Danny Coombs vs. Mike Joyce — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Joyce
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Joyce 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 4.33 and 1.463 for Mike Joyce. 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 Mike Joyce

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.83
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.66
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
39.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
35.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Mike Joyce

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.67
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Mike Joyce

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
2325
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
526.32
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
89.46
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
111.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA