Pat Combs vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Mariano Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mariano Rivera posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.032 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Mariano Rivera had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Mariano Rivera

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
8.82
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
5.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.105
1.105
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.62
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1165
34.38
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Mariano Rivera

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.4
98.4
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Mariano Rivera

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
518.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
114.55
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
92.73
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA