Troy Cate vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Troy Cate
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Troy Cate as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Troy Cate posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.688 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Troy Cate had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Troy Cate and Danny Coombs

Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
10.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
41.63
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.94
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
34.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Troy Cate and Danny Coombs

Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Troy Cate and Danny Coombs

Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
8400
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Cate
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA