Pat Combs vs. Ron Perranoski — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Perranoski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Perranoski as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Perranoski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.79 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Ron Perranoski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Ron Perranoski

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
737
5.65
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.61
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.57
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.63
51.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
1.37
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
2.79
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3524
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1174.2
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
8.82
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1097
8.4
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.4
8.4
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.62
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.38
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
3.59
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.93
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.61
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
687
5.26
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.983
0.983
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.21
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.18
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5023
38.48
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.51
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
3.39
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4503
34.5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Ron Perranoski

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
737
5.64
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3527
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1175.2
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.34
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.7
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
2.18
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.04
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.68
93.68
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Ron Perranoski

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
737
2327.37
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
527.37
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
50.53
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.32
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
9.04
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
60
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
82.11
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
6
18.95
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
9
28.42
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.84
-8.97
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
31.58
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
196.36
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
92
290.53
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Ron Perranoski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
41.05
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Perranoski
Career
Per 600 PA