Pat Combs
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Patrick Dennis Combs
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
- School Rice University, Baylor University
- High School Alief-Hastings High School
- Debut September 5, 1989
- Final Game July 7, 1992
- Born October 29, 1966 in Newport, RI USA
[edit] Biographical Information
In the 1988 Baseball World Cup, Pat Combs went 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA, leading Team USA in wins. He was signed as a 1st round pick in the 1988 amateur draft by the Philadelphia Phillies and scout Don Williams.
Combs had one "golden" season, that being his first professional year. In 1989, he reached every level of professional baseball, all the way from A-ball to the Major Leagues. He showed what he could do: for the Clearwater Phillies, he went 2-1 with a 1.30 ERA in 6 games. For the Reading Phillies, he went 8-7 with a very respectable 3.38 ERA in 19 games. For the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Red Barons, he went 3-0 with a 0.37 ERA. On his final journey through the ranks that year, with the Phillies, Combs went 4-0 with a 2.09 ERA in 6 games. The baseball world was abuzz, because people thought he was going to be great.
He was in the starting rotation with the Phillies in 1990, and his season was nothing more than mediocre. He went 10-10 with 4.07 ERA, with 86 walks and only 108 strikeouts. His once golden outlook was melting away. Combs never quite pulled out of that slump, as his next two seasons were even worse. He had an ERA of 7.71 in his final season, as arm woes got the best of him.
Two times in his professional career Combs walked more than he struck out. In 1991, he walked 43 and struck out 41; in 1992 he walked 12 and struck out 11.
Currently, Combs resides in Richmond, Texas.
