Danny Coombs
[edit] Biography
Born on March 23, 1942 in Lincoln, Maine, Danny Coombs (Daniel Bernard Coombs) played for the Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros and San Diego Padres over the course of his 9 year career. Coombs broke into the bigs on September 27, 1963 with the Houston Colt .45s, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 188.1 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Danny Coombs's best season was 1970, when he posted a 3.30 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 105 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.00
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| HOU
| N
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 5.00
| 14
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 21
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| HOU
| N
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4.79
| 35
| 26
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 54
| 3
| 23
| 1
| 4
| 3
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.38
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| HOU
| N
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3.33
| 23
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24.1
| 21
| 0
| 9
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 1968
| HOU
| N
| 40
| 2
| 4
| 3
| 3.28
| 29
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 46.2
| 52
| 0
| 17
| 4
| 5
| 1
|
| 1969
| HOU
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.75
| 3
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1970
| SD
| N
| 35
| 27
| 10
| 14
| 3.30
| 105
| 83
| 69
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 188.1
| 185
| 12
| 76
| 14
| 6
| 2
|
| 1971
| SD
| N
| 19
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 6.24
| 37
| 52
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 57.2
| 81
| 10
| 25
| 5
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 144
| 42
| 19
| 27
| 4.08
| 249
| 209
| 178
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 393
| 433
| 26
| 162
| 29
| 21
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| HOU
| N
| P
| 7
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| HOU
| N
| P
| 26
| 3
| 47
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| .933
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 2.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1967
| HOU
| N
| P
| 6
| 2
| 24.1
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| HOU
| N
| P
| 40
| 2
| 46.2
| 2
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| .929
|
| 1969
| HOU
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1970
| SD
| N
| P
| 35
| 27
| 188.1
| 4
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 5
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1971
| SD
| N
| P
| 19
| 7
| 57.2
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 144
| 42
| 393
| 12
| 65
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 32
| 16
| 4
| .975
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| HOU
| N
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| HOU
| N
| 26
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .200
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| HOU
| N
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .125
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1968
| HOU
| N
| 40
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| HOU
| N
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| SD
| N
| 35
| 52
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .096
| .145
| .135
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 29
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1971
| SD
| N
| 19
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .214
| .267
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 144
| 100
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 5
| .140
| .181
| .180
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 55
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (1963).
- Sold by Houston Astros to San Diego Padres (October 22, 1969).
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