Jim Abbott vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Abbott and Danny Coombs are fairly close on the surface numbers. Danny Coombs posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.08 vs 20.25) and WHIP (1.588 vs 3.750). Jim Abbott had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.6). By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Abbott and Danny Coombs

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.96
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.62
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.17
29.17
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.53
14.53
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
67.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Danny Coombs

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.96
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.17
29.17
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Danny Coombs

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA