Pat Combs vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Lance McCullers

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
8.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.31
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
5.61
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.105
1.105
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.36
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1165
34.38
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Lance McCullers

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.88
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.71
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Lance McCullers

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
518.18
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
91.53
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
196.36
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
43.64
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100