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Danny Coombs

Daniel Bernard Coombs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 23, 1942 in Lincoln, ME
High School: Brewer HS (Brewer, ME)
School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1963
Teams (by GP): Astros/Padres/Colt.45's 1963-1971

Final Game: July 23, 1971
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Standard Pitching

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
1963 21 HOU NL 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 29 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1964 22 HOU NL 1 1 .500 5.00 7 1 3 0 0 0 18.0 21 10 10 1 10 0 14 1 0 0 82 70 1.722 10.5 0.5 5.0 7.0 1.40
1965 23 HOU NL 0 2 .000 4.79 26 3 8 0 0 0 47.0 54 26 25 3 23 1 35 3 0 4 218 70 1.638 10.3 0.6 4.4 6.7 1.52
1966 24 HOU NL 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 118 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 10.1
1967 25 HOU NL 3 0 1.000 3.33 6 2 3 0 0 0 24.1 21 9 9 0 9 4 23 0 0 2 101 100 1.233 7.8 0.0 3.3 8.5 2.56
1968 26 HOU NL 4 3 .571 3.28 40 2 16 0 0 2 46.2 52 21 17 0 17 4 29 1 0 5 207 91 1.479 10.0 0.0 3.3 5.6 1.71
1969 27 HOU NL 0 1 .000 6.75 8 0 4 0 0 0 8.0 12 6 6 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 36 55 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 3.4 1.50
1970 28 SDP NL 10 14 .417 3.30 35 27 6 5 1 0 188.1 185 83 69 12 76 14 105 2 1 6 817 121 1.386 8.8 0.6 3.6 5.0 1.38
1971 29 SDP NL 1 6 .143 6.24 19 7 4 0 0 0 57.2 81 52 40 10 25 5 37 0 0 4 277 53 1.838 12.6 1.6 3.9 5.8 1.48
9 Yrs 19 27 .413 4.08 144 42 45 5 1 2 393.0 433 209 178 26 162 29 249 8 1 21 1754 89 1.514 9.9 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.54
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .413 4.08 53 15 16 2 0 1 144 158 76 65 10 59 11 91 3 0 8 641 89 1.514 9.9 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.54
HOU (7 yrs) 8 7 .533 4.22 90 8 35 0 0 2 147.0 167 74 69 4 61 10 107 6 0 11 660 78 1.551 10.2 0.2 3.7 6.6 1.75
SDP (2 yrs) 11 20 .355 3.99 54 34 10 5 1 0 246.0 266 135 109 22 101 19 142 2 1 10 1094 96 1.492 9.7 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.41

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 Awards
1963 21 HOU NL 0.1 1 0 1 27.00 3.11 -1.65 -0.13 92.0 4.24 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .409 .499 $
1964 22 HOU NL 18.0 7 1 10 5.00 4.00 -0.37 -0.10 96.3 4.11 -2 -0.2 .1 0.0 0.0 0 .469 .499 $
1965 23 HOU NL 47.0 26 3 26 4.98 4.17 -0.42 -0.13 96.3 4.29 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.0 0.0 1 .484 .497 $
1966 24 HOU NL 2.2 2 0 1 3.38 4.48 -0.48 -0.18 93.0 4.44 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.0 1 .516 .500 $
1967 25 HOU NL 24.1 6 2 9 3.33 3.72 -0.45 -0.05 92.0 3.79 1 0.1 1.9 -0.0 0.3 4 .518 .501 $
1968 26 HOU NL 46.2 40 2 21 4.05 3.42 -0.70 -0.11 98.3 3.94 -1 -0.2 1.6 -0.1 0.2 3 .496 .499 $
1969 27 HOU NL 8.0 8 0 6 6.75 4.21 -0.59 -0.18 99.3 4.59 -2 -0.2 .9 0.0 -0.1 -1 .473 .499 $
1970 28 SDP NL 188.1 35 27 83 3.97 4.66 -0.17 0.05 97.1 4.73 13 1.4 1.1 -0.1 2.8 35 .541 .509 $
1971 29 SDP NL 57.2 19 7 52 8.12 4.18 -0.29 -0.05 97.1 4.29 -25 -2.5 1.2 -0.2 -2.2 -19 .367 .484 $
9 Seasons 393.0 144 42 209 4.79 4.28 -0.32 -0.03 96.8 4.43 -20 -2.0 1.2 -0.4 0.9 23 .486 .499 $
HOU (7 yrs) 147.0 90 8 74 4.53 3.84 -0.52 -0.11 96.3 4.09 -8 -0.9 1.2 -0.1 0.3 7 .490 .499 $
SDP (2 yrs) 246.0 54 34 135 4.94 4.55 -0.20 0.02 97.1 4.63 -12 -1.1 1.1 -0.3 0.6 15 .480 .497 $

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
1963 21 HOU NL 1 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 .750 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 22 HOU NL 7 82 70 10 21 1 2 1 2 3 10 14 .300 .395 .414 .809 .364 29 1 1 1 0 0 0
1965 23 HOU NL 26 218 185 26 54 6 2 3 4 1 23 35 .292 .374 .395 .768 .340 73 2 3 4 3 1 2
1966 24 HOU NL 2 12 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 .444 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 HOU NL 6 86 90 9 21 4 1 0 0 2 9 23 .233 .300 .300 .600 .309 27 0 0 1 1 4 0
1968 26 HOU NL 40 163 182 21 52 4 2 0 2 1 17 29 .286 .345 .330 .674 .333 60 4 1 4 3 4 5
1969 27 HOU NL 8 29 33 6 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .364 .417 .424 .841 .400 14 2 1 0 0 1 0
1970 28 SDP NL 35 802 721 83 185 42 8 12 15 5 76 105 .257 .327 .387 .714 .284 279 15 2 11 6 14 11
1971 29 SDP NL 19 277 248 52 81 14 4 10 9 4 25 37 .327 .387 .536 .923 .351 133 4 0 3 1 5 7
9 Yrs 144 1673 1545 209 433 73 19 26 32 16 162 249 .280 .349 .403 .751 .317 622 28 8 24 14 29 25
162 Game Avg. 53 612 565 76 158 27 7 10 12 6 59 91 .280 .349 .403 .751 .317 227 10 3 9 5 11 9
MLB Averages .247 .313 .368 .681 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1963 21 HOU NL -0.7 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .24 -0.2 -0.1 -2.6 -0.2 0.24 -2.1 0 0 1
1964 22 HOU NL -2.4 -0.2 85 0.0 0.6 -0.6 .36 -0.4 0.4 -2.4 -0.3 0.36 -4.8 0 0 5
1965 23 HOU NL -6.8 -0.7 229 -1.3 1.0 -2.3 .38 -0.7 -2.8 -10.6 -1.1 0.38 -10.0 4 0 18
1966 24 HOU NL 0.2 0.0 12 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .16 -0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.16 0.3 0 1 1
1967 25 HOU NL 0.6 0.1 90 -0.6 1.9 -2.5 1.44 -0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -0.1 1.44 -0.6 3 0 0
1968 26 HOU NL -2.2 -0.2 172 0.2 2.9 -2.7 1.15 -0.3 0.5 -7.2 -0.8 1.15 -6.4 13 6 11
1969 27 HOU NL -2.4 -0.2 36 0.1 0.5 -0.4 .82 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.67 -0.9 2 1 4
1970 28 SDP NL 11.9 1.2 841 0.4 15.4 -15.0 1.12 0.5 -0.2 3.9 0.4 1.11 2.5 3 2 2
1971 29 SDP NL -22.9 -2.3 293 -3.3 5.2 -8.5 1.20 -2.7 -0.1 -18.7 -1.9 1.20 -24.7 4 1 7
9 Yrs -24.6 -2.5 1763 -4.6 27.4 -31.9 1.00 -3.9 -0.6 -38.0 -4.0 1.00 -46.5 29 11 49

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
1964 22 HOU NL 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57.0 57 57 1 0 0 1 6.0 6.0 5.0
1965 23 HOU NL 26 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39.3 41 37 11 0 0 1 1.3 0.0 2.7
1967 25 HOU NL 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 1 50% 50.5 54 47 1 0 0 1 3.1 1.6 5.8
1968 26 HOU NL 40 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 46.0 54 38 25 9 2 0 3.2 4.5 4.7
1970 28 SDP NL 35 27 8 13 6 0 7 10 17 .370 1 2 5 1 16 59% 51.4 84 14 28 3 9 10 3.6 3.5 6.2
1971 29 SDP NL 19 7 1 3 3 0 0 1 6 .143 1 0 0 0 1 14% 35.3 53 24 12 12 0 4 4.8 7.9 4.6
6 Yrs 133 42 11 19 12 1 7 14 28 .333 2 5 5 1 19 45% 48 84 14 78 24 11 17 3.6 4.0 5.6
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 116 0 4.0 3.9 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1963 21 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 .238 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1964 22 HOU NL 7 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .357 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 6.5
1965 23 HOU NL 26 23 8 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 26 11 42% 5 .383 4 0 18 2 1 20 12 11 10 5 10 2 5.1
1966 24 HOU NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 7 .160 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 4.0
1967 25 HOU NL 6 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.444 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 9.5
1968 26 HOU NL 40 38 16 3 2 2 2 1 100% 8 5 36 12 33% 8 1.150 13 6 11 9 7 14 18 12 6 21 7 12 2.9
1969 27 HOU NL 8 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 8 .822 2 1 4 1 1 6 5 3 2 2 3 2 3.0
1970 28 SDP NL 35 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 1.116 3 2 2 0 2 6 2 6 4 1 4 0 7.4
1971 29 SDP NL 19 12 4 0 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 16 4 25% 6 1.198 4 1 7 3 1 8 7 5 9 2 10 2 6.4
9 Yrs 144 102 45 8 8 4 2 3 50% 14 8 98 34 35% 1.003 29 11 49 17 14 62 47 46 41 33 44 18 4.7

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%
1963 21 HOU NL 4 25% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0 0
1964 22 HOU NL 82 27% 1.2% 17.1% 12.2% 4.9% 19% 0.68 67% 19 1 5%
1965 23 HOU NL 218 31% 1.4% 16.1% 10.6% 5.1% 20% 1.74 69% 47 2 4%
1966 24 HOU NL 12 25% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 75% 3 0 0%
1967 25 HOU NL 101 19% 0.0% 26.7% 10.5% 5.8% 24% 1.11 79% 9 0 0%
1968 26 HOU NL 207 33% 0.0% 17.8% 10.4% 3.7% 12% 1.44 96% 40 4 10%
1969 27 HOU NL 36 38% 0.0% 10.3% 6.9% 6.9% 17% 2.00 103% 9 2 22%
1970 28 SDP NL 816 17% 1.5% 13.1% 9.5% 7.7% 34% 1.16 76% 132 15 11%
1971 29 SDP NL 277 23% 3.6% 13.4% 9.0% 10.1% 35% 1.30 73% 63 4 6%
9 Yrs 1753 23% 1.6% 14.9% 9.7% 7.1% 27% 1.24 77% 322 28 9%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.4% 8.3% 6.1% 27% 1.10 73% 11%

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
1963 21 HOU NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 22 HOU NL 82 21 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 25% 0 0 0 36 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
1965 23 HOU NL 218 54 3 0 11 3 0 1 2 27 18 6 67% 2 4 3 92 4 1 80% 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
1966 24 HOU NL 12 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 HOU NL 86 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 67% 0 2 0 28 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 15
1968 26 HOU NL 163 52 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 18 8 1 44% 5 5 0 67 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44
1969 27 HOU NL 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 50% 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
1970 28 SDP NL 802 185 12 1 11 8 4 1 11 39 21 6 54% 11 6 0 302 15 5 75% 11 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 16 14
1971 29 SDP NL 277 81 10 0 16 9 1 3 7 28 11 9 39% 7 4 0 115 9 4 69% 6 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 6 0
9 Yrs 1673 433 26 1 51 21 5 5 21 125 64 27 51% 25 21 4 667 32 16 67% 23 14 7 1 2 1 6 4 52 80
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1963 21 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 29 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29
1964 22 1 1 .500 5.40 8 1 3 0 0 0 18.1 24 11 11 1 10 0 14 1 0 0 86 67 1.855 11.8 0.5 4.9 6.9 1.40 67
1965 23 1 3 .250 4.96 34 4 11 0 0 0 65.1 78 37 36 4 33 1 49 4 0 4 304 69 1.699 10.7 0.6 4.5 6.8 1.48 69
1966 24 1 3 .250 4.90 36 4 12 0 0 0 68.0 82 38 37 4 33 1 52 4 0 4 316 70 1.691 10.9 0.5 4.4 6.9 1.58 70
1967 25 4 3 .571 4.48 42 6 15 0 0 0 92.1 103 47 46 4 42 5 75 4 0 6 417 76 1.570 10.0 0.4 4.1 7.3 1.79 76
1968 26 8 6 .571 4.08 82 8 31 0 0 2 139.0 155 68 63 4 59 9 104 5 0 11 624 80 1.540 10.0 0.3 3.8 6.7 1.76 80
1969 27 8 7 .533 4.22 90 8 35 0 0 2 147.0 167 74 69 4 61 10 107 6 0 11 660 78 1.551 10.2 0.2 3.7 6.6 1.75 78
1970 28 18 21 .462 3.70 125 35 41 5 1 2 335.1 352 157 138 16 137 24 212 8 1 17 1477 99 1.458 9.4 0.4 3.7 5.7 1.55 99
1971 29 19 27 .413 4.08 144 42 45 5 1 2 393.0 433 209 178 26 162 29 249 8 1 21 1754 89 1.514 9.9 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.54 89

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1963 21 0 0 9.00 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1964 22 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 22 12 11 1 10 13 1 2.000 12.4 5.6 7.3 1.30 0.6 7
1965 23 1 3 .250 5.93 44.0 58 32 29 3 25 33 3 1.886 11.9 5.1 6.8 1.32 0.6 26
1966 24 0 0 2.25 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 2
1967 25 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 23 11 10 0 10 21 0 1.435 9.0 3.9 8.2 2.10 0.0 6
1968 26 2 2 .500 4.71 42.0 59 24 22 0 19 26 1 1.857 12.6 4.1 5.6 1.37 0.0 40
1969 27 0 0 9.00 7.0 13 8 7 0 2 2 1 2.143 16.7 2.6 2.6 1.00 0.0 8
1970 28 12 8 .600 3.36 185.0 185 77 69 12 76 103 2 1.411 9.0 3.7 5.0 1.36 0.6 35
1971 29 1 4 .200 8.00 54.0 89 53 48 11 27 34 0 2.148 14.8 4.5 5.7 1.26 1.8 19
9 Yrs 17 19 .472 4.74 376.0 449 219 198 27 169 236 8 1.644 10.7 5.6 1.40 0.6 144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 NL  3.30 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  0.574 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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