Gene Cocreham vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Gene Cocreham
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Gene Cocreham 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 5.27 and 1.738 for Gene Cocreham. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Cocreham and Danny Coombs

Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.82
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.62
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
10.54
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.896
0.896
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
40.01
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
6.42
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.738
1.738
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
34.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.01
40.01
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Gene Cocreham and Danny Coombs

Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.588
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Cocreham and Danny Coombs

Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
17
637.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
14
525
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
526.32
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
5.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.45
-16.99
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
300
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
289.47
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Cocreham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA