Danny Coombs vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek 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 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. 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 Dick Tomanek

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.08
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.71
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.48
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1021
39.78
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.79
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.485
1.485
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
35.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Dick Tomanek

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.54
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.95
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Dick Tomanek

Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA