Danny Coombs vs. Kirby Yates — Career Comparison

Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kirby Yates
MillenialHawaiiThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Danny Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Kirby Yates as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kirby Yates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.162 compared to 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. By the career numbers, Kirby Yates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Coombs and Kirby Yates

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
9.38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.95
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.201
0.201
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452.2
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.25
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
5.7
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
12.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.39
12.39
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.046
1.046
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.776
1.776
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.36
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1883
37.44
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
4.2
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
3.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1656
32.92
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44

Fielding Stats for Danny Coombs and Kirby Yates

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
9.38
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452.2
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.44
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.72
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.29
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.15
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.23
89.23
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.123
0.123
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Coombs and Kirby Yates

Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
141600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
55
289.47
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Kirby Yates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirby Yates
Career
Per 600 PA