Danny Coombs vs. Ernie Johnson — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ernie Johnson
Greatest GenerationVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ernie Johnson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ernie Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Ernie Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Ernie Johnson

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.63
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.96
6.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
9.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.62
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.31
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2494
39.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
4.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.423
1.423
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
35.22
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Ernie Johnson

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
6.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1143
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.92
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.58
94.58
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.535
0.535
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.575
0.575
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Ernie Johnson

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
1388.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
526.32
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
508.47
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
91.53
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
76.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
24.47
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
116.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
100
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
116.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
35.59
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
71.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
101.69
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
21.84
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.42
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
86.44
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.94
6.94
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
61.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA