Danny Coombs
Daniel Bernard Coombs
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 23, 1942 in Lincoln, ME
High School: Brewer (Brewer, ME)
School: Seton Hall University
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1963
Final Game: July 23, 1971
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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
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 12 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 69 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 69 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 12 100 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 98 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 90 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 52 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 6 817 120 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 Seasons 19 27 .413 4.08 144 42 45 5 1 2 393.0 433 209 178 26 162 29 249 8 1 21 1754 88 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 88 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 76 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

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
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
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
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
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
1967 25 HOU NL 6 101 90 9 21 4 1 0 0 2 9 23 .233 .300 .300 .600 .309 27 0 0 1 1 4
1968 26 HOU NL 40 207 182 21 52 4 2 0 2 1 17 29 .286 .345 .330 .674 .333 60 4 1 4 3 4
1969 27 HOU NL 8 36 33 6 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .364 .417 .424 .841 .400 14 2 1 0 0 1
1970 28 SDP NL 35 816 721 83 185 42 8 12 15 5 76 105 .257 .327 .387 .714 .284 279 15 2 11 6 14
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
9 Seasons 144 1753 1545 209 433 73 19 26 32 16 162 249 .280 .349 .403 .751 .317 622 28 8 24 14 29
162 Game Avg. 53 641 565 76 158 27 7 10 12 6 59 91 .280 .349 .403 .751 .317 227 10 3 9 5 11
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
1964 22 HOU NL 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57 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 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% 51 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 54 38 24 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 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 53 24 12 12 0 4 4.8 7.9 4.6
6 Seasons 133 42 11 19 12 1 7 14 28 .333 2 5 5 1 19 45% 47 84 14 77 24 11 17 3.6 4.0 5.6
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
1963 21 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.288 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 0.388 0 0 6 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 0.412 4 1 17 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 0.204 1 0 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% 1.472 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 34 12 35% 8 1.181 14 5 10 9 6 14 17 12 6 21 6 12 2.9
1969 27 HOU NL 8 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 8 0.815 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 1.121 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 1.205 4 2 6 3 1 8 7 5 9 2 10 2 6.4
9 Seasons 144 102 45 8 8 4 2 3 50% 14 8 96 34 35% 1.016 31 11 47 17 13 62 46 46 41 33 43 18 4.7

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%
1963 21 HOU NL 4 75% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0 0
1964 22 HOU NL 82 73% 1.2% 17.1% 12.2% 4.9% 19% 0.68 67% 19 1 5%
1965 23 HOU NL 218 69% 1.4% 16.1% 10.6% 5.1% 20% 1.74 69% 47 2 4%
1966 24 HOU NL 12 75% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 75% 3 0 0%
1967 25 HOU NL 101 81% 0.0% 22.8% 8.9% 5.0% 24% 1.11 67% 9 0 0%
1968 26 HOU NL 207 67% 0.0% 14.0% 8.2% 2.9% 12% 1.38 75% 40 4 10%
1969 27 HOU NL 36 62% 0.0% 8.3% 5.6% 5.6% 17% 2.00 83% 9 2 22%
1970 28 SDP NL 816 83% 1.5% 12.9% 9.3% 7.6% 34% 1.16 75% 132 15 11%
1971 29 SDP NL 277 77% 3.6% 13.4% 9.0% 10.1% 35% 1.30 73% 63 4 6%
9 Seasons 1753 77% 1.5% 14.2% 9.2% 6.7% 27% 1.23 73% 322 28 9%
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
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 159 52 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 18 8 1 44% 5 5 0 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 48
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 Seasons 1669 433 26 1 50 21 5 5 21 125 64 27 51% 25 21 4 666 32 16 67% 23 14 7 1 2 1 7 4 52 84
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+
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 12 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12
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 63 1.855 11.8 0.5 4.9 6.9 1.40 63
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 68 1.699 10.7 0.6 4.5 6.8 1.48 68
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 69 1.691 10.9 0.5 4.4 6.9 1.58 69
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 74 1.570 10.0 0.4 4.1 7.3 1.79 74
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 79 1.540 10.0 0.3 3.8 6.7 1.76 79
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 76 1.551 10.2 0.2 3.7 6.6 1.75 76
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 98 1.458 9.4 0.4 3.7 5.7 1.55 98
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 88 1.514 9.9 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.54 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
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 12 1 2.000 12.4 5.6 6.8 1.20 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 4.30 23.0 23 12 11 0 10 22 0 1.435 9.0 3.9 8.6 2.20 0.0 6
1968 26 2 2 .500 4.60 43.0 58 24 22 0 19 27 1 1.791 12.1 4.0 5.7 1.42 0.0 40
1969 27 0 0 9.00 7.0 12 8 7 0 2 3 1 2.000 15.4 2.6 3.9 1.50 0.0 8
1970 28 12 8 .600 3.38 184.0 186 77 69 12 76 103 2 1.424 9.1 3.7 5.0 1.36 0.6 35
1971 29 1 4 .200 8.15 53.0 90 53 48 11 28 34 0 2.226 15.3 4.8 5.8 1.21 1.9 19
9 Seasons 17 19 .472 4.78 375.0 449 220 199 27 170 238 8 1.651 10.8 5.7 1.40 0.6 144

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 NL--3.297--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--.574--5th

                           

Similarity Scores

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