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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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-min	AA,A,AAA	13	8	.619	2.54	28	28	0	6	1	191.0	154	69	54	16	58	2	121	5	3	6			1.110	7.3	0.8	2.7	5.7	2.09	REA,CLW,SWB · EL,FLOR,IL
1989	22	PHI	NL	4	0	1.000	2.09	6	6	0	1	1	38.2	36	10	9	2	6	1	30	0	0	5	153	171	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	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-min	AAA	2	2	.500	6.67	6	6	0	1	0	27.0	39	23	20	0	16	0	14	0	0	1	132		2.037	13.0	0.0	5.3	4.7	0.88	SWB · IL
1991	24	PHI	NL	2	6	.250	4.90	14	13	0	1	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-min	AAA	5	7	.417	3.61	21	21	0	1	0	124.2	123	62	50	9	41	0	77	0	1	3	526		1.316	8.9	0.6	3.0	5.6	1.88	SWB · IL
1992	25	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	7.71	4	4	0	0	0	18.2	20	16	16	0	12	0	11	0	0	1	88	47	1.714	9.6	0.0	5.8	5.3	0.92
1993	26	PHI-min	AAA	0	9	.000	4.84	15	15	0	1	0	83.2	97	57	45	8	27	1	60	4	0	7	372		1.482	10.4	0.9	2.9	6.5	2.22	SWB · IL
1994	27	PHI-min	AAA	6	11	.353	6.29	28	22	0	3	0	137.1	167	106	96	13	75	1	70	0	0	4	626		1.762	10.9	0.9	4.9	4.6	0.93	SWB · IL
1995	28	PHI-MIL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	5.43	34	8	12	0	0	71.1	90	48	43	7	38	3	46	2	0	6	329		1.794	11.4	0.9	4.8	5.8	1.21	SWB,NOR · IL,AA
4 Yrs				17	17	.500	4.22	56	54	0	5	3	305.0	299	157	143	21	147	9	190	6	1	22	1341	89	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	189	185	97	88	13	91	6	117	4	1	14	829	89	1.462	8.8	0.6	4.3	5.6	1.29

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1989	22	PHI	NL	38.2	6	6	10	2.33	3.98	-0.46	0.14	100.9	4.62	10	1.3		-0.0	1.6	13	.713	.508	$
1990	23	PHI	NL	183.1	32	31	90	4.42	4.32	0.17	0.15	99.2	4.28	-6	-0.7	1.8	-0.1	0.6	13	.479	.496	$112,000
1991	24	PHI	NL	64.1	14	13	41	5.74	4.13	-0.11	0.12	98.7	4.30	-11	-1.1	.4	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.421	.493	$220,000
1992	25	PHI	NL	18.2	4	4	16	7.71	3.66	-0.16	0.13	98.5	3.89	-8	-0.8		-0.0	-0.6	-6	.310	.495	$
4 Seasons				305.0	56	54	157	4.63	4.20	0.01	0.14	99.3	4.30	-15	-1.3	1.1	-0.2	1.0	16	.478	.498	$332,000

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
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	2
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	8
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	8
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	1
4 Yrs				56	1341	1165	157	299	61	6	21	30	13	147	190	.257	.340	.373	.714	.288	435	24	6	13	10	9	19
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	12
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.381	.703	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1989	22	PHI	NL	6.4	0.7	161	0.9	3.3	-2.4	1.10	0.6	0.2	6.2	0.7	1.10	5.4	0	0
1990	23	PHI	NL	-4.4	-0.4	830	-0.2	13.5	-13.7	.99	-0.3	0.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.99	-4.7	1	0
1991	24	PHI	NL	-9.7	-1.0	319	-0.8	5.4	-6.2	1.05	-1.4	0.7	-10.2	-1.0	1.05	-15.3	0	1
1992	25	PHI	NL	-7.8	-0.8	93	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	1.26	-0.4	-0.2	-6.1	-0.6	1.26	-4.2	0	0
4 Yrs				-15.5	-1.4	1403	-0.8	23.8	-24.6	1.04	-1.5	0.7	-16.8	-1.6	1.04	-18.8	1	1

Starting Pitching*

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%	60.3	81	24	3	0	0	2	4.4	4.0	6.4	94	1	1	3	0	111
1990	23	PHI	NL	32	31	10	10	11	2	4	14	17	.452	1	6	3	2	16	52%	49.6	83	9	24	7	1	10	3.9	4.4	5.9	93	5	10	11	2	120
1991	24	PHI	NL	14	13	2	6	5	1	1	5	8	.385	0	1	1	0	4	31%	45.9	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%	39.2	53	19	7	4	0	1	5.3	7.0	4.7	82	2	2	0	0	92
4 Yrs				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	14	17	6	129
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	103	-14					4.2	4.2	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	IR	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1990	23	PHI	NL	32	1	0		8	.993	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	4.0	21
1991	24	PHI	NL	14	1	1	0%	2	1.050	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	11.0	55
2 Yrs				46	2	1	0%		1.009	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	7.5	38

Ratio Pitching*

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	8%	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	20%	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	18%	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	19%	0.0%	12.5%	13.6%	6.8%	30%	1.21	1.59	70%	20%	0.0%	21%	19	1	5%
4 Yrs				1341	18%	1.6%	14.2%	11.0%	6.6%	29%	0.91	1.12	72%	20%	5.1%	19%	274	24	9%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	5.9%	17%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	724	2623	3.62	1562	60%	24%	14%	27%	35%	76%	2%	45%	82%	53%	8%	56	28	17%	124	64	8	28%	16	23	76	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	89	328	3.69	191	58%	27%	17%	22%	34%	73%	0%	42%	77%	55%	10%	9	5	15%	13	4	1	27%	0	4	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				1265	4689	3.71	2783	59%	24%	15%	27%	34%	76%	1%	45%	81%	52%	8%	103	54	17%	209	108	15	26%	23	42	76	1	2
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

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
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	0	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 Yrs				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	1	0	36	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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	1	1	38.2	36	10	9	2	6	1	30	0	0	5	153	171	1.086	8.4	0.5	1.4	7.0	5.00	171
1990	23	14	10	.583	3.73	38	37	4	3	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	5	3	286.1	279	141	127	21	135	9	179	6	1	21	1253	94	1.446	8.8	0.7	4.2	5.6	1.33	94
1992	25	17	17	.500	4.22	56	54	5	3	305.0	299	157	143	21	147	9	190	6	1	22	1341	89	1.462	8.8	0.6	4.3	5.6	1.29	89

Neutralized Pitching

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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	2.43	37.0	37	11	10	2	6	28	0	1.162	9.0	1.5	6.8	4.67	0.5	6
1990	23	8	11	.421	4.47	175.0	184	97	87	12	88	103	4	1.554	9.5	4.5	5.3	1.17	0.6	32
1991	24	2	4	.333	5.52	62.0	67	42	38	7	45	40	2	1.806	9.7	6.5	5.8	0.89	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 Yrs		13	18	.419	4.72	292.0	309	170	153	21	152	182	6	1.579	9.5		5.6	1.20	0.6	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)

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

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Similarity Scores

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