Danny Coombs vs. Ken Rowe — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Rowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Rowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Ken Rowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Ken Rowe

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.66
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.77
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.48
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
40.17
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
41.1
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
35.79
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
38.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Ken Rowe

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.59
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Ken Rowe

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
5.56
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
289.47
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA