Danny Coombs vs. Roy Lee Jackson — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Lee Jackson
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Lee Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Lee Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Roy Lee Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Roy Lee Jackson

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.16
45.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.55
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
3.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1677
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
8.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.37
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
5.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.991
0.991
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2366
38.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
4.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.84
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2088
33.62
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Roy Lee Jackson

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1677
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.36
96.36
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.379
0.379
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Roy Lee Jackson

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
5127.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
24.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
21.51
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Lee Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Lee Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0