Danny Coombs vs. Mike James — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike James
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.436 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Mike James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Mike James

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
8.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.46
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
942
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
8.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
4.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
7.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
39.15
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.46
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
4.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.54
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.97
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1163
33.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.15
39.15

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Mike James

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
8.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
942
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.15
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.58
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
0.191
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Mike James

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
86700
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Mike James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike James
Career
Per 600 PA