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Earle Combs
Earle Bryan Combs (The Kentucky Colonel)
Hall of Famer
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
Final Game: September 29, 1935
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1970.
Died: July 21, 1976 in Richmond, KY
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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 .781 105 260 3 14 *O
1927 28 NYY AL 152 724 648 137 231 36 23 6 64 15 6 62 31 .356 .414 .511 .925 142 331 2 12 *O
1928 29 NYY AL 149 709 626 118 194 33 21 7 56 10 8 77 33 .310 .387 .463 .850 125 290 2 4 *O MVP-6
1929 30 NYY AL 142 666 586 119 202 33 15 3 65 11 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 .947 143 278 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 .860 127 269 2 1 *O
1933 34 NYY AL 122 468 417 86 125 22 16 5 64 6 4 47 19 .300 .372 .465 .837 126 194 1 3 *O
1934 35 NYY AL 63 295 251 47 80 13 5 2 25 3 1 40 9 .319 .412 .434 .847 125 109 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 96 71 670 278 .325 .397 .462 .859 126 2657 17 74
162 Game Avg. 162 724 640 132 208 34 17 6 70 11 8 75 31 .325 .397 .462 .859 126 296 2 8

Postseason Batting

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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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1924 NYY AL 25 OF 11 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 .967 2.27 5-3-3
1925 NYY AL 26 OF 150 422 401 12 9 2 .979 2.75 .964 2.27 12-138-0 MVP-18
1926 NYY AL 27 OF 145 395 375 8 12 2 .970 2.64 .966 2.23 0-145-0
1927 NYY AL 28 OF 152 431 411 6 14 0 .968 2.74 .964 2.22 0-152-0
1928 NYY AL 29 OF 149 444 424 11 9 7 .980 2.92 .973 2.22 0-149-0 MVP-6
1929 NYY AL 30 OF 141 381 358 10 13 5 .966 2.61 .966 2.28 0-141-0
1930 NYY AL 31 OF 135 289 275 5 9 1 .969 2.07 .965 2.16 60-45-30
1931 NYY AL 32 OF 129 349 335 5 9 2 .974 2.64 .969 2.25 0-129-0
1932 NYY AL 33 OF 139 361 343 6 12 3 .967 2.51 .967 2.28 42-115-1
1933 NYY AL 34 OF 104 236 227 3 6 1 .975 2.21 .970 2.21 23-80-2
1934 NYY AL 35 OF 62 147 145 1 1 0 .993 2.35 .967 2.16 12-51-0
1935 NYY AL 36 OF 70 146 143 2 1 0 .993 2.07 .969 2.30 57-13-1
12 Seasons OF 1387 3613 3449 69 95 23 .974 2.54 .967 2.24 211-1161-37
12 Seasons TOT 1387 3613 3449 69 95 23 .974 2.54 .941 2.24 211-1161-37

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 (604th)

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 (71st)

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 (129th)

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  1186 (175th)

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  142 (5th)
1930 AL  143 (8th)
1933 AL  126 (10th)
Career  126 (222nd)

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  39 (5th)
1928 AL  24 (10th)
1930 AL  36 (6th)
1932 AL  27 (9th)
Career  230 (205th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 AL  3.7 (5th)
1928 AL  2.3 (10th)
1930 AL  3.3 (6th)
1932 AL  2.5 (9th)
Career  21.6 (229th)

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 (200th)

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  8.2 (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 (97th)

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

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 78 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 94 (167), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 37 (187), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. George Gore (869)
  6. Kip Selbach (867)
  7. Pete Browning (862)
  8. Baby Doll Jacobson (860)
  9. Pete Fox (859)
  10. Joe Vosmik (857)
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  3. George Hall (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Barney McCosky (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Donlin (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chick Stahl (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Browning (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Elmer Flick (898) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kiki Cuyler (879) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sam Rice (894) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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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