Pat Clements vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Pat Clements
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats 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 Pat Clements as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pat Clements posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.524 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Pat Clements had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Clements and Danny Coombs

Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
7.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.71
60.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
3.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1081
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
360.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
9.04
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.04
9.04
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.66
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
3.95
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
38.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
2.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
4.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.7
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.37
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1332
33.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Pat Clements and Danny Coombs

Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
7.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1081
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
360.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.37
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.95
98.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Clements and Danny Coombs

Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
9600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.1
-36.68
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
289.47
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA