Jack Coombs
[edit] Biography
Born on November 18, 1882 in Le Grand, Iowa, Jack Coombs (John Wesley Coombs) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Robins and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 14 year career. Coombs broke into the bigs on July 5, 1906 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 2.50 ERA in 173 innings pitched in 1906, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Coombs's best season was 1910, when he posted a 1.30 ERA, won 31 games and struck out 224 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| 23
| 18
| 10
| 10
| 2.50
| 90
| 65
| 48
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 173
| 144
| 0
| 68
| 0
| 5
| 7
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| 23
| 17
| 6
| 9
| 3.12
| 73
| 58
| 46
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 132.2
| 109
| 2
| 64
| 0
| 7
| 9
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| 26
| 18
| 7
| 5
| 2.00
| 80
| 63
| 34
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 153
| 130
| 1
| 64
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1909
| PHI
| A
| 30
| 24
| 12
| 11
| 2.32
| 97
| 63
| 53
| 18
| 6
| 1
| 205.2
| 156
| 1
| 73
| 0
| 5
| 6
|
| 1910
| PHI
| A
| 45
| 38
| 31
| 9
| 1.30
| 224
| 74
| 51
| 35
| 13
| 1
| 353
| 248
| 0
| 115
| 0
| 10
| 7
|
| 1911
| PHI
| A
| 47
| 40
| 28
| 12
| 3.53
| 185
| 166
| 132
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 336.2
| 360
| 8
| 119
| 0
| 12
| 16
|
| 1912
| PHI
| A
| 40
| 32
| 21
| 10
| 3.29
| 120
| 120
| 96
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 262.1
| 227
| 5
| 94
| 0
| 1
| 10
|
| 1913
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.12
| 0
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.1
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4.50
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1915
| BRO
| N
| 29
| 24
| 15
| 10
| 2.58
| 56
| 71
| 56
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 195.2
| 166
| 1
| 91
| 0
| 3
| 16
|
| 1916
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 19
| 13
| 8
| 2.66
| 47
| 54
| 47
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 159
| 136
| 3
| 44
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1917
| BRO
| N
| 31
| 14
| 7
| 11
| 3.96
| 34
| 76
| 62
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 141
| 147
| 7
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
| 1918
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 20
| 8
| 14
| 3.81
| 44
| 97
| 80
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 189
| 191
| 10
| 49
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1920
| DET
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.18
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 114
| 77
| 43
| 43
| 3.22
| 181
| 298
| 245
| 52
| 7
| 0
| 684.2
| 640
| 21
| 233
| 0
| 9
| 28
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 240
| 191
| 115
| 67
| 2.60
| 871
| 627
| 472
| 135
| 28
| 8
| 1635.1
| 1394
| 17
| 608
| 0
| 45
| 60
|
| Total
|
|
| 354
| 268
| 158
| 110
| 2.78
| 1052
| 925
| 717
| 187
| 35
| 8
| 2320
| 2034
| 38
| 841
| 0
| 54
| 88
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 42
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 37
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 92
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 42
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1909
| PHI
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 60
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1910
| PHI
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 77
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1911
| PHI
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 71
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1912
| PHI
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 66
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| PHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| BRO
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 31
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1916
| BRO
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| BRO
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1918
| BRO
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 41
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1918
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1920
| DET
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 354
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 510
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| 24
| 67
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 3
| .239
| .261
| .269
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| 24
| 48
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 4
| .167
| .167
| .229
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| 78
| 220
| 24
| 56
| 1
| 23
| .255
| .287
| .355
| 9
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| PHI
| A
| 37
| 83
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 10
| .169
| .216
| .217
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 132
| 20
| 29
| 0
| 9
| .220
| .270
| .242
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| PHI
| A
| 52
| 141
| 31
| 45
| 2
| 23
| .319
| .356
| .418
| 6
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| PHI
| A
| 56
| 110
| 10
| 28
| 0
| 13
| .255
| .344
| .273
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .273
| .333
| .364
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| BRO
| N
| 29
| 75
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 5
| .280
| .299
| .320
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 61
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .180
| .206
| .213
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| BRO
| N
| 32
| 44
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .227
| .292
| .273
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| BRO
| N
| 46
| 113
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 3
| .168
| .223
| .230
| 3
| 2
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| DET
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 134
| 293
| 20
| 61
| 0
| 13
| .208
| .249
| .256
| 6
| 4
| 15
| 41
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 326
| 817
| 103
| 200
| 4
| 87
| .245
| .288
| .308
| 28
| 6
| 44
| 3
| 6
| 20
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 460
| 1110
| 123
| 261
| 4
| 100
| .235
| .278
| .295
| 34
| 10
| 59
| 44
| 7
| 23
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
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