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Jack Coombs
John Wesley Coombs (Colby Jack)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Colby College

Debut July 5, 1906
Final Game July 18, 1920
Born November 18, 1882 in LeGrand, IA
Died April 15, 1957 in Palestine, TX

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1906 23 PHA AL  10  10  23  18  13   1   4  0  173.0  144   65   48   0   68   90   7   5     0       0  2.50  2.72  109 1.225
 1907 24 PHA AL   6   9  23  17  10   2   4  2  132.7  109   58   46   2   64   73   9   7   573       0  3.12  2.59   83 1.304
 1908 25 PHA AL   7   5  26  18  10   4   6  0  153.0  130   63   34   1   64   80   3   5   624       0  2.00  2.55  128 1.268
 1909 26 PHA AL  12  11  30  24  18   6   5  1  205.7  156   63   53   1   73   97   6   5   812       0  2.32  2.40  103 1.113
 1910 27 PHA AL  31   9  45  38  35  13   6  1  353.0  248   74   51   0  115  224   7  10  1388       0  1.30  2.37  182 1.028
 1911 28 PHA AL  28  12  47  40  26   1   6  2  336.7  360  166  132   8  119  185  16  12  1422       0  3.53  3.17   90 1.423 MVP-12
 1912 29 PHA AL  21  10  40  32  23   1   7  2  262.3  227  120   96   5   94  120  10   1  1046       0  3.29  3.10   94 1.224
 1913 30 PHA AL   0   0   2   2   0   0   0  0    5.3    5    9    6   0    6    0   1   0    27       0 10.13  2.75   27 2.063
 1914 31 PHA AL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    8.0    8    4    4   0    3    1   1   0    34       0  4.50  2.60   58 1.375
 1915 32 BRO NL  15  10  29  24  17   2   3  0  195.7  166   71   56   1   91   56  16   3   837       0  2.58  2.77  108 1.313
 1916 33 BRO NL  13   8  27  21  10   3   7  0  159.0  136   54   47   3   44   47   2   2   635       0  2.66  2.67  100 1.132
 1917 34 BRO NL   7  11  31  14   9   0  15  0  141.0  147   76   62   7   49   34   8   0   600       1  3.96  2.78   70 1.390
 1918 35 BRO NL   8  14  27  20  16   2   4  0  189.0  191   97   80  10   49   44   2   4   792       0  3.81  2.79   73 1.270
 1920 37 DET AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    5.7    7    5    2   0    2    1   0   0    24       0  3.18  3.71  117 1.588
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .590 158 110 354 270 187  35  68  8 2320.0 2034  925  717  38  841 1052  88  54  8814       1  2.78  2.74   99 1.239
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  11  38  29  20   3   7  0  252.7  221  100   78   4   91  114   9   5   960   0   0  2.78  2.74   99 1.239
 Career High     31  14  47  40  35  13  15  2  353.0  360  166  132  10  119  224  16  12  1422   0   1  1.30  3.17  182 1.028

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1906 23 PHA AL  24   67    9   16   2  0   0    3   2      1      .239  .261  .269   64   18   1           1    
 1907 24 PHA AL  24   48    4    8   0  0   1    4   1      0      .167  .167  .229   25   11   2           0    
 1908 25 PHA AL  78  220   24   56   9  5   1   23   6      9      .255  .287  .355  102   78   9           1    
 1909 26 PHA AL  37   83    4   14   4  0   0   10   1      4      .169  .216  .217   35   18   2           1    
 1910 27 PHA AL  46  132   20   29   3  0   0    9   3      7      .220  .270  .242   61   32   1           2    
 1911 28 PHA AL  52  141   31   45   6  1   2   23   5      8      .319  .356  .418  117   59   3           0     MVP-12
 1912 29 PHA AL  56  110   10   28   2  0   0   13   1     14      .255  .344  .273   79   30   2           1    
 1913 30 PHA AL   2    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   2  .333  .333  .667  194    2   0           0    
 1914 31 PHA AL   5   11    0    3   1  0   0    2   0  1   1   1  .273  .333  .364  113    4   0           0    
 1915 32 BRO NL  29   75    8   21   1  1   0    5   0  1   2  17  .280  .299  .320   86   24   1           0    
 1916 33 BRO NL  27   61    2   11   2  0   0    3   0      2  10  .180  .206  .213   27   13   0           0    
 1917 34 BRO NL  32   44    4   10   0  1   0    2   1      4   9  .227  .292  .273   71   12   1           0    
 1918 35 BRO NL  46  113    6   19   3  2   0    3   1      7   5  .168  .223  .230   38   26   1           1    
 1920 37 DET AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     460 1110  123  261  34 10   4  100  21  2  59  44  .235  .278  .295   74  327  23   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        391   43   92  12  4   1   35   7  1  21  15  .235  .278  .295   74  115   8   0   0   2   0
 Career High     78  220   31   56   9  5   2   23   6  1  14  17                          78   9   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1906 23 PHA AL   70   52    5   2.6    77| .239  .259| .261  .315| .269  .332| .530  .647|  64  .397  -3.0  -0.3     
 1907 24 PHA AL   50   42    2   1.3    73| .167  .256| .167  .312| .229  .320| .396  .633|  25  .162  -4.4  -0.5     
 1908 25 PHA AL  239  173   22   3.4    74| .255  .253| .287  .311| .355  .322| .642  .634| 102  .569  -0.4   0.0     
 1909 26 PHA AL   90   71    4   1.5    75| .169  .255| .216  .316| .217  .323| .433  .639|  35  .213  -6.1  -0.7     
 1910 27 PHA AL  142  104    8   2.1    74| .220  .249| .270  .315| .242  .321| .512  .636|  61  .311  -5.9  -0.7     
 1911 28 PHA AL  152   99   21   5.7    94| .319  .279| .356  .345| .418  .366| .774  .711| 117  .641   2.8   0.3     
 1912 29 PHA AL  127   84   10   3.2    89| .255  .269| .344  .337| .273  .354| .617  .691|  79  .402  -2.2  -0.2     
 1913 30 PHA AL    3    2    1  13.4    86| .333  .262| .333  .333| .667  .344|1.000  .678| 194  .916   0.4   0.0     
 1914 31 PHA AL   12    9    1   3.0    79| .273  .252| .333  .324| .364  .330| .697  .654| 113  .456   0.2   0.0   0%
 1915 32 BRO NL   78   56    7   3.4    82| .280  .258| .299  .321| .320  .345| .619  .667|  86  .510  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1916 33 BRO NL   63   50    3   1.6    80| .180  .258| .206  .316| .213  .344| .419  .660|  27  .213  -5.3  -0.6     
 1917 34 BRO NL   49   35    4   3.1    81| .227  .260| .292  .318| .273  .343| .565  .661|  71  .463  -1.6  -0.2     
 1918 35 BRO NL  122   95    6   1.7    80| .168  .261| .223  .319| .230  .337| .453  .656|  38  .218  -8.5  -1.0     
 1920 37 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0   104| .000  .289| .000  .353| .000  .396| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     1199  874   94   2.9    80| .235  .260| .278  .322| .295  .337| .573  .658|  74  .429 -36.3  -4.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1906 23 PHA AL P 23 16 42 2 4 .967 .948 2.52 2.52 3.02 3.22 18 173.0 1907 24 PHA AL P 23 9 37 1 2 .979 .947 2.00 2.43 3.12 3.28 17 132.7 1908 25 PHA AL OF 47 92 6 1 3 .990 .954 2.09 1.80 1 11 35 P 26 13 42 3 1 .948 .947 2.12 2.28 3.24 3.20 18 153.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.00 1909 26 PHA AL P 30 12 60 2 2 .973 .942 2.40 2.25 3.15 3.19 24 205.7 1910 27 PHA AL P 45 19 77 1 2 .990 .942 2.13 2.35 2.45 3.29 38 353.0 1911 28 PHA AL P 47 24 71 9 3 .913 .938 2.02 1.89 2.54 2.88 40 336.7 1912 29 PHA AL P 40 16 66 0 4 1.000 .940 2.05 1.95 2.81 2.96 32 262.3 1913 30 PHA AL P 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 1.85 1.70 3.06 2 5.3 1914 31 PHA AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.90 0 2 0 P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.75 1.12 2.93 2 8.0 1915 32 BRO NL P 29 17 31 1 2 .980 .952 1.66 1.68 2.21 2.72 24 195.7 1916 33 BRO NL P 27 7 15 0 1 1.000 .961 0.81 1.63 1.25 2.67 21 159.0 1917 34 BRO NL P 31 8 26 1 1 .971 .960 1.10 1.78 2.17 2.85 14 141.0 1918 35 BRO NL P 27 9 41 2 0 .962 .965 1.85 2.03 2.38 2.93 20 189.0 OF 13 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 0.85 2.13 0 3 11 1920 37 DET AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.65 1.58 2.68 0 5.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1908 25 PHA AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.00 1908 25 PHA AL OF 47 92 6 1 3 .990 .954 2.09 1.80 1 11 35 1914 31 PHA AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.90 0 2 0 1918 35 BRO NL OF 13 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 0.85 2.13 0 3 11 1906 23 PHA AL P 23 16 42 2 4 .967 .948 2.52 2.52 3.02 3.22 18 173.0 1907 24 PHA AL P 23 9 37 1 2 .979 .947 2.00 2.43 3.12 3.28 17 132.7 1908 25 PHA AL P 26 13 42 3 1 .948 .947 2.12 2.28 3.24 3.20 18 153.0 1909 26 PHA AL P 30 12 60 2 2 .973 .942 2.40 2.25 3.15 3.19 24 205.7 1910 27 PHA AL P 45 19 77 1 2 .990 .942 2.13 2.35 2.45 3.29 38 353.0 1911 28 PHA AL P 47 24 71 9 3 .913 .938 2.02 1.89 2.54 2.88 40 336.7 1912 29 PHA AL P 40 16 66 0 4 1.000 .940 2.05 1.95 2.81 2.96 32 262.3 1913 30 PHA AL P 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 1.85 1.70 3.06 2 5.3 1914 31 PHA AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.75 1.12 2.93 2 8.0 1915 32 BRO NL P 29 17 31 1 2 .980 .952 1.66 1.68 2.21 2.72 24 195.7 1916 33 BRO NL P 27 7 15 0 1 1.000 .961 0.81 1.63 1.25 2.67 21 159.0 1917 34 BRO NL P 31 8 26 1 1 .971 .960 1.10 1.78 2.17 2.85 14 141.0 1918 35 BRO NL P 27 9 41 2 0 .962 .965 1.85 2.03 2.38 2.93 20 189.0 1920 37 DET AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.65 1.58 2.68 0 5.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 354 151 510 23 22 .966 .946 1.87 2.05 270 2320.0 OF 62 107 6 2 3 .983 .955 1.82 1.87 1 16 46 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 417 258 516 25 25 .969 .948 1.86 2.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1910   WS    PHA CHC     W   3   3   3.33  3  0  0  3  27    24  10  14  17 
 1911   WS    PHA NYG     W   2   2   1.35  1  0  0  1  20    11   3   6  16 
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   1   1   4.26  1  0  0  0   6.1   7   3   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   6   6   2.70  5  0  0  4  53.1  42  16  21  34 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1910   WS    PHA CHC     W   3  13   0   5  1  0  0   3   0   3  .385  .385  .462   0  0   0   0   0 
 1911   WS    PHA NYG     W   2   8   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   1   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   6  24   1   8  1  0  0   4   0   3  .333  .333  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-12-0.09
Car-909-0.09 shares

ERA
1910 AL-1.30-2
Car-2.78-94

Wins
1910 AL-31-1
1911 AL-28-1
1912 AL-21-6

Won-Loss %
1910 AL-.775-3
1911 AL-.700-4
1912 AL-.677-5
1915 NL-.600-8
1916 NL-.619-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1910 AL-1.028-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1909 AL-6.83-6
1910 AL-6.32-3
1912 AL-7.79-6
Car-7.89-87

Strikeouts/9IP
1906 AL-4.68-6
1910 AL-5.71-5

Games
1910 AL-45-1
1911 AL-47-2
1912 AL-40-9

Saves
1907 AL-2-9
1909 AL-1-9
1910 AL-1-9
1911 AL-2-6
1912 AL-2-6

Innings
1910 AL-353.0-3
1911 AL-336.7-2
1912 AL-262.3-9

Strikeouts
1910 AL-224-3
1911 AL-185-4
1912 AL-120-8

Games Started
1910 AL-38-2
1911 AL-40-1
1912 AL-32-8

Comp. Games
1910 AL-35-2
1911 AL-26-3
1912 AL-23-9

Shutouts
1909 AL-6-4
1910 AL-13-1
Car-35-71

Home Runs Allow.
1911 AL-8-2
1912 AL-5-5
1917 NL-7-2
1918 NL-10-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1909 AL-73-10
1910 AL-115-2
1911 AL-119-2
1912 AL-94-4
1915 NL-91-5

Hits Allowed
1910 AL-248-3
1911 AL-360-1

SO to Walk
1910 AL-1.95-10

Losses
1918 NL-14-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1911 AL-132-1
1912 AL-96-4
1918 NL-80-4

Wild Pitches
1907 AL-7-8
1910 AL-10-3
1911 AL-12-3
1918 NL-4-9

Hit Batsmen
1911 AL-16-2
1912 AL-10-9
1915 NL-16-3
1917 NL-8-6
Car-88-89

Batters Faced
1910 AL-1388-2
1911 AL-1422-2

Games Finished
1917 NL-15-5

Adjusted ERA+
1910 AL-182-3

Oldest Player
1918 NL-35-10
1920 AL-37-3

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 11 (202) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 87 (260) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 30.0 (141) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 95.0 (103) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Uniforms 
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