Danny Coombs vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Wilks as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Wilks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.221 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Ted Wilks

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Ted Wilks

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Ted Wilks

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
526.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
100
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA