Pat Combs vs. Ken Frailing — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Frailing
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Frailing as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Frailing posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.585 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Ken Frailing had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Ken Frailing

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.66
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.82
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
10.39
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.38
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
5.61
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
5.61
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.999
0.999
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1341
39.57
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
972
40.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.99
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.63
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
4.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.7
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.462
1.462
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
870
35.86
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Ken Frailing

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.74
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.65
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.47
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.39
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Ken Frailing

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1457.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
518.18
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
76.36
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
54.55
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.2
22.9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
27.31
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
114.55
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
70.91
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
92.73
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.99
16.3
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
36.11
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
43.64
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA