Geoff Combe

Geoffrey Wade Combe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 1, 1956 in Melrose, MA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Team: Reds 1980-1981

Final Game: October 2, 1981
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1975	19	CIN-min	A-	9	3	.750	2.74	19	11					102.0	99	40	31	2	41								1.373	8.7	0.2	3.6			EUG · NORW
1976	20	CIN-min	A	9	2	.818	2.12	47	1					102.0	78	31	24	1	39								1.147	6.9	0.1	3.4			TAM · FLOR
1977	21	CIN-min	AA	6	6	.500	2.41	46	0		0	0	14	82.0	72	24	22	2	34	9	68	1	0	1			1.293	7.9	0.2	3.7	7.5	2.00	TRV · EL
1978	22	CIN-min	AA	12	6	.667	1.89	66	0		0	0	9	100.0	84	31	21	3	38	18	68	2	1	3			1.220	7.6	0.3	3.4	6.1	1.79	NVL · SOUL
1979	23	CIN-min	AA,AAA	6	5	.545	2.56	68	0		0	0	27	109.0	94	41	31	4	46	10	91	2	0	9			1.284	7.8	0.3	3.8	7.5	1.98	NVL,INA · SOUL,AA
1980	24	CIN-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.22	60	0		0	0	23	77.0	50	20	19	4	35	6	72	2	0	6			1.104	5.8	0.5	4.1	8.4	2.06	INA · AA
1980	24	CIN	NL	0	0		10.80	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	8	8	0	4	1	10	0	0	1	31	36	1.950	12.2	0.0	5.4	13.5	2.50
1981	25	CIN-min	AAA	0	2	.000	1.89	11	0	9	0	0	3	19.0	16	5	4	0	11	3	10	0	0	1			1.421	7.6	0.0	5.2	4.7	0.91	INA · AA
1981	25	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	7.64	14	0	6	0	0	0	17.2	27	15	15	3	10	1	9	0	0	0	85	48	2.094	13.8	1.5	5.1	4.6	0.90
1982	26	CHW-CLE-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.67	56	0	41	0	0	7	76.0	77	38	31	8	31	5	55	3	1	11			1.421	9.1	0.9	3.7	6.5	1.77	EDM,CHL · PCL,IL
2 Yrs				1	0	1.000	8.51	18	0	6	0	0	0	24.1	36	23	23	3	14	2	19	0	0	1	116	43	2.055	13.3	1.1	5.2	7.0	1.36
162 Game Avg.				4	0	1.000	8.51	68	0	23	0	0	0	92	136	87	87	11	53	8	72	0	0	4	438	43	2.055	13.3	1.1	5.2	7.0	1.36

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1980	24	CIN	NL	6.2	4	8	10.80	3.95	0.01	-0.31	100.4	3.64	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-5	.368	.497	$
1981	25	CIN	NL	17.2	14	15	7.64	3.95	-0.02	-0.30	100.1	3.68	-8	-0.9	.4	0.2	-0.5	-7	.437	.495	$
2 Seasons				24.1	18	23	8.51	3.95	-0.02	-0.30	100.2	3.67	-13	-1.4	.4	0.4	-0.8	-11	.422	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1980	24	CIN	NL	4	31	26	8	9	1	1	0	2	0	4	10	.346	.433	.462	.895	.563	12	2	0	1	0	1	0
1981	25	CIN	NL	14	85	73	15	27	3	1	3	1	1	10	9	.370	.440	.562	1.002	.387	41	2	0	1	1	1	1
2 Yrs				18	116	99	23	36	4	2	3	3	1	14	19	.364	.439	.535	.974	.423	53	4	0	2	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	438	374	87	136	15	8	11	11	4	53	72	.364	.439	.535	.974	.423	200	15	0	8	4	8	4
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.380	.704	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	24	CIN	NL	-4.7	-0.5	34	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.43	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.43	-1.9	0	0	4
1981	25	CIN	NL	-6.9	-0.7	88	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.35	-0.8	0.5	-10.6	-1.1	0.35	-9.2	1	3	10
2 Yrs				-11.7	-1.2	122	-0.1	0.7	-0.9	.37	-0.9	0.5	-12.7	-1.3	0.37	-11.1	1	3	14

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	24	CIN	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0		7	.426	0	0	4	0	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	5.0
1981	25	CIN	NL	14	14	6	1	10	6	60%	6	.355	1	3	10	1	13	5	9	7	3	7	3	3.8
2 Yrs				18	18	6	1	10	6	60%		.374	1	3	14	1	17	5	13	11	3	11	3	4.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	24	CIN	NL	31	55%	0.0%	32.3%	12.9%	6.5%	22%	2.33	52%	7	2	29%
1981	25	CIN	NL	85	59%	3.5%	10.6%	11.8%	8.2%	26%	1.16	73%	29	2	7%
2 Yrs				116	58%	2.6%	16.4%	12.1%	7.8%	25%	1.32	67%	36	4	11%
MLB Averages					44%	1.8%	12.5%	8.3%	6.4%	27%	1.11	76%			12%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1980	24	CIN	NL	31	9			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	11	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1981	25	CIN	NL	85	27			3	0	7	2	1	2	1	11	7	0	64%	1	0	0	41	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2 Yrs				116	36			3	0	7	2	1	2	1	12	8	0	67%	1	1	0	52	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1980	24	0	0		10.80	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	8	8	0	4	1	10	0	0	1	31	36	1.950	12.2	0.0	5.4	13.5	2.50	36
1981	25	1	0	1.000	8.51	18	0	6	0	0	0	24.1	36	23	23	3	14	2	19	0	0	1	116	43	2.055	13.3	1.1	5.2	7.0	1.36	43

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1980	24	0		12.00	6.0	9	9	8	0	4	9	2.167	13.5	6.0	13.5	2.25	0.0	4
1981	25	2	.000	9.78	23.0	43	28	25	5	16	12	2.565	16.8	6.3	4.7	0.75	2.0	14
2 Yrs		2	.000	10.24	29.0	52	37	33	5	20	21	2.483	16.1		6.5	1.05	1.6	18

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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