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Pat Combs

Patrick Dennis Combs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 29, 1966 in Newport, RI
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1989
Team: Phillies 1989-1992

Final Game: July 7, 1992
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Standard Batting

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
1989 22 PHI NL 6 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1990 23 PHI NL 32 67 60 6 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .150 .190 .183 .374 4 11 0 0 4 0 0 1
1991 24 PHI NL 14 20 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .133 .278 .133 .411 20 2 0 1 2 0 0 1
1992 25 PHI NL 4 10 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .250 .472 34 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
4 Yrs 56 110 95 13 14 4 0 0 4 1 0 6 36 .147 .206 .189 .395 12 18 0 1 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 318 275 38 41 12 0 0 12 3 0 17 104 .147 .206 .189 .395 12 52 0 3 23 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1989 22 PHI NL 6 13 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .511 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1990 23 PHI NL 32 67 -7 -0 0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $112,000 1
1991 24 PHI NL 14 20 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $220,000 1
1992 25 PHI NL 4 10 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .520 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
4 Seasons 56 110 -10 -0 1 0 14 4 0.5 3 8 0.5 .508 .501 0.5 0.0 7 $332,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1989 22 PHI NL 13 11 1 2.5 90 .250 .167 .253 .167 .320 .250 .376 .417 .696 18 .286 -1.3 -0.1 .400 .167 .083 .0
1990 23 PHI NL 67 55 2 1.0 97 .250 .150 .263 .190 .329 .183 .395 .374 .725 4 .060 -8.0 -0.8 .275 .083 .033
1991 24 PHI NL 20 15 1 1.8 93 .250 .133 .257 .278 .324 .133 .384 .411 .708 20 .174 -1.5 -0.2 .385 .133 .000
1992 25 PHI NL 10 8 1 3.4 92 .143 .125 .259 .222 .325 .250 .381 .472 .706 34 .409 -0.7 -0.1 .429 .250 .125
4 Yrs 110 89 5 1.5 95 .237 .147 .260 .206 .327 .189 .390 .395 .717 12 .128 -11.4 -1.2 .321 .116 .042 .0
162 Game Avg. 318 257 14 1.5 95 .237 .147 .260 .206 .327 .189 .390 .395 .717 12 .128 -11.4 -1.2 .321 .116 .042

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 22 PHI NL 13 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 3.0 0.25 1.33 62% 22% 0.0% 0%
1990 23 PHI NL 67 0.0% 35.8% 4.5% 3.0% 22% 8.00 2.5 30.0 1.67 1.90 54% 8% 0.0% 25%
1991 24 PHI NL 20 0.0% 35.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 3.50 2.1 6.00 40% 10% 0.0% 0%
1992 25 PHI NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 100% 1.00 8.0 4.0 0.50 1.33 70% 0% 0.0% 50%
4 Yrs 110 0.0% 32.7% 5.5% 3.6% 29% 6.00 2.6 23.8 1.38 2.19 54% 9% 0.0% 24%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.9% 8.6% 6.6% 29% 1.73 6.0 44.6 8.6 0.80 1.05 73% 20% 5.9% 17%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1989 22 PHI NL -1.3 -0.1 14 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 1.03 -0.2 -0.1 -3.4 -0.4 1.10 -2.0 0
1990 23 PHI NL -8.0 -0.8 68 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .96 -0.7 -0.1 -3.6 -0.4 0.98 -5.8 0
1991 24 PHI NL -1.5 -0.2 21 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.00 -0.1 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.99 -1.2 0
1992 25 PHI NL -0.7 -0.1 10 0.1 0.3 -0.2 1.09 -0.0 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 1.21 -0.3 0
4 Yrs -11.4 -1.2 113 -1.1 1.1 -2.2 .99 -1.0 -0.1 -8.6 -0.9 1.02 -9.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 22 PHI NL 0 0 50% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 23 PHI NL 2 0 50% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
1991 24 PHI NL 0 0 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1992 25 PHI NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 Yrs 2 0 62% 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40% 7 5 2 0 0 0 8 4 4

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 22 PHI NL 13 69% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 5 0 0% 6 1 17% 13 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1990 23 PHI NL 67 57% 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 14 0 0% 9 2 22% 46 4 9% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1991 24 PHI NL 20 60% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1992 25 PHI NL 10 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 10 2 20% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 110 58% 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 47% 26 0 0% 22 5 23% 80 6 8% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 0
MLB Averages 60% 72% 10% 36% 14% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 22 PHI NL 13 37 2.85 29 78% 28% 24% 17% 31% 72% 0% 57% 67% 54% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 23 PHI NL 61 221 3.62 157 71% 22% 26% 28% 24% 78% 0% 55% 66% 34% 3% 2 0 11% 7 3 3% 2 1 14% 6 0 0
1991 24 PHI NL 20 73 3.65 50 68% 36% 20% 24% 20% 64% 0% 44% 69% 20% 5% 1 0 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 14% 0 0 0
1992 25 PHI NL 10 31 3.10 20 65% 40% 10% 10% 40% 60% 0% 39% 83% 20% 10% 1 0 20% 2 1 10% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 104 362 3.48 256 71% 27% 23% 25% 25% 73% 0% 52% 68% 33% 4% 4 0 10% 10 4 3% 3 1 15% 6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 22 6 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 18 3 0 0 1 0 0
1990 23 38 80 72 7 11 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 28 .153 .187 .194 .381 7 14 0 0 5 0 0
1991 24 52 100 87 12 13 3 0 0 2 1 0 5 35 .149 .204 .184 .388 10 16 0 1 7 0 0
1992 25 56 110 95 13 14 4 0 0 4 1 0 6 36 .147 .206 .189 .395 12 18 0 1 8 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1989 22 6 14 13 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 .231 .231 .385 .615 1 6
1990 23 32 67 60 6 9 2 0 0 2 0 3 24 .150 .190 .183 .374 2 32
1991 24 14 23 16 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .188 .381 .188 .568 1 14
1992 25 4 12 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 .222 .364 .444 .808 1 4
4 Yrs 56 116 98 21 17 6 0 0 7 2 8 36 .173 .250 .235 .485 5 56
162 Game Avg. 162 336 284 61 49 17 0 0 20 6 23 104 .173 .250 .235 .485 14 56

* 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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