Pat Combs vs. Skel Roach — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Skel Roach
Pre-GenerationalGermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Skel Roach as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Skel Roach posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.556 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Skel Roach had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Skel Roach

Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
96.43
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.82
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.62
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.61
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1341
39.57
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.462
1.462
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.556
1.556
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Skel Roach

Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.27
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Skel Roach

Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
305.45
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Skel Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Skel Roach
Career
Per 600 PA