Matt Albers vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Matt Albers
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Albers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Coombs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.588 compared to 4.35 and 1.443 for Matt Albers. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Albers and Danny Coombs

Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
7.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.47
49.47
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
4.35
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2277
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
759
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
8.91
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
3.72
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.36
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
6.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.166
1.166
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.34
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3288
38.99
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.72
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2882
34.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.99
38.99
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Matt Albers and Danny Coombs

Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
7.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2277
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
759
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.49
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.66
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.59
94.59
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.227
0.227
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Albers and Danny Coombs

Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
616
9726.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
552.63
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
5.47
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.47
-23.22
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
331.58
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
289.47
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Albers
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA