Jim Constable vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Jim Constable
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Constable as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Coombs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.588 compared to 4.87 and 1.531 for Jim Constable. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Constable and Danny Coombs

Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.87
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
10.01
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.01
10.01
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.73
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
5.42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
39.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.92
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.531
1.531
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
35.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Jim Constable and Danny Coombs

Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.92
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Constable and Danny Coombs

Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
1600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
17
485.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
526.32
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
58.62
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
63.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
4.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA