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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3x World Series

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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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Team Record in Appearances: 5-1 / in Starts: 5-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1910	WS g2	Oct 18	PHA		CHC	W,9-3	CG	W(1-0)	12	9.0	8	3	3	9	5	0	0	3.00	4.20	44	139	70	2	2	12	10	3	2	8	55			0	1	0	31	4	0	0	0	1	4	1.23	0.152	66.03	4.56%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	1910	WS g3	Oct 20	PHA	@	CHC	W,12-5	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	7	5	5	4	8	0	0	4.00	3.04	36	118	77	19	20	7	10	0	1	7	57			1	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	1	0	.64	-0.151	27.94	-4.23%	-0.97	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
3	1910	WS g5	Oct 23	PHA	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	2	9.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.33	2.61	36	120	84	14	17	15	8	1	0	8	64			1	2	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.356	41.78	8.44%	2.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
1911 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1911	WS g3	Oct 17	PHA	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(1-0)	10	11.0	3	2	1	4	7	0	0	0.82	2.59	36	126	77	7	10	13	10	1	2	2	88			0	4	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.625	77.81	22.14%	3.64	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
5	1911	WS g5	Oct 25	PHA	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-9		7	9.0	8	3	2	2	9	0	1	1.35	2.22	37	136	88	27	15	10	8	1	0	7	68			2	2	0	32	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	-0.014	58.10	-0.70%	1.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
1916 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1916	WS g3	Oct 10	BRO		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	7	6.1	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.26	4.53	24	80	49	1	0	5	11	2	4	6	47			0	2	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	0.095	34.36	2.28%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a1
											53.1	42	18	16	21	34	1	1	2.70		213																			0

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