Jack Coombs

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: November 18, 1882 in Le Grand, IA us

Died: April 15, 1957 in Palestine, TX

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Palestine, TX

High School: Colburn HS (Waterville, ME)

School: Colby College (Waterville, ME)

Debut: July 5, 1906 (Age 23-229d, 2,850th in major league history)
vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: July 18, 1920 (Age 37-243d)
vs. WSH 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1906 season

Full Name: John Wesley Coombs

Nicknames: Colby Jack

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.7

158

110

ERA

2.78

354

268

2320.0

1052

WHIP

1.239

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-44 / in Starts: 31-29
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	51 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games

RBI Opportunities

1908 Batting Game Log

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1908 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	49	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.400	.400	.400	.800	6			RF
2	50	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.286	.286	.286	.571	6			RF
3	51	3	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.364	.364	.364	.727	6			RF
4	52	4	Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.429	.429	.643	1.071	6			RF
5	53	5	Apr 20 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.412	.412	.588	1.000	6			RF
6	54	6	Apr 20 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0		2	0	0				0		.381	.381	.619	1.000	6			RF
7	55	7	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.320	.320	.520	.840	6			RF
8	56	8	Apr 22	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.310	.310	.483	.793	6			RF
9	57	9	Apr 23	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.281	.281	.438	.719	6			RF
10	58	10	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.270	.270	.405	.676	7			RF
11	59	11	Apr 25	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.244	.244	.366	.610	7			RF
12	60	12	Apr 27	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.256	.273	.372	.645	7			RF
13	61	13	Apr 28	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	1				0		.261	.277	.370	.646	6			RF
14	62	14	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.265	.280	.388	.668	7			RF
15	63	15	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.265	.294	.388	.682	7			RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
16	64	19 (3)	May 5	PHA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.255	.283	.373	.656	8			RF
17	65	20	May 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.236	.263	.345	.609	8			RF
18	66	21	May 9	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.241	.279	.379	.658	8			RF
19	67	22	May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.246	.292	.377	.669	8			RF
20	68	23	May 12	PHA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.258	.300	.394	.694	7			RF
21	69	24	May 13	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.250	.301	.382	.684	8			RF
22	70	25	May 14	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.239	.289	.366	.656	8			CF
23	71	26	May 16	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.230	.278	.351	.630	8			CF
24	72	27	May 18	PHA		SLB	W,12-10	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	0				0		.241	.286	.354	.640	8			CF
25	73	28	May 19	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.232	.276	.341	.617	8			RF
26	74	29	May 20	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.224	.267	.329	.596	7			CF
27	75	30	May 21	PHA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.216	.258	.318	.576	8			CF
28	76	31	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.211	.253	.311	.564	8			CF
29	77	32	May 23	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.213	.253	.319	.572	8			CF RF
30	78	33	May 25	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.204	.243	.306	.549	7			RF
31	79	34	May 26	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.206	.243	.304	.547	7			RF
32	80	35	May 27	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.208	.243	.302	.545	6			RF
33	81	36	May 28	PHA		DET	L,2-10	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				0		.211	.252	.312	.564	7			RF
34	82	37	May 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				0		.205	.252	.304	.556	7			RF
35	83	38	May 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.244	.293	.537	7			RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
36	84	39	Jun 1	PHA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.217	.260	.308	.568	6			RF
37	85	40	Jun 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.210	.252	.298	.550	6			RF
38	86	41	Jun 3	PHA		WSH	W,11-5	CG	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				1		.214	.267	.302	.568	7			RF
39	87	42	Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.214	.267	.302	.568	3			RF
40	88	47 (4)	Jun 11	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-7	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.272	.307	.579	9			P
41	89	51 (3)	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	0-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.215	.266	.300	.566	9			P
42	90	55 (3)	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.268	.301	.568	9			P
43	91	56	Jun 23	PHA		NYY	W,9-6	0-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.218	.268	.301	.568	9			PR RF
44	92	60 (3)	Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.216	.266	.299	.564	9			P
45	93	63 (2)	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.216	.266	.299	.564	9			P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
46	94	68 (4)	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.215	.264	.296	.560	9			P
47	95	72 (3)	Jul 10	PHA		SLB	L,0-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.215	.264	.296	.560	9			P
48	96	75 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-9	0-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.217	.265	.297	.562	9			P
49	97	80 (4)	Jul 18	PHA		DET	W,11-5	0-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.213	.260	.291	.551	1			LF
50	98	89 (8)	Jul 29	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.213	.260	.291	.551	6			CF
51	99	91 (1)	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.265	.296	.561	1			LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
52	100	92	Aug 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.214	.260	.290	.549	9			P
53	101	95 (2)	Aug 5	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.214	.260	.290	.549	9			P
54	102	97 (1)	Aug 8	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.214	.260	.290	.549	9			P
55	103	99 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	T,3-3	CG(8)	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.218	.263	.306	.569	9			P
56	104	105 (5)	Aug 17	PHA		SLB	T,2-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.212	.256	.298	.554	9			P
57	105	109 (3)	Aug 21	PHA		CLE	W,8-7	GS-0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.216	.259	.307	.566	9			P
58	106	110	Aug 22	PHA		CLE	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.229	.271	.318	.590	2			CF
59	107	111	Aug 24	PHA		CLE	L,2-9	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.233	.274	.321	.595	9			P
60	108	115 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.287	.352	.638	9			P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
61	109	120 (4)	Sep 1 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG(8)	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.255	.293	.370	.663	9			P
62	110	125 (4)	Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.288	.363	.651	9			P
63	111	126	Sep 7 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.249	.287	.361	.647	8			PH
64	112	127	Sep 7 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.249	.287	.361	.647	8			PR
65	113	129 (1)	Sep 9	PHA		NYY	L,6-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.285	.359	.644	9			P
66	114	130	Sep 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.251	.289	.363	.651	9			PH
67	115	131	Sep 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.251	.288	.360	.648	8			P
68	116	132	Sep 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.292	.364	.656	8			PH
69	117	134 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG(8)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.286	.356	.641	9			P
70	118	135	Sep 15	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.245	.280	.348	.628	4			CF
71	119	137 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.246	.281	.348	.628	9			P
72	120	138	Sep 19	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.251	.285	.356	.641	4			CF
73	121	139	Sep 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.247	.281	.351	.631	4			CF
74	122	140	Sep 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.247	.280	.348	.629	4			CF
75	123	141	Sep 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.252	.284	.356	.641	4			CF
76	124	142	Sep 24	PHA	@	DET	T,4-4	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.254	.288	.361	.649	8			P 1B
77	125	145 (2)	Sep 26	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.257	.292	.364	.656	7			PH
78	126	146	Sep 27	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.257	.291	.362	.653	8			P
79	127	152 (5)	Oct 3 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	0-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.257	.291	.362	.653	3			PR
80	128	153	Oct 3 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-5	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.261	.294	.365	.659	9			P
81	129	154	Oct 5	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.257	.290	.360	.650	9			P
82	130	155	Oct 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.260	.293	.363	.656	8			PH
83	131	157 (1)	Oct 7 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG(8)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.288	.356	.644	6			RF
							36-44		238	219	23	56	9	5	1	24	9		33	1	9		0		6		.256	.288	.356	.644

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