Bobby Ayala vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Bobby Ayala
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Ayala 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 4.78 and 1.472 for Bobby Ayala. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Ayala and Danny Coombs

Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.34
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.58
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.69
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.62
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.68
45.68
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.92
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
4.78
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
9.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.11
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
3.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.34
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
8.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.365
1.365
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2537
39.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.34
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
5.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.69
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2210
34.53
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.64
39.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Bobby Ayala and Danny Coombs

Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.34
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.16
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.88
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.96
86.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Ayala and Danny Coombs

Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
7164.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
2.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.02
-35.56
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
229.41
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.62
2.62
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA