Pat Combs vs. Sergio Romo — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sergio Romo
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Sergio Romo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sergio Romo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 1.078 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Sergio Romo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Sergio Romo

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
821
10.22
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.52
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.71
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2168
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722.2
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
8.82
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
7.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.21
7.21
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.06
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
2.23
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.26
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
5.61
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
9.83
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.105
1.105
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.34
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2919
36.35
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
3.75
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3.42
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.44
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.049
1.049
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1165
34.38
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2682
33.4
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.35
36.35

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Sergio Romo

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
10.23
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.27
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.06
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.02
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.47
96.47
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Sergio Romo

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
821
70371.43
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-64.57
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
196.36
Sergio Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Sergio Romo
Career
Per 600 PA