Jack Coombs vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Jack Coombs
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Coombs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Coombs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.239 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Jack Coombs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Coombs and Ken Ray

Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.37
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
1.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.61
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.43
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.96
58.96
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.27
76.27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
0.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
2.78
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6960
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2320
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2034
7.89
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.15
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
841
3.26
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1052
4.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.21
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.34
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9463
36.71
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
3.59
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8534
33.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Jack Coombs and Ken Ray

Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4302
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1434
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
3.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
5.01
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
4.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.87
96.87
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.856
1.856
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.37
38.37
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Coombs and Ken Ray

Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
460
230.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1110
555.46
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
261
130.61
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
106.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
17.01
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
24.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.48
48.28
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
163.64
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
163.64
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
61.55
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
50.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
109.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106.99
53.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
29.52
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
191
95.58
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
11.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
12.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
84
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA