Jack Combs vs. Scott Sullivan — Career Comparison

Jack Combs
UnknownThrows RightBats RightDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Sullivan
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Sullivan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 6.56 and 1.605 for Jack Combs. By the career numbers, Scott Sullivan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Combs and Scott Sullivan

Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.95
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.2
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.48
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.49
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.6
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
6.56
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
3.98
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.59
7.59
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
0.464
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
901
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
300.1
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
10.55
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
8.19
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.57
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.09
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
3.9
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.43
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.7
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
3.45
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
7.59
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.73
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
931
27.9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3146
38.4
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.56
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
7.46
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
4.31
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.05
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.42
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.76
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.605
1.605
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
22.71
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2755
33.63
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.9
27.9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Jack Combs and Scott Sullivan

Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.94
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.76
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.45
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.07
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.87
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.56
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.46
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.34
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.32
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.83
93.83
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.194
0.194
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Combs and Scott Sullivan

Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
67
324.19
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
6576.47
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
600
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
541.94
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
564.71
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.26
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
72.58
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.68
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
21.3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.49
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
96.77
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
116.13
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
38.71
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
67.74
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
18.37
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.29
-26.96
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.87
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
329.41
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
1.82
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
24.19
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA