Danny Coombs vs. Art Decatur — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Art Decatur
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Art Decatur 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 4.51 and 1.482 for Art Decatur. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Art Decatur

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.56
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.35
40.35
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
4.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1615
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
653
10.92
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.7
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.42
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
2.54
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.552
0.552
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2431
40.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
5.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2273
38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.64
40.64

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Art Decatur

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.628
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Art Decatur

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
530.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
551.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
52.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
41.62
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
2.37
8.22
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
18
62.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
69.36
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.94
-13.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
215.03
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.79
2.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100