Sam Long

BIOGRAPHY

Sammy Long was born July 8, 1995, in Fair Oaks, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

On November 17, 2020, Long signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization that included an invitation to spring training. He was assigned to the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels to start the 2021 season, later receiving a promotion to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, where he logged 7.2 scoreless innings.

On June 7, 2021, it was announced that Long would be promoted to the major leagues for the first time during the following series, to be the starting pitcher against the Texas Rangers. On June 9, he was formally selected to the active roster. In Long's debut game, Zack Littell got the start instead and was replaced by Long in the second inning. Long notched his first MLB strikeout in the game, punching out Rangers infielder Nick Solak, and struck out seven of the first ten batters he faced. He finished his debut with 4.0 innings of one-run ball, with 7 strikeouts.

In 2022 with the Giants, Long was 1-3 with one save and a 3.61 ERA in 28 games (6 starts), in which he threw 42.1 innings. In 2022 with Sacramento, Long was 1-0 with a 4.32 ERA in 8 games (3 starts) in which he threw 16.2 innings.