Danny Coombs vs. Cowboy Jones — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cowboy Jones
Pre-GenerationalColoradoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Cowboy Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cowboy Jones posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.469 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Cowboy Jones had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Cowboy Jones

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.96
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.58
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.37
42.37
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.17
29.17
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.89
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
3.61
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
10.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2307
39.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
5.66
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2120
36.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Cowboy Jones

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.82
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.49
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.18
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.18
91.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.535
0.535
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.657
2.657
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Cowboy Jones

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
757.89
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
70
187.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
538.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
85.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
66.96
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.04
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.56
28.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
112.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
100
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
131.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
64.29
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.3
24.9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
176.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
3.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100