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27 Sam Long

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Hometown Newnan, Ga.
  • High School Woodward Academy

Biography

Career Honors:
- Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (April 6, 2009)
- ECAC Pitcher of the Week (April 7, 2009, March 30, 2010, April 28, 2010)
- Patriot League Pitcher of the Week (April 6, 2009, March 2, 2010, March 29, 2010, April 26, 2010) Career Statistics:
-OVERALL-Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO2008....  4.84   1-1    11   1   0   0/0     1  22.1   26   16   12    9   232009....  5.60   3-3    10   9   1   0/0     0  45.0   60   37   28   18   582010....  4.52   4-4    11  11   2   2/0     0  61.2   67   35   31   11   57TOTAL...  4.95   8-8    32  21   3   2/0     1 129.0  153   88   71   38  138-PATRIOT LEAGUE-Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO2008....  3.86   0-0     1   0   0   0/0     0   2.1    3    2    1    0    22009....  8.59   1-3     5   5   1   0/0     0  22.0   33   27   21   11   202010....  6.00   1-3     5   5   1   1/0     0  27.0   35   19   18    5   15TOTAL...  7.01   2-6    11  10   2   1/0     0  51.1   71   48   40   16   37
Career Highs:
- Innings (Start): 9.0 vs. Holy Cross (4/24/10)
- Innings (Relief): 4.0 at Maryland (4/1/08)
- Strikeouts (Start): 13 vs. Monmouth (3/13/09)
- Strikeouts (Relief): 4, two times (MR: at Delaware State, 4/29/08) In the Record Book:
Shutouts - Career
T-15. 2
Shutouts - Season
T-7. 2
Strikeouts/9 IP - Season
3. 11.60 (2009)
Walks/9 IP - Season
13. 1.61 (2010) 2010:
Game-by-Game Statistics
- Went 4-4 with a 4.52 ERA, racking up a Patriot League-best 57 strikeouts
- Appeared in 11 games, all starts
- 4.52 ERA was ninth best in the Patriot League while his two shutouts tied for best in the conference
- Logged 61.2 innings - tying teammate Ben Nelson for fifth in the conference
- Picked up his second Patriot League and ECAC Pitcher of the Week honor after tossing a complete-game shutout (5 H, 1 BB, 2 K) in 9-0 win over Holy Cross (4/24) ... it was the first nine-inning complete-game shutout by a Navy pitcher since Edââ'¬Ë†Hoak on March 10, 1998
- Named Patriot League and ECAC Pitcher of the Week after throwing his first-career complete-game shutout (3 H, 0 BB, 6 K) in a 1-0 seven-inning win over UMBC (3/27)
- Struck out a season-high nine batters on two occasions, vs. Air Force (2/26) and Monmouth (3/14)
- Got his first win of the season vs. Air Force (2/26) - allowing just two runs off four hits while striking out nine
- Picked up wins in consecutive starts by beating Princeton (3/20) and UMBC (3/27)
- Had a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 5.2:1
- Just 11 of the 67 hits he allowed were extra-base hits
- Struck out at least six batters in six of his 11 starts
- Went at least four innings in all but two starts 2009:
Game-by-Game Statistics
- Pitched in 10 games, nine of which he got the ball to start
- Went 3-3 with a 5.60 ERA over 45.0 innings with 18 walks and 58 strikeouts
- His 58 strikeouts ranked him fourth in the Patriot League
- Fanned at least as many batters as innings pitched in seven of his nine starts
- Fired a seven-inning, complete-game no-hitter against Lehigh (4/4), which marked the seventh complete-game no-hitter in program history
- Against Lehigh, he struck out four batters in a 110-pitch outing
- Over his first-four starts of the year, he went 2-0 with a 2.86 ERA over 22.0 innings with seven walks and 37 strikeouts
- Struck out 13 batters in just 5.1 innings against Monmouth (3/13), which were the most in a game by a Navy pitcher since Scott Kozink in 1999 against Bucknell
- Punched out nine with only one walk over 6.2 innings to earn his first win of the year against Iona (3/6)
- Allowed only one earned run over 7.0 innings with two walks and nine strikeouts in a winning effort against Princeton (3/20)
- Issued only one walk over his final-three outings of the year, a span of 9.1 innings 2008:
Game-by-Game Statistics
- Appeared in 11 games and made one start
- Went 1-1 with a save and a 4.84 ERA over 22.1 innings
- Fanned 23 batters and walked nine
- Allowed just 4-of-10 inherited runners to score
- Did not allow an earned run in his final-four outings, a span of 10.1 innings, with two walks and 12 strikeouts
- Earned his first-career win at Coppin State (4/24), as he scattered four hits and an unearned run over 5.0 innings with five punchouts
- Came out of the bullpen in his next appearance and earned the save at Delaware State (4/29) with 3.0 shutout innings, no walks and four strikeouts High School:
- Attended Woodward Academy, where he earned three letters with baseball
- Also lettered with cross country
- Served as baseball team captain during his senior year
- Member of 2006 East Cobb World Wood Bat champions that boasted a 64-3 record
- Class 4A champion in cross country with a personal-best time of 17:05 Personal:
- Full name is Samuel Quince Long
- Son of Lisa and James Long
- Born Sept. 26, 1988, in Atlanta, Ga.
- Majoring in American politics and law

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2008Freshman

    LHP
    5'11" 175 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2009Sophomore

    LHP
    5'11" 175 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2010Junior

    LHP
    5'11" 175 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2011Senior

    LHP
    5'11" 175 lbs
    27