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Earle Combs

Earle Bryan Combs (The Kentucky Colonel)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 14, 1899 in Pebworth, KY
School: Eastern Kentucky University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1924
Team: Yankees 1924-1935

Final Game: September 29, 1935
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1970.
   View Earle Combs Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: July 21, 1976 in Richmond, KY
Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, KY
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:02AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #175. Gil Hodges… #176. Nellie Fox… #177. Sammy Sosa… #178. EARLE COMBS… #179. Carlos Beltran… #180. Max Carey… #181. Johnny Damon… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1924 25 NYY AL 24 39 35 10 14 5 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 .400 .462 .543 1.004 158 19 0 0 O
1925 26 NYY AL 150 673 593 117 203 36 13 3 61 12 13 65 43 .342 .411 .462 .873 123 274 4 11 *O MVP-18
1926 27 NYY AL 145 670 606 113 181 31 12 8 55 8 6 47 23 .299 .352 .429 .781 104 260 3 14 *O
1927 28 NYY AL 152 724 648 137 231 36 23 6 64 15 6 62 31 .356 .414 .511 .925 141 331 2 12 *O
1928 29 NYY AL 149 709 626 118 194 33 21 7 56 11 8 77 33 .310 .387 .463 .850 124 290 2 4 *O MVP-6
1929 30 NYY AL 142 666 586 119 202 33 15 3 65 12 7 69 32 .345 .414 .468 .881 132 274 0 11 *O
1930 31 NYY AL 137 617 532 129 183 30 22 7 82 16 10 74 26 .344 .424 .523 .947 142 278 0 11 *O
1931 32 NYY AL 138 636 563 120 179 31 13 5 58 11 3 68 34 .318 .394 .446 .840 125 251 3 2 *O
1932 33 NYY AL 144 675 591 143 190 32 10 9 65 3 9 81 16 .321 .405 .455 .860 126 269 2 1 *O
1933 34 NYY AL 122 468 417 86 125 22 16 5 64 6 4 47 19 .300 .372 .465 .837 125 194 1 3 *O
1934 35 NYY AL 63 295 251 47 80 13 5 2 25 3 1 40 9 .319 .412 .434 .847 124 109 0 4 O
1935 36 NYY AL 89 335 298 47 84 7 4 3 35 1 3 36 10 .282 .359 .362 .722 91 108 0 1 O
12 Seasons 1455 6507 5746 1186 1866 309 154 58 632 98 71 670 278 .325 .397 .462 .859 125 2657 17 74
162 Game Avg. 162 724 640 132 208 34 17 6 70 11 8 75 31 .325 .397 .462 .859 125 296 2 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1924 25 NYY AL 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ O
1925 26 NYY AL 673 18 1 0 0 -1 -4 20 34 3.3 35 3.3 0.0 $ *O MVP-18
1926 27 NYY AL 670 3 4 0 0 0 -4 19 22 2.3 22 2.2 0.1 $ *O
1927 28 NYY AL 724 41 6 0 0 8 -4 20 71 7.0 63 6.2 0.8 $10,500 *O
1928 29 NYY AL 709 28 3 0 0 1 -4 20 48 4.8 47 4.7 0.1 $ *O MVP-6
1929 30 NYY AL 666 35 4 0 0 -2 -4 19 52 5.1 54 5.2 -0.1 $ *O
1930 31 NYY AL 617 43 5 0 0 0 -5 18 61 5.7 61 5.7 0.0 $ *O
1931 32 NYY AL 636 28 6 0 0 -2 -2 19 49 4.7 51 4.9 -0.2 $ *O
1932 33 NYY AL 675 33 3 0 0 4 -3 19 56 5.4 52 5.0 0.4 $ *O
1933 34 NYY AL 468 20 4 0 0 -5 -2 16 33 3.2 38 3.7 -0.5 $ *O
1934 35 NYY AL 295 11 1 0 0 1 -1 8 20 2.0 19 1.8 0.2 $ O
1935 36 NYY AL 335 -2 0 0 0 2 -3 11 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $ O
12 Seasons 6507 261 37 0 0 6 -36 190 458 44.7 452 43.7 1.0 $10,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 27 NYY AL WS STL L 7 33 28 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 .357 .455 .429 .883 12 0 0 0 0 0
1927 28 NYY AL WS PIT W 4 18 16 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .313 .389 .313 .701 5 0 1 0 0 0
1928 29 NYY AL WS STL W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1932 33 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 20 16 8 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 3 .375 .500 .625 1.125 10 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 16 72 60 17 21 3 0 1 9 0 0 10 7 .350 .444 .450 .894 27 1 1 0 1 0
4 WS 16 72 60 17 21 3 0 1 9 0 0 10 7 .350 .444 .450 .894 27 1 1 0 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1924 NYY AL 25 OF 11 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 .970 2.39
1924 NYY AL 25 LF 5 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 .965 2.34
1924 NYY AL 25 CF 3 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .975 2.80
1924 NYY AL 25 RF 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .968 2.03
1925 NYY AL 26 OF 150 422 401 12 9 2 .979 2.75 .965 2.43 MVP-18
1925 NYY AL 26 CF 138 138 134 394 373 12 9 2 .977 2.79 .971 2.89 MVP-18
1925 NYY AL 26 LF 12 11 11 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.58 .958 2.33 MVP-18
1926 NYY AL 27 OF 145 395 375 8 12 2 .970 2.64 .966 2.34
1926 NYY AL 27 CF 144 139 137 394 374 8 12 2 .970 2.65 .969 2.72
1926 NYY AL 27 RF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .963 2.00
1927 NYY AL 28 OF 152 431 411 6 14 0 .968 2.74 .964 2.35
1927 NYY AL 28 CF 151 151 145 431 411 6 14 0 .968 2.76 .966 2.71
1928 NYY AL 29 OF 149 444 424 11 9 7 .980 2.92 .973 2.36 MVP-6
1928 NYY AL 29 CF 149 149 148 444 424 11 9 7 .980 2.92 .972 2.79 MVP-6
1929 NYY AL 30 OF 141 381 358 10 13 5 .966 2.61 .966 2.42
1929 NYY AL 30 CF 141 141 132 380 357 10 13 5 .966 2.60 .970 2.89
1930 NYY AL 31 OF 135 289 275 5 9 1 .969 2.07 .965 2.32
1930 NYY AL 31 LF 55 46 37 96 92 0 4 0 .958 1.67 .968 2.14
1930 NYY AL 31 CF 45 45 42 124 120 2 2 0 .984 2.71 .966 2.84
1930 NYY AL 31 RF 35 30 26 69 63 3 3 1 .957 1.89 .961 1.96
1931 NYY AL 32 OF 129 349 335 5 9 2 .974 2.64 .969 2.38
1931 NYY AL 32 CF 129 125 118 349 335 5 9 2 .974 2.64 .974 2.83
1932 NYY AL 33 OF 139 361 343 6 12 3 .967 2.51 .967 2.42
1932 NYY AL 33 CF 114 113 85 306 289 5 12 2 .961 2.58 .971 2.94
1932 NYY AL 33 LF 48 22 21 55 54 1 0 1 1.000 1.15 .964 2.21
1933 NYY AL 34 OF 104 236 227 3 6 1 .975 2.21 .970 2.37
1933 NYY AL 34 CF 80 77 77 195 187 3 5 1 .974 2.38 .976 2.75
1933 NYY AL 34 LF 24 15 13 42 41 0 1 0 .976 1.71 .971 2.27
1933 NYY AL 34 RF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.10
1934 NYY AL 35 OF 62 147 145 1 1 0 .993 2.35 .968 2.29
1934 NYY AL 35 CF 50 47 45 119 117 1 1 0 .992 2.36 .972 2.64
1934 NYY AL 35 LF 13 12 9 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 .968 2.17
1935 NYY AL 36 OF 70 146 143 2 1 0 .993 2.07 .970 2.39
1935 NYY AL 36 LF 58 58 50 122 120 2 0 0 1.000 2.10 .968 2.24
1935 NYY AL 36 CF 13 10 10 24 23 0 1 0 .958 1.77 .974 2.84
12 Seasons OF 1387 3613 3449 69 95 23 .974 2.54 .967 2.37
12 Seasons CF 1157 1138 1076 3164 3014 63 87 21 .973 2.66 .971 2.81
7 Seasons LF 215 166 142 378 370 3 5 1 .987 1.73 .967 2.21
4 Seasons RF 41 31 27 77 71 3 3 1 .961 1.80 .961 1.97
12 Seasons TOT 1387 3613 3449 69 95 23 .974 2.54 .967 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 2.7%)
1939 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1948 BBWAA ( 5.0%)
1949 BBWAA ( 3.9%)
1950 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1955 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 7.3%)
1958 BBWAA (12.8%)
1960 BBWAA (16.0%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1970 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1970
by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (18, 9%)
1928 AL (6, 20%)
0.29 Career Shares (619th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1927 AL  7.0 (4th)
1928 AL  4.8 (10th)
1932 AL  5.4 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1927 AL  7.0 (4th)
1928 AL  4.8 (6th)
1929 AL  5.1 (7th)
1930 AL  5.7 (8th)
1932 AL  5.4 (6th)
Career  44.7 (224th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 AL  6.2 (4th)
1928 AL  4.7 (7th)
1929 AL  5.2 (8th)
1930 AL  5.7 (6th)
1931 AL  4.9 (10th)
1932 AL  5.0 (8th)
Career  43.7 (213th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 AL  0.8 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 AL  .356 (6th)
1929 AL  .345 (7th)
1932 AL  .321 (9th)
Career  .325 (42nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1925 AL  .411 (10th)
1927 AL  .414 (7th)
1929 AL  .414 (7th)
1930 AL  .424 (5th)
1932 AL  .405 (8th)
Career  .397 (72nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1927 AL  .511 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1927 AL  .925 (7th)
1930 AL  .947 (9th)
Career  .859 (135th)

Games Played s c a p y
1927 AL  152 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1925 AL  593 (10th)
1926 AL  606 (5th)
1927 AL  648 (1st)
1928 AL  626 (3rd)
1929 AL  586 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1926 AL  670 (7th)
1927 AL  724 (1st)
1928 AL  709 (2nd)
1929 AL  666 (10th)
1932 AL  675 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1925 AL  117 (3rd)
1926 AL  113 (4th)
1927 AL  137 (3rd)
1928 AL  118 (3rd)
1929 AL  119 (6th)
1930 AL  129 (5th)
1931 AL  120 (4th)
1932 AL  143 (3rd)
Career  1,186 (181st)

Hits s c a p y
1925 AL  203 (6th)
1927 AL  231 (1st)
1928 AL  194 (4th)
1929 AL  202 (6th)
1932 AL  190 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1925 AL  274 (8th)
1927 AL  331 (3rd)
1928 AL  290 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1925 AL  36 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1925 AL  13 (4th)
1926 AL  12 (9th)
1927 AL  23 (1st)
1928 AL  21 (1st)
1929 AL  15 (4th)
1930 AL  22 (1st)
1931 AL  13 (6th)
1933 AL  16 (2nd)
Career  154 (48th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1928 AL  77 (6th)
1930 AL  74 (6th)
1932 AL  81 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1930 AL  16 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1925 AL  151 (7th)
1927 AL  166 (1st)
1928 AL  133 (8th)
1929 AL  151 (1st)
1930 AL  124 (10th)
1931 AL  130 (9th)
1932 AL  139 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1927 AL  141 (5th)
1930 AL  142 (8th)
Career  125 (234th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1925 AL  109 (9th)
1927 AL  137 (4th)
1928 AL  111 (5th)
1929 AL  113 (10th)
1932 AL  106 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1927 AL  38 (5th)
1928 AL  23 (10th)
1930 AL  36 (6th)
1932 AL  26 (9th)
Career  225 (216th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 AL  3.6 (5th)
1928 AL  2.2 (10th)
1930 AL  3.3 (6th)
1932 AL  2.4 (9th)
Career  21.1 (244th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1927 AL  65 (4th)
1928 AL  61 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1925 AL  272 (4th)
1927 AL  295 (3rd)
1928 AL  273 (4th)
1929 AL  271 (5th)
1930 AL  257 (9th)
1932 AL  273 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1927 AL  .732 (5th)
1930 AL  .703 (8th)
Career  .651 (202nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1925 AL  13 (8th)
1930 AL  10 (7th)
1932 AL  9 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1928 AL  8.6 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1926 AL  26.3 (10th)
1932 AL  36.9 (5th)
1933 AL  21.9 (10th)
Career  20.7 (107th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1926 AL  445 (7th)
1927 AL  435 (6th)
1928 AL  444 (2nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,157 (56th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  3,014 (58th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  63 (75th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  87 (12th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1925 AL  150 (5th)
1927 AL  152 (1st)
1928 AL  149 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1925 AL  401 (4th)
1926 AL  375 (3rd)
1927 AL  411 (1st)
1928 AL  424 (1st)
1931 AL  335 (5th)
1932 AL  343 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1927 AL  14 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1925 AL  2.79 (5th)
1926 AL  2.65 (4th)
1927 AL  2.76 (2nd)
1928 AL  2.92 (3rd)
1931 AL  2.64 (5th)
Career  2.66 (52nd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1925 AL  .977 (3rd)
1926 AL  .970 (5th)
1927 AL  .968 (4th)
1928 AL  .980 (2nd)
1929 AL  .966 (5th)
1931 AL  .974 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1925 AL  2.75 (5th)
1926 AL  2.64 (5th)
1927 AL  2.74 (2nd)
1928 AL  2.92 (3rd)
Career  2.54 (66th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1925 AL  .979 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1935 AL  born 1899-05-14 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (316), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 78 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 112 (130), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 37 (193), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Kip Selbach (870)
  6. Pete Browning (865)
  7. George Gore (865)
  8. Baby Doll Jacobson (862)
  9. Pete Fox (856)
  10. Freddie Lindstrom (855) *
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  3. George Hall (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Barney McCosky (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Donlin (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chick Stahl (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Browning (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Elmer Flick (894) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim O'Rourke (875) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

  • January 7, 1924: Traded by Louisville (American Association) to the New York Yankees for Elmer Smith and $50000 and a player to be named.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192728New York Yankees$10,5005/23/27 AL letter at HOF
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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