Danny Coombs vs. Gary Jones — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Jones
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Jones 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 7.88 and 1.938 for Gary Jones. 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 Gary Jones

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
12.38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.38
12.38
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
43.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
38.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Gary Jones

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Gary Jones

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
8400
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Gary Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Jones
Career
Per 600 PA