Ernie Alten vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Ernie Alten
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ernie Alten 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 9 and 2.130 for Ernie Alten. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernie Alten and Danny Coombs

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.48
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
15.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.65
15.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.52
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
43.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
10.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
39.91
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.396
0.396
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.83
43.83
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Ernie Alten and Danny Coombs

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernie Alten and Danny Coombs

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
2800
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA