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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 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
1906 23 PHA AL 10 10 .500 2.50 23 18 4 13 1 0 173.0 144 65 48 0 68 90 7 0 5 703 109 1.225 7.5 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.32
1907 24 PHA AL 6 9 .400 3.12 23 17 4 10 2 2 132.2 109 58 46 2 64 73 9 0 7 554 83 1.304 7.4 0.1 4.3 5.0 1.14
1908 25 PHA AL 7 5 .583 2.00 26 18 6 10 4 0 153.0 130 63 34 1 64 80 3 0 5 624 127 1.268 7.6 0.1 3.8 4.7 1.25
1909 26 PHA AL 12 11 .522 2.32 30 24 5 18 6 1 205.2 156 63 53 1 73 97 6 0 5 812 105 1.113 6.8 0.0 3.2 4.2 1.33
1910 27 PHA AL 31 9 .775 1.30 45 38 6 35 13 1 353.0 248 74 51 0 115 224 7 0 10 1353 182 1.028 6.3 0.0 2.9 5.7 1.95
1911 28 PHA AL 28 12 .700 3.53 47 40 6 26 1 2 336.2 360 166 132 8 119 185 16 0 12 1422 89 1.423 9.6 0.2 3.2 4.9 1.55 MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 21 10 .677 3.29 40 32 7 23 1 2 262.1 227 120 96 5 94 120 10 0 1 1046 94 1.224 7.8 0.2 3.2 4.1 1.28
1913 30 PHA AL 0 0 10.13 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 9 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 23 30 2.063 8.4 0.0 10.1 0.0 0.00
1914 31 PHA AL 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 34 62 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 1.1 0.33
1915 32 BRO NL 15 10 .600 2.58 29 24 3 17 2 0 195.2 166 71 56 1 91 56 16 0 3 837 108 1.313 7.6 0.0 4.2 2.6 0.62
1916 33 BRO NL 13 8 .619 2.66 27 19 8 10 3 0 159.0 136 54 47 3 44 47 2 0 2 635 101 1.132 7.7 0.2 2.5 2.7 1.07
1917 34 BRO NL 7 11 .389 3.96 31 14 15 9 0 0 141.0 147 76 62 7 49 34 8 1 0 600 70 1.390 9.4 0.4 3.1 2.2 0.69
1918 35 BRO NL 8 14 .364 3.81 27 20 4 16 2 0 189.0 191 97 80 10 49 44 2 0 4 792 73 1.270 9.1 0.5 2.3 2.1 0.90
1920 37 DET AL 0 0 3.18 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 24 125 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.50
14 Yrs 158 110 .590 2.78 354 268 69 187 35 8 2320.0 2034 925 717 38 841 1052 88 1 54 9459 99 1.239 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.1 1.25
162 Game Avg. 17 12 .590 2.78 39 29 8 20 4 1 254 222 101 78 4 92 115 10 0 6 1034 99 1.239 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.1 1.25
PHA (9 yrs) 115 67 .632 2.60 238 191 38 135 28 8 1629.2 1387 622 470 17 606 870 60 0 45 6571 105 1.223 7.7 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.44
BRO (4 yrs) 43 43 .500 3.22 114 77 30 52 7 0 684.2 640 298 245 21 233 181 28 1 9 2864 85 1.275 8.4 0.3 3.1 2.4 0.78
DET (1 yr) 0 0 3.18 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 24 125 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.50
AL (10 yrs) 115 67 .632 2.60 240 191 39 135 28 8 1635.1 1394 627 472 17 608 871 60 0 45 6595 105 1.224 7.7 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.43
NL (4 yrs) 43 43 .500 3.22 114 77 30 52 7 0 684.2 640 298 245 21 233 181 28 1 9 2864 85 1.275 8.4 0.3 3.1 2.4 0.78

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
1906 23 PHA AL 173.0 23 18 65 3.38 3.65 -0.05 0.00 101.0 3.74 8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.3 22 .541 .506 $
1907 24 PHA AL 132.2 23 17 58 3.93 3.63 0.04 0.00 102.0 3.66 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.6 7 .480 .497 $
1908 25 PHA AL 153.0 26 18 63 3.71 3.50 -0.19 0.00 106.0 3.91 3 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.6 16 .517 .503 $
1909 26 PHA AL 205.2 30 24 63 2.76 3.37 0.18 0.00 98.0 3.12 11 1.4 1.0 -0.2 3.0 25 .547 .509 $
1910 27 PHA AL 353.0 45 38 74 1.89 3.54 0.29 0.00 94.0 3.06 49 6.5 1.0 -0.3 9.3 77 .644 .540 $
1911 28 PHA AL 336.2 47 40 166 4.44 4.46 -0.02 0.00 94.0 4.21 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.3 1.9 30 .481 .495 $ MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 262.1 40 32 120 4.12 4.35 0.27 0.00 93.0 3.79 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.3 1.3 20 .480 .495 $
1913 30 PHA AL 5.1 2 2 9 15.19 3.75 0.18 0.00 94.0 3.35 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .220 .497 $
1914 31 PHA AL 8.0 2 2 4 4.50 3.50 0.11 0.00 95.0 3.22 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .440 .499 $
1915 32 BRO NL 195.2 29 24 71 3.27 3.64 0.03 0.00 101.0 3.65 10 1.2 1.0 -0.1 2.5 23 .542 .508 $
1916 33 BRO NL 159.0 27 19 54 3.06 3.41 0.11 0.00 102.0 3.36 5 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.7 16 .524 .504 $
1917 34 BRO NL 141.0 31 14 76 4.85 3.56 -0.03 0.00 102.0 3.66 -19 -2.2 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -9 .429 .486 $
1918 35 BRO NL 189.0 27 20 97 4.62 3.75 -0.06 0.00 99.1 3.77 -18 -2.0 1.0 -0.2 -0.8 -6 .425 .488 $
1920 37 DET AL 5.2 2 0 5 7.94 5.18 -0.20 0.00 96.0 5.16 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .417 .499 $
14 Seasons 2320.0 354 268 925 3.59 3.78 0.08 0.00 98.1 3.63 19 3.9 1.0 -2.0 21.5 213 .511 .502 $
PHA (9 yrs) 1629.2 238 191 622 3.44 3.85 0.11 0.00 96.9 3.63 42 6.4 1.0 -1.5 19.4 190 .527 .504 $
BRO (4 yrs) 684.2 114 77 298 3.92 3.60 0.01 0.00 100.9 3.62 -22 -2.3 1.0 -0.5 2.2 24 .479 .496 $
DET (1 yr) 5.2 2 0 5 7.94 5.18 -0.20 0.00 96.0 5.16 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .417 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1910 27 PHA AL WS W CHC 3 0 1.000 3.33 3 3 0 3 0 0 27.0 24 10 10 0 14 0 17 0 0 1 116 1.407 8.0 0.0 4.7 5.7 1.21
1911 28 PHA AL WS W NYG 1 0 1.000 1.35 2 2 0 1 0 0 20.0 11 5 3 0 6 0 16 1 0 0 73 0.850 5.0 0.0 2.7 7.2 2.67
1916 33 BRO NL WS L BOS 1 0 1.000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 24 1.263 9.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 0 1.000 2.70 6 6 0 4 0 0 53.1 42 18 16 1 21 0 34 1 0 1 213 1.181 7.1 0.2 3.5 5.7 1.62
3 WS 5 0 1.000 2.70 6 6 0 4 0 0 53.1 42 18 16 1 21 0 34 1 0 1 213 1.181 7.1 0.2 3.5 5.7 1.62

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%
1918 35 BRO NL 792 1.3% 5.6% 6.2% 6.1% 25% 84%
1920 37 DET AL 25 0.0% 4.0% 8.0% 84%
2 Yrs 817 1.2% 5.5% 6.2% 5.9% 24% 84%
MLB Averages 0.5% 7.9% 7.3% 2.9% 12% 81%

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+
1906 23 10 10 .500 2.50 23 18 4 13 1 0 173.0 144 65 48 0 68 90 7 0 5 703 109 1.225 7.5 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.32 109
1907 24 16 19 .457 2.77 46 35 8 23 3 2 305.2 253 123 94 2 132 163 16 0 12 1257 97 1.260 7.4 0.1 3.9 4.8 1.23 97
1908 25 23 24 .489 2.51 72 53 14 33 7 2 458.2 383 186 128 3 196 243 19 0 17 1881 105 1.262 7.5 0.1 3.8 4.8 1.24 105
1909 26 35 35 .500 2.45 102 77 19 51 13 3 664.1 539 249 181 4 269 340 25 0 22 2693 105 1.216 7.3 0.1 3.6 4.6 1.26 105
1910 27 66 44 .600 2.05 147 115 25 86 26 4 1017.1 787 323 232 4 384 564 32 0 32 4046 122 1.151 7.0 0.0 3.4 5.0 1.47 122
1911 28 94 56 .627 2.42 194 155 31 112 27 6 1354.0 1147 489 364 12 503 749 48 0 44 5468 110 1.219 7.6 0.1 3.3 5.0 1.49 110
1912 29 115 66 .635 2.56 234 187 38 135 28 8 1616.1 1374 609 460 17 597 869 58 0 45 6514 107 1.219 7.7 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.46 107
1913 30 115 66 .635 2.59 236 189 38 135 28 8 1621.2 1379 618 466 17 603 869 59 0 45 6537 106 1.222 7.7 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.44 106
1914 31 115 67 .632 2.60 238 191 38 135 28 8 1629.2 1387 622 470 17 606 870 60 0 45 6571 105 1.223 7.7 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.44 105
1915 32 130 77 .628 2.59 267 215 41 152 30 8 1825.1 1553 693 526 18 697 926 76 0 48 7408 106 1.233 7.7 0.1 3.4 4.6 1.33 106
1916 33 143 85 .627 2.60 294 234 49 162 33 8 1984.1 1689 747 573 21 741 973 78 0 50 8043 105 1.225 7.7 0.1 3.4 4.4 1.31 105
1917 34 150 96 .610 2.69 325 248 64 171 33 8 2125.1 1836 823 635 28 790 1007 86 1 50 8643 102 1.236 7.8 0.1 3.3 4.3 1.27 102
1918 35 158 110 .590 2.78 352 268 68 187 35 8 2314.1 2027 920 715 38 839 1051 88 1 54 9435 98 1.238 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.1 1.25 98
1919 36 158 110 .590 2.78 352 268 68 187 35 8 2314.1 2027 920 715 38 839 1051 88 1 54 9435 98 1.238 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.1 1.25 98
1920 37 158 110 .590 2.78 354 268 69 187 35 8 2320.0 2034 925 717 38 841 1052 88 1 54 9459 99 1.239 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.1 1.25 99

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
1906 23 10 8 .556 3.37 163.0 167 68 61 0 79 85 8 1.509 9.2 4.4 4.7 1.08 0.0 23
1907 24 6 7 .462 4.10 125.0 125 63 57 2 73 69 10 1.584 9.0 5.3 5.0 0.95 0.1 23
1908 25 10 5 .667 2.74 141.0 148 48 43 1 73 74 3 1.567 9.4 4.7 4.7 1.01 0.1 26
1909 26 12 9 .571 3.43 189.0 187 80 72 1 88 89 7 1.455 8.9 4.2 4.2 1.01 0.0 30
1910 27 28 7 .800 1.91 321.0 291 76 68 0 135 203 8 1.327 8.2 3.8 5.7 1.50 0.0 45
1911 28 18 17 .514 3.96 323.0 383 158 142 9 127 177 17 1.579 10.7 3.5 4.9 1.39 0.3 47
1912 29 14 13 .519 3.93 245.0 246 119 107 5 102 112 11 1.420 9.0 3.7 4.1 1.10 0.2 40
1913 30 0 0 24.00 3.0 6 9 8 0 7 0 1 4.333 18.0 21.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
1914 31 0 0 7.71 7.0 10 7 6 0 4 1 1 2.000 12.9 5.1 1.3 0.25 0.0 2
1915 32 12 8 .600 3.39 186.0 190 78 70 1 104 53 18 1.581 9.2 5.0 2.6 0.51 0.0 29
1916 33 9 7 .563 3.68 149.0 158 68 61 3 51 44 2 1.403 9.5 3.1 2.7 0.86 0.2 27
1917 34 5 9 .357 5.47 130.0 169 88 79 8 56 31 9 1.731 11.7 3.9 2.1 0.55 0.6 31
1918 35 9 15 .375 5.00 223.0 269 138 124 14 69 52 3 1.516 10.9 2.8 2.1 0.75 0.6 27
1920 37 0 0 3.60 5.0 7 2 2 0 2 1 0 1.800 12.6 3.6 1.8 0.50 0.0 2
14 Yrs 133 105 .559 3.67 2210.0 2356 1002 900 44 970 991 98 1.505 9.6 4.0 1.02 0.2 354

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1910 AL  9.3 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 AL  1.30 (2nd)
Career  2.78 (98th)

Wins s c a p y
1910 AL  31 (1st)
1911 AL  28 (1st)
1912 AL  21 (6th)
Career  158 (223rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1910 AL  .775 (3rd)
1911 AL  .700 (4th)
1912 AL  .677 (5th)
1915 NL  .600 (7th)
1916 NL  .619 (10th)
Career  .590 (151st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1910 AL  1.028 (6th)
Career  1.239 (237th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 AL  6.827 (6th)
1910 AL  6.323 (3rd)
1912 AL  7.788 (6th)
Career  7.891 (90th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL  4.682 (6th)
1910 AL  5.711 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1910 AL  45 (1st)
1911 AL  47 (2nd)
1912 AL  40 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1907 AL  2 (9th)
1909 AL  1 (9th)
1910 AL  1 (9th)
1911 AL  2 (6th)
1912 AL  2 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1910 AL  353.0 (3rd)
1911 AL  336.7 (2nd)
1912 AL  262.3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1910 AL  224 (3rd)
1911 AL  185 (4th)
1912 AL  120 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1910 AL  38 (2nd)
1911 AL  40 (1st)
1912 AL  32 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1910 AL  35 (2nd)
1911 AL  26 (3rd)
1912 AL  23 (9th)
Career  187 (157th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1909 AL  6 (4th)
1910 AL  13 (1st)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  8 (2nd)
1912 AL  5 (5th)
1917 NL  7 (2nd)
1918 NL  10 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL  73 (10th)
1910 AL  115 (2nd)
1911 AL  119 (2nd)
1912 AL  94 (4th)
1915 NL  91 (5th)
Career  841 (206th)

Hits s c a p y
1910 AL  248 (3rd)
1911 AL  360 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1910 AL  1.948 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL  0.000 (1st)
1910 AL  0.000 (1st)
1915 NL  0.046 (2nd)
Career  0.147 (93rd)

Losses s c a p y
1918 NL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  132 (1st)
1912 AL  96 (4th)
1918 NL  80 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1907 AL  7 (8th)
1910 AL  10 (3rd)
1911 AL  12 (3rd)
1918 NL  4 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 AL  16 (2nd)
1912 AL  10 (9th)
1915 NL  16 (3rd)
1917 NL  8 (6th)
Career  88 (118th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1910 AL  1,353 (3rd)
1911 AL  1,422 (2nd)
1912 AL  1,046 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1917 NL  15 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1910 AL  182 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1910 AL  45 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1910 AL  5.3 (1st)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 87 (272), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 95 (107), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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