Pat Combs
Patrick Dennis Combs
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 29, 1966 in Newport, RI
School: Baylor University
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
Final Game: July 7, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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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
1989 22 PHI NL 4 0 1.000 2.09 6 6 0 1 1 0 38.2 36 10 9 2 6 1 30 0 0 5 153 169 1.086 8.4 0.5 1.4 7.0 5.00
1990 23 PHI NL 10 10 .500 4.07 32 31 0 3 2 0 183.1 179 90 83 12 86 7 108 4 1 9 800 93 1.445 8.8 0.6 4.2 5.3 1.26
1991 24 PHI NL 2 6 .250 4.90 14 13 0 1 0 0 64.1 64 41 35 7 43 1 41 2 0 7 300 75 1.663 9.0 1.0 6.0 5.7 0.95
1992 25 PHI NL 1 1 .500 7.71 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.2 20 16 16 0 12 0 11 0 0 1 88 45 1.714 9.6 0.0 5.8 5.3 0.92
4 Seasons 17 17 .500 4.22 56 54 0 5 3 0 305.0 299 157 143 21 147 9 190 6 1 22 1341 88 1.462 8.8 0.6 4.3 5.6 1.29
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 4.22 35 33 0 3 2 0 189 185 97 88 13 91 6 117 4 1 14 829 88 1.462 8.8 0.6 4.3 5.6 1.29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1989 22 PHI NL 6 153 145 10 36 7 0 2 3 0 6 30 .248 .278 .338 .616 .301 49 3 0 2 0 1
1990 23 PHI NL 32 800 696 90 179 36 5 12 11 10 86 108 .257 .339 .375 .714 .286 261 14 4 7 7 7
1991 24 PHI NL 14 300 252 41 64 13 0 7 12 2 43 41 .254 .365 .389 .753 .277 98 6 2 1 2 1
1992 25 PHI NL 4 88 72 16 20 5 1 0 4 1 12 11 .278 .376 .375 .751 .323 27 1 0 3 1 0
4 Seasons 56 1341 1165 157 299 61 6 21 30 13 147 190 .257 .340 .373 .714 .288 435 24 6 13 10 9
162 Game Avg. 35 829 720 97 185 38 4 13 19 8 91 117 .257 .340 .373 .714 .288 269 15 4 8 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1989 22 PHI NL 6 6 4 0 2 0 0 6 0 1.000 1 1 1 1 5 83% 60 81 24 3 0 0 2 4.4 4.0 6.4 94 1 2 3 0 111
1990 23 PHI NL 32 31 10 10 11 2 4 14 17 .452 1 6 3 2 16 52% 50 83 9 24 7 1 10 3.9 4.4 5.9 92 5 10 12 1 120
1991 24 PHI NL 14 13 2 6 5 1 1 5 8 .385 0 1 1 0 4 31% 46 78 17 12 7 0 5 4.0 4.3 4.7 86 5 1 3 4 129
1992 25 PHI NL 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 39 53 19 7 4 0 1 5.3 7.0 4.7 81 2 2 0 0 92
4 Seasons 56 54 17 17 20 4 5 27 27 .500 2 8 5 3 26 48% 49 83 9 46 18 1 18 4.1 4.5 5.6 90 13 15 18 5 129
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1990 23 PHI NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.995 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 21
1991 24 PHI NL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1.042 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.0 55
2 Seasons 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1.008 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.5 38

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1989 22 PHI NL 153 92% 1.3% 19.6% 3.9% 5.9% 25% 1.28 1.43 74% 13% 4.8% 16% 21 3 14%
1990 23 PHI NL 800 80% 1.5% 13.5% 10.8% 6.6% 30% 0.85 1.02 73% 20% 4.8% 20% 154 14 9%
1991 24 PHI NL 300 82% 2.3% 13.7% 14.3% 6.7% 31% 0.83 1.16 69% 22% 7.2% 16% 80 6 8%
1992 25 PHI NL 88 81% 0.0% 12.5% 13.6% 6.8% 30% 1.21 1.59 70% 20% 0.0% 21% 19 1 5%
4 Seasons 1341 82% 1.6% 14.2% 11.0% 6.6% 29% 0.91 1.12 72% 20% 5.1% 19% 274 24 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 22 PHI NL 152 563 3.70 373 66% 24% 16% 28% 31% 75% 2% 50% 79% 57% 1% 2 1 17% 26 11 2 28% 1 0 1 1 2
1990 23 PHI NL 720 2609 3.62 1557 60% 23% 14% 27% 35% 77% 2% 46% 82% 53% 8% 56 28 17% 124 64 8 28% 16 23 80 0 0
1991 24 PHI NL 300 1175 3.92 657 56% 23% 15% 29% 33% 77% 1% 43% 80% 46% 12% 36 20 15% 46 29 4 20% 6 15 0 0 0
1992 25 PHI NL 88 324 3.68 188 58% 28% 16% 22% 35% 72% 0% 42% 78% 55% 10% 9 5 13% 11 3 1 27% 0 4 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1260 4671 3.71 2775 59% 24% 15% 27% 34% 76% 1% 45% 81% 52% 8% 103 54 16% 207 107 15 26% 23 42 81 1 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1989 22 PHI NL 153 36 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 1 1 20% 2 5 0 49 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990 23 PHI NL 800 179 27 6 12 0 20 7 5 6 6 40 24 6 60% 8 9 0 291 11 10 52% 8 7 3 3 0 0 1 0 19 0
1991 24 PHI NL 300 64 23 0 7 0 10 6 1 4 3 28 10 8 36% 8 7 0 128 12 2 86% 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
1992 25 PHI NL 88 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 67% 1 1 0 40 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 1341 299 60 7 21 0 31 15 6 11 10 79 39 15 49% 19 22 0 508 30 13 70% 24 9 6 4 0 0 2 0 36 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1989 22 4 0 1.000 2.09 6 6 0 1 1 0 38.2 36 10 9 2 6 1 30 0 0 5 153 169 1.086 8.4 0.5 1.4 7.0 5.00 169
1990 23 14 10 .583 3.73 38 37 0 4 3 0 222.0 215 100 92 14 92 8 138 4 1 14 953 101 1.383 8.7 0.6 3.7 5.6 1.50 101
1991 24 16 16 .500 3.99 52 50 0 5 3 0 286.1 279 141 127 21 135 9 179 6 1 21 1253 93 1.446 8.8 0.7 4.2 5.6 1.33 93
1992 25 17 17 .500 4.22 56 54 0 5 3 0 305.0 299 157 143 21 147 9 190 6 1 22 1341 88 1.462 8.8 0.6 4.3 5.6 1.29 88

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1989 22 3 1 .750 2.50 36.0 38 11 10 2 6 28 0 1.222 9.5 1.5 7.0 4.67 0.5 6
1990 23 8 11 .421 4.47 175.0 183 97 87 12 88 103 4 1.549 9.4 4.5 5.3 1.17 0.6 32
1991 24 2 4 .333 5.61 61.0 68 42 38 7 46 39 2 1.869 10.0 6.8 5.8 0.85 1.0 14
1992 25 0 2 .000 9.00 18.0 21 20 18 0 13 11 0 1.889 10.5 6.5 5.5 0.85 0.0 4
4 Seasons 13 18 .419 4.75 290.0 310 170 153 21 153 181 6 1.597 9.6 5.6 1.18 0.7 56

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1990 NL--2--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 NL--86--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1990 NL--9--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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