Ed Cole vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Cole 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 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Danny Coombs

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Danny Coombs

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Danny Coombs

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA