Bob Clark vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Bob Clark
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Clark 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 5.44 and 1.968 for Bob Clark. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Clark and Danny Coombs

Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.44
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.402
0.402
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
14.38
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.38
14.38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
39.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
6.31
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.968
1.968
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
35.77
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Bob Clark and Danny Coombs

Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Clark and Danny Coombs

Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
16
738.46
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
12.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
3.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA