Bill Clemensen vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Bill Clemensen
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Clemensen 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 5.57 and 1.571 for Bill Clemensen. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Clemensen and Danny Coombs

Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
3.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
5.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
8.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
4.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
41.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.93
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.571
1.571
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
34.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.14
41.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Bill Clemensen and Danny Coombs

Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.067
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Clemensen and Danny Coombs

Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
900
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
35.04
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
28.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA