Dan Casey vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Dan Casey
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Casey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Casey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Dan Casey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Casey and Danny Coombs

Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.96
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.51
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.48
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.51
98.51
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.17
29.17
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.97
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
3.18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5041
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1680.1
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
8.91
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.23
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
543
2.91
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
743
3.98
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.22
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7272
38.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
5.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6688
35.82
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.95
38.95
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Dan Casey and Danny Coombs

Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.37
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.26
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
2.42
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
2.16
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.3
89.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.957
1.957
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.535
0.535
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Casey and Danny Coombs

Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
164.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
736
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
710
578.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
93.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
75.82
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
13.04
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
17.93
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.39
23.96
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
117.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
114.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
100
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
51.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
41.58
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
92.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.81
17.78
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
20.38
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
91.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.57
6.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.89
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.89
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA