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Jack Coombs

John Wesley Coombs (Colby Jack)

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 18, 1882 in Le Grand, IA
High School: Colburn HS (Waterville, ME)
School: Colby College (Waterville, ME)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1905. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1906
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Robins/Tigers 1906-1920

Final Game: July 18, 1920
Died: April 15, 1957 in Palestine, TX
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Palestine, TX
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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
1906 23 PHA AL 24 70 67 9 16 2 0 0 3 2 1 15 .239 .261 .269 .530 64 18 1 1 1
1907 24 PHA AL 24 50 48 4 8 0 0 1 4 1 0 15 .167 .167 .229 .396 25 11 0 2 1
1908 25 PHA AL 78 239 220 24 56 9 5 1 23 6 9 34 .255 .287 .355 .642 103 78 1 9 O1/3
1909 26 PHA AL 37 90 83 4 14 4 0 0 10 1 4 23 .169 .216 .217 .433 35 18 1 2 1
1910 27 PHA AL 46 142 132 20 29 3 0 0 9 3 7 23 .220 .270 .242 .512 61 32 2 1 1
1911 28 PHA AL 52 152 141 31 45 6 1 2 23 5 8 19 .319 .356 .418 .774 117 59 0 3 1 MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 56 127 110 10 28 2 0 0 13 1 2 14 18 .255 .344 .273 .617 80 30 1 2 1
1913 30 PHA AL 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 194 2 0 0 /1
1914 31 PHA AL 5 12 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 .273 .333 .364 .697 113 4 0 0 /O1
1915 32 BRO NL 29 78 75 8 21 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 17 .280 .299 .320 .619 86 24 0 1 1
1916 33 BRO NL 27 63 61 2 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .180 .206 .213 .419 28 13 0 0 1
1917 34 BRO NL 32 49 44 4 10 0 1 0 2 1 4 9 .227 .292 .273 .564 72 12 0 1 1
1918 35 BRO NL 46 122 113 6 19 3 2 0 3 1 7 5 .168 .223 .230 .453 39 26 1 1 1O9/8
1920 37 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
14 Yrs 460 1199 1110 123 261 34 10 4 100 21 4 59 191 .235 .278 .295 .573 74 327 7 23
162 Game Avg. 162 422 391 43 92 12 4 1 35 7 21 67 .235 .278 .295 .573 74 115 2 8
PHA (9 yrs) 324 885 815 103 200 28 6 4 87 19 3 44 150 .245 .289 .309 .598 82 252 6 20
BRO (4 yrs) 134 312 293 20 61 6 4 0 13 2 1 15 41 .208 .249 .256 .505 54 75 1 3
DET (1 yr) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 326 887 817 103 200 28 6 4 87 19 3 44 150 .245 .288 .308 .597 82 252 6 20
NL (4 yrs) 134 312 293 20 61 6 4 0 13 2 1 15 41 .208 .249 .256 .505 54 75 1 3

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
1906 23 PHA AL 24 70 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1907 24 PHA AL 24 50 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1908 25 PHA AL 78 239 -0 -0 0 3 5 7 0.9 8 15 1.7 .512 .506 1.3 0.1 12 $ O1/3
1909 26 PHA AL 37 90 -6 -0 0 0 7 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1
1910 27 PHA AL 46 142 -6 -0 0 0 10 4 0.4 5 9 0.4 .510 .503 0.5 -0.0 9 $ 1
1911 28 PHA AL 52 152 3 -0 0 0 13 16 1.6 5 21 1.6 .530 .510 1.6 0.0 21 $ 1 MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 56 127 -2 -0 0 0 10 8 0.8 4 12 0.8 .515 .505 0.8 0.0 12 $ 1
1913 30 PHA AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .528 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1914 31 PHA AL 5 12 0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /O1
1915 32 BRO NL 29 78 -2 -0 0 0 6 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 -0.0 6 $ 1
1916 33 BRO NL 27 63 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1917 34 BRO NL 32 49 -2 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1918 35 BRO NL 46 122 -7 0 0 -2 6 -3 -0.4 3 0 -0.4 .492 .498 -0.1 -0.3 3 $ 1O9/8
1920 37 DET AL 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
14 Seasons 460 1199 -34 -2 0 1 75 40 4.3 39 79 5.2 .509 .502 5.2 -0.2 78 $
PHA (9 yrs) 324 885 -18 -2 0 3 54 37 4.0 30 67 4.9 .512 .503 4.6 0.1 64 $
BRO (4 yrs) 134 312 -15 -0 0 -2 21 3 0.3 9 12 0.3 .503 .501 0.6 -0.3 14 $
DET (1 yr) 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

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
1906 23 PHA AL 70 52 5 2.6 77 .308 .239 .259 .261 .315 .269 .332 .530 .647 64 .397 -2.9 -0.4 .431 .075 .030 .0
1907 24 PHA AL 50 42 2 1.3 73 .219 .167 .256 .167 .312 .229 .320 .396 .632 25 .162 -4.4 -0.5 .300 .083 .063 1.0
1908 25 PHA AL 239 173 22 3.4 73 .297 .255 .252 .287 .310 .355 .321 .642 .631 103 .569 -0.2 -0.0 .573 .168 .100 1.7
1909 26 PHA AL 90 71 4 1.5 75 .233 .169 .255 .216 .316 .217 .323 .433 .639 35 .213 -6.1 -0.8 .348 .108 .048 .0
1910 27 PHA AL 142 104 8 2.1 74 .266 .220 .249 .270 .315 .242 .321 .512 .636 61 .311 -5.9 -0.7 .427 .098 .023 .0
1911 28 PHA AL 152 99 21 5.7 95 .358 .319 .279 .356 .345 .418 .366 .774 .711 117 .641 2.8 0.3 .750 .191 .099 2.9
1912 29 PHA AL 127 86 10 3.1 88 .304 .255 .268 .344 .336 .273 .352 .617 .688 80 .404 -2.1 -0.2 .524 .136 .018 .0
1913 30 PHA AL 3 2 1 13.4 86 1.000 .333 .262 .333 .334 .667 .344 1.000 .678 194 .916 0.4 0.0 1.000 .333 .333
1914 31 PHA AL 12 9 1 3.0 79 .300 .273 .252 .333 .324 .364 .330 .697 .654 113 .456 0.2 0.0 .444 .091 .091
1915 32 BRO NL 78 56 7 3.4 82 .362 .280 .258 .299 .321 .320 .345 .619 .667 86 .511 -1.7 -0.2 .455 .053 .040
1916 33 BRO NL 63 50 3 1.6 80 .216 .180 .256 .206 .315 .213 .342 .419 .657 28 .205 -5.3 -0.6 .300 .066 .033
1917 34 BRO NL 49 35 4 3.1 80 .286 .227 .259 .292 .316 .273 .342 .564 .658 72 .463 -1.5 -0.2 .500 .159 .045 .0
1918 35 BRO NL 122 95 6 1.7 79 .176 .168 .260 .223 .318 .230 .336 .453 .653 39 .218 -8.4 -1.0 .372 .133 .062 .0
1920 37 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .288 .000 .352 .000 .395 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
14 Yrs 1199 876 94 2.9 80 .281 .235 .259 .278 .321 .295 .336 .573 .657 74 .429 -35.8 -4.3 .481 .128 .059 6.7
162 Game Avg. 422 309 33 2.9 80 .281 .235 .259 .278 .321 .295 .336 .573 .657 74 .429 -35.8 -4.3 .481 .128 .059 2
PHA (9 yrs) 885 638 74 3.1 80 .297 .245 .259 .289 .322 .309 .334 .598 .656 82 .463 -18.3 -2.2 .515 .137 .064 6.6
BRO (4 yrs) 312 236 20 2.3 80 .242 .208 .259 .249 .318 .256 .341 .505 .658 54 .329 -16.9 -2.0 .395 .102 .048 .0
DET (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .288 .000 .352 .000 .395 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (10 yrs) 887 640 74 3.1 80 .296 .245 .260 .288 .322 .308 .335 .597 .657 82 .462 -18.8 -2.3 .513 .137 .064 6.6
NL (4 yrs) 312 236 20 2.3 80 .242 .208 .259 .249 .318 .256 .341 .505 .658 54 .329 -16.9 -2.0 .395 .102 .048 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1910 27 PHA AL WS CHC W 3 13 13 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .385 .385 .462 .846 6 1 0 0 0 0
1911 28 PHA AL WS NYG W 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1916 33 BRO NL WS BOS L 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 6 24 24 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .375 .708 9 1 0 0 0 0
3 WS 6 24 24 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .375 .708 9 1 0 0 0 0

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
1918 35 BRO NL 122 0.0% 4.1% 5.7% 4.1% 26% 0.71 22.6 37.7 89%
1920 37 DET AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
14 Yrs 124 3.2% 154.0% 47.6% 38.7% 18% 3.24 5.8 277.5 11.1 738%
MLB Averages 2.4% 55.7% 43.0% 27.9% 22% 1.29 9.1 207.2 10.2 446%

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
1906 23 24 70 67 9 16 2 0 0 3 2 1 15 .239 .261 .269 .530 64 18 1 1
1907 24 48 120 115 13 24 2 0 1 7 3 1 30 .209 .222 .252 .474 48 29 1 3
1908 25 126 359 335 37 80 11 5 2 30 9 10 64 .239 .265 .319 .585 84 107 2 12
1909 26 163 449 418 41 94 15 5 2 40 10 14 87 .225 .255 .299 .554 74 125 3 14
1910 27 209 591 550 61 123 18 5 2 49 13 21 110 .224 .259 .285 .544 71 157 5 15
1911 28 261 743 691 92 168 24 6 4 72 18 29 129 .243 .279 .313 .591 81 216 5 18
1912 29 317 870 801 102 196 26 6 4 85 19 2 43 147 .245 .288 .307 .595 81 246 6 20
1913 30 319 873 804 103 197 27 6 4 85 19 2 43 149 .245 .288 .308 .597 82 248 6 20
1914 31 324 885 815 103 200 28 6 4 87 19 3 44 150 .245 .289 .309 .598 82 252 6 20
1915 32 353 963 890 111 221 29 7 4 92 19 4 46 167 .248 .290 .310 .600 83 276 6 21
1916 33 380 1026 951 113 232 31 7 4 95 19 4 48 177 .244 .285 .304 .588 79 289 6 21
1917 34 412 1075 995 117 242 31 8 4 97 20 4 52 186 .243 .285 .303 .587 79 301 6 22
1918 35 458 1197 1108 123 261 34 10 4 100 21 4 59 191 .236 .279 .295 .574 75 327 7 23
1919 36 458 1197 1108 123 261 34 10 4 100 21 4 59 191 .236 .279 .295 .574 75 327 7 23
1920 37 460 1199 1110 123 261 34 10 4 100 21 4 59 191 .235 .278 .295 .573 74 327 7 23

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
1906 23 25 75 72 11 18 2 0 0 4 2 1 16 .250 .270 .278 .548 5 24
1907 24 25 53 51 5 9 0 0 1 5 1 0 16 .176 .176 .235 .412 2 24
1908 25 81 255 235 30 65 10 6 1 29 7 10 35 .277 .309 .383 .692 28 78
1909 26 39 97 89 6 17 5 0 0 14 1 5 24 .191 .242 .247 .489 5 37
1910 27 47 150 139 25 33 3 0 0 11 3 8 24 .237 .289 .259 .548 10 46
1911 28 55 159 148 33 47 6 1 2 24 5 8 20 .318 .353 .412 .765 22 52
1912 29 59 136 117 11 31 2 0 0 15 1 16 19 .265 .358 .282 .640 11 56
1913 30 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 1 2
1914 31 5 13 12 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 .333 .385 .417 .801 2 5
1915 32 30 84 81 10 25 1 1 0 7 0 2 18 .309 .325 .346 .671 9 29
1916 33 28 66 64 2 12 2 0 0 3 0 2 10 .188 .212 .219 .431 3 27
1917 34 33 51 46 5 11 0 1 0 2 1 4 9 .239 .300 .283 .583 4 32
1918 35 59 159 147 10 27 4 3 0 5 1 10 6 .184 .241 .252 .492 9 46
1920 37 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
14 Yrs 490 1303 1206 150 300 37 12 4 122 22 67 200 .249 .292 .309 .601 111 460
162 Game Avg. 162 431 399 50 99 12 4 1 40 7 22 66 .249 .292 .309 .601 37 460

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 1.0%)
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (12, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1910 AL  9.7 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1918 NL  born 1882-11-18 (10th)
1920 AL  born 1882-11-18 (3rd)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Burleigh Grimes (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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