Danny Coombs vs. Dan Jennings — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Jennings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Dan Jennings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Dan Jennings

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.95
45.95
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.48
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1512
39.03
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Dan Jennings

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Dan Jennings

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA