Pat Combs vs. Alex Pearson — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Pearson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Pearson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Pearson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Alex Pearson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Alex Pearson

Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.04
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.8
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.85
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.82
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9.93
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.62
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.61
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.543
0.543
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
37.9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.63
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.97
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
35.57
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.9
37.9

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Alex Pearson

Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.21
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.57
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.97
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.73
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.267
2.267
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Alex Pearson

Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
305.45
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
191.49
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
47
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
587.23
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
76.36
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
54.55
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.2
22.9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.18
27.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
114.55
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
140.43
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
38.3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
63.83
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.99
16.3
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.62
33.4
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
102.13
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA