | 14 | .212 | – | – |
| 1904 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |