Danny Coombs vs. Al Severinsen — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Severinsen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Severinsen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Severinsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.08 and WHIP 1.477 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Al Severinsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Al Severinsen

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
7.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.73
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
8.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.6
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.81
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.66
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.48
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
38.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
33.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Al Severinsen

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
7.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
110.2
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.68
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.68
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Al Severinsen

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
7542.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
526.32
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
15.46
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
19.77
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA