Danny Coombs vs. Jay Jackson — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jay Jackson
MillenialSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Jackson 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 4.43 and 1.258 for Jay Jackson. 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 Jay Jackson

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
8.23
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
7.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.21
7.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.88
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
10.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.77
10.77
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.628
1.628
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
37.77
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
4.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
419
33.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.77
37.77

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Jay Jackson

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
8.23
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.096
0.096
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Jay Jackson

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
20800
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
289.47
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Jay Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA