Ed Carroll vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Ed Carroll
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Carroll 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 5.61 and 1.441 for Ed Carroll. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Carroll and Danny Coombs

Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.61
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
39.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
6.15
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
36.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Ed Carroll and Danny Coombs

Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.792
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Carroll and Danny Coombs

Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
24
757.89
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
16
505.26
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
526.32
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
1.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-27.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
6.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA