Danny Coombs vs. Lou Johnson — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou Johnson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou Johnson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Coombs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.588 compared to 6.06 and 1.806 for Lou Johnson. By the career numbers, Danny Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Lou Johnson

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.17
29.17
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
12.12
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.76
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.48
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
42.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.806
1.806
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
38.02
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Lou Johnson

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.535
0.535
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Lou Johnson

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
23.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
27.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA