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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	11.2	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 23	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
10	10	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 25	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 27	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19 (3)	May 5	PHA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	20	May 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	21	May 9	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	22	May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	23	May 12	PHA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	24	May 13	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
22	25	May 14	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
23	26	May 16	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
24	27	May 18	PHA		SLB	W,12-10	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	28	May 19	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	29	May 20	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	30	May 21	PHA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	31	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	32	May 23	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
30	33	May 25	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	34	May 26	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	35	May 27	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	36	May 28	PHA		DET	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	37	May 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	38	May 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39	Jun 1	PHA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	40	Jun 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
38	41	Jun 3	PHA		WSH	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	42	Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	47 (4)	Jun 11	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-7	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	51 (3)	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	GF	0	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	55 (3)	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	56	Jun 23	PHA		NYY	W,9-6	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	60 (3)	Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	GS	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	63 (2)	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	GS	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	68 (4)	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	GF	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	72 (3)	Jul 10	PHA		SLB	L,0-6		0	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
48	75 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-9	GF	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
49	80 (4)	Jul 18	PHA		DET	W,11-5	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
50	89 (8)	Jul 29	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
51	91 (1)	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	92	Aug 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	95 (2)	Aug 5	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	97 (1)	Aug 8	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-5	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	99 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
56	105 (5)	Aug 17	PHA		SLB	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	109 (3)	Aug 21	PHA		CLE	W,8-7	GS	0	6.1	0	3	0	3	0
58	110	Aug 22	PHA		CLE	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	111	Aug 24	PHA		CLE	L,2-9	GS	0	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
60	115 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	120 (4)	Sep 1 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
62	125 (4)	Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	129 (3)	Sep 9	PHA		NYY	L,6-9		0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
64	131 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
65	134 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	135	Sep 15	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	137 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
68	138	Sep 19	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	139	Sep 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
70	140	Sep 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	141	Sep 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
72	142	Sep 24	PHA	@	DET	T,4-4	GS	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
73	146 (3)	Sep 27	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	153 (6)	Oct 3 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-5	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	154	Oct 5	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
76	157 (2)	Oct 7 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							78gm		160.0	105	48	4	157	5