Danny Coombs vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill James
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill James posted a stronger line than Danny Coombs. Bill James posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.28 vs 4.08) and WHIP (1.233 vs 1.588). By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Bill James

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.17
29.17
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.62
72.62
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.73
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
7.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.31
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
4.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2217
36.84
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.26
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996
33.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Bill James

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Bill James

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
88
251.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
568.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
131.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.16
34.74
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
145.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
51.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
77.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.98
39.94
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
125.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100