What years did Jack Coombs play?

Jack Coombs played in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1920.

Was Jack Coombs a pitcher?

Yes. Jack Coombs pitched in the major leagues, recording 158 wins and 1052 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jack Coombs hit?

Jack Coombs hit 4 career home runs with 261 hits.

What teams did Jack Coombs play for?

Jack Coombs played for 3 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1906–1914), the Brooklyn Robins (1915–1918), and the Detroit Tigers (1920).

What were Jack Coombs's career stats?

In 354 games, Jack Coombs went 158-110 with a 2.78 ERA, 1,052 strikeouts, 2,320.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves. At the plate he had 261 hits and 4 home runs.

What position did Jack Coombs play?

Jack Coombs played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jack Coombs and how much did he weigh?

Jack Coombs was listed at 6 feet and 185 pounds.

What was Jack Coombs's career ERA?

Jack Coombs finished with a 2.78 career ERA, going 158-110 with 1,052 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jack Coombs have?

Jack Coombs recorded 1,052 career strikeouts.

Is Jack Coombs in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jack Coombs has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jack Coombs

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1906-1920)

Jack Coombs was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1920 for the Philadelphia Athletics, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Detroit Tigers, a span of 15 seasons. Across 354 career appearances, he went 158-110 with a 2.78 ERA and 1,052 strikeouts. He also batted .235 with 4 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 158–110

ERA 2.78

WHIP 1.24

SO 1,052

Pitcher PIV -3131.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 185 lb
Born: 11/18/1882 in Le Grand, IA, USA
Died: 4/15/1957 in Palestine, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1906-07-05
Last Game: 1920-07-18

Full name: John Wesley Coombs

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jack Coombs — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
158	110	354	270	187	35	8	2320.0	2,034	717	38	841	1,052	2.78	-3131.4

Career ERA 2.78 vs. league average 2.89 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jack Coombs Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1906	PHA	AL	10	10	23	18	13	1	0	173.0	144	48	68	90	2.50	2.68 (+7%)	178.8
1907	PHA	AL	6	9	23	17	10	2	2	132.2	109	46	64	73	3.12	2.50 (-25%)	-1413.4
1908	PHA	AL	7	5	26	18	10	4	0	153.0	130	34	64	80	2.00	2.40 (+17%)	-319.8
1909	PHA	AL	12	11	30	24	18	6	1	205.2	156	53	73	97	2.32	2.55 (+9%)	177.3
1910	PHA	AL	31	9	45	38	35	13	1	353.0	248	51	115	224	1.30	2.79 (+53%)	6398.6
1911	PHA	AL	28	12	47	40	26	1	2	336.2	360	132	119	185	3.53	3.37 (-5%)	1450.3
1912	PHA	AL	21	10	40	32	23	1	2	262.1	227	96	94	120	3.29	3.36 (+2%)	-182.7
1913	PHA	AL	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5.1	5	6	6	0	10.12	—	0.0
1914	PHA	AL	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	8.0	8	4	3	1	4.50	—	0.0
1915	BRO	NL	15	10	29	24	17	2	0	195.2	166	56	91	56	2.58	2.90 (+11%)	-3205.7
1916	BRO	NL	13	8	27	21	10	3	0	159.0	136	47	44	47	2.66	2.78 (+4%)	-463.8
1917	BRO	NL	7	11	31	14	9	0	0	141.0	147	62	49	34	3.96	2.69 (-47%)	-3408.9
1918	BRO	NL	8	14	27	20	16	2	0	189.0	191	80	49	44	3.81	2.83 (-35%)	-2342.1
1920	DET	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	2	2	1	3.18	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			158	110	354	270	187	35	8	2,320.0	2,034	717	841	1,052	2.78	—	-3,131

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jack Coombs — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
460	1,110	123	261	34	10	4	100	21	59	191	.235	.278	.295	.573	-1,553

Career AVG .235 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 7.4% below league average.

Career OBP .278 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 12.6% below league average.

Career SLG .295 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 11.4% below league average.

Career OPS .573 vs. league average .651 across their career seasons — 12.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jack Coombs Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1906	PHA	AL	24	67	9	16	2	0	0	3	2	1	15	.239	.247 (-4%)	.307 (-15%)	.315 (-15%)	.622 (-15%)	-148.4
1907	PHA	AL	24	48	4	8	0	0	1	4	1	0	15	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1908	PHA	AL	78	220	24	56	9	5	1	23	6	9	34	.255	.240 (+6%)	.298 (-4%)	.306 (+16%)	.605 (+6%)	110.5
1909	PHA	AL	37	83	4	14	4	0	0	10	1	4	23	.169	.244 (-31%)	.306 (-30%)	.312 (-31%)	.618 (-30%)	-355.7
1910	PHA	AL	46	132	20	29	3	0	0	9	3	7	23	.220	.249 (-12%)	.317 (-15%)	.326 (-26%)	.644 (-21%)	-385.8
1911	PHA	AL	52	141	31	45	6	1	2	23	5	8	19	.319	.266 (+20%)	.336 (+6%)	.356 (+17%)	.693 (+12%)	251.6
1912	PHA	AL	56	110	10	28	2	0	0	13	1	14	18	.255	.268 (-5%)	.335 (+2%)	.358 (-24%)	.694 (-11%)	-136.0
1913	PHA	AL	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1914	PHA	AL	5	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1915	BRO	NL	29	75	8	21	1	1	0	5	0	2	17	.280	.250 (+12%)	.318 (-6%)	.332 (-4%)	.651 (-5%)	-72.3
1916	BRO	NL	27	61	2	11	2	0	0	3	0	2	10	.180	.248 (-27%)	.314 (-34%)	.326 (-35%)	.640 (-35%)	-310.9
1917	BRO	NL	32	44	4	10	0	1	0	2	1	4	9	.227	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	BRO	NL	46	113	6	19	3	2	0	3	1	7	5	.168	.255 (-34%)	.318 (-30%)	.326 (-30%)	.645 (-30%)	-506.2
1920	DET	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			460	1,110	123	261	34	10	4	100	21	59	191	.235	—	—	—	—	-1,553

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jack Coombs — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	24	1	8	1	0	0	4	0	3	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Jack Coombs — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG
1916	WS	BRO	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	.333
1911	WS	PHA	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	.250
1910	WS	PHA	3	13	0	5	1	3	3	.385

Playoff Career Pitching

Jack Coombs — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	0	6	6	0	53.1	42	16	21	34	2.70

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jack Coombs — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1916	WS	BRO	1	1	1	6.1	7	3	1	1	4.26
1911	WS	PHA	1	2	2	20.0	11	3	6	16	1.35
1910	WS	PHA	3	3	3	27.0	24	10	14	17	3.33

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jack Coombs — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	221	502	54	112	2	50	.223
Away	245	606	67	148	2	51	.244

Pitching — Home / Away

Jack Coombs — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	172	1131.1	969	254	414	528	2.02
Away	182	1182.2	1059	310	432	541	2.36

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jack Coombs — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	BB	SO
1920-07-18	DET	MIN	L	0	0	0	0	0
1920-06-30	DET	CHW	L	2	0	0	0	0
1918-09-02	BRO	PHI	W	4	0	0	0	0
1918-09-02	BRO	PHI	L	2	1	1	1	0
1918-08-30	BRO	NY1	L	3	0	0	0	0
1918-08-25	BRO	CHC	L	1	0	0	0	0
1918-08-22	BRO	STL	W	4	0	0	0	0
1918-08-22	BRO	STL	L	4	0	0	0	1
1918-08-21	BRO	STL	L	4	0	0	0	1
1918-08-19	BRO	CIN	L	1	1	1	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jack Coombs — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1920-07-18	DET	MIN	—	0.2	2	3	1	1	0	0
1920-06-30	DET	CHW	—	5.0	5	2	2	1	1	0
1918-08-30	BRO	NY1	L	8.0	7	1	1	2	2	0
1918-08-18	BRO	CIN	L	8.0	11	8	7	3	1	1
1918-08-15	BRO	PIT	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1918-08-13	BRO	PHI	W	4.1	2	0	0	0	2	0
1918-08-10	BRO	PHI	L	9.0	4	3	2	3	5	0
1918-08-06	BRO	CHC	L	9.0	11	6	4	2	2	1
1918-08-01	BRO	CIN	W	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0
1918-07-27	BRO	STL	—	3.0	12	10	9	0	2	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jack Coombs — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
OF	62	45	107	6	2	3
P	354	115	151	510	23	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jack Coombs — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1906	PHA	P	23	18	16	42	2	4
1907	PHA	P	23	17	9	37	1	2
1908	PHA	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1908	PHA	OF	47	45	92	6	1	3
1908	PHA	P	26	18	13	42	3	1
1909	PHA	P	30	24	12	60	2	2
1910	PHA	P	45	38	19	77	1	2
1911	PHA	P	47	0	24	71	9	3
1912	PHA	P	40	0	16	66	0	4
1913	PHA	P	2	0	1	0	1	0
1914	PHA	OF	2	0	4	0	0	0
1914	PHA	P	2	0	0	1	0	0
1915	BRO	P	29	0	17	31	1	2
1916	BRO	P	27	0	7	15	0	1
1917	BRO	P	31	0	8	26	1	1
1918	BRO	OF	13	0	11	0	1	0
1918	BRO	P	27	0	9	41	2	0
1920	DET	P	2	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Jack Coombs Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	354
First Base	1
Left Field	2
Center Field	16
Right Field	47

Awards & Honors

Jack Coombs — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P5
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3

College History

Jack Coombs — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Colby College	Waterville	ME	1903, 1904, 1905, 1906

Award Voting History

Jack Coombs — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1911	Most Valuable Player	AL	12th	6.0	64	0

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Career Spans

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Jack Coombs: the record in brief

Between the debut on July 5, 1906 and the final game on July 18, 1920, Jack Coombs built the record summarized on this page. Coombs played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1906 through 1914), the Brooklyn Robins (1915 to 1918), and the Detroit Tigers (1920). Coombs played primarily as a pitcher and batted from both sides and threw right-handed. Born on November 18, 1882, in Le Grand, IA, USA, Coombs was listed at 6'0" and 185 pounds. The bio records the death on April 15, 1957, in Palestine, TX, USA. Jack Coombs was the playing name; the full given name is John Wesley.

Coombs pitched in 354 games, starting 270, and finished with a 158-110 record and 2.78 ERA. The same table counts 1,052 strikeouts, 187 complete games, and 35 shutouts. Coombs's 2.78 ERA was close to the 2.89 league figure for those seasons. Coombs won 31 games in 1910, the most of any season listed. 1910 was Coombs's sharpest full season, a 1.30 ERA against the league's 2.79.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jack Coombs

What years did Jack Coombs play?: Jack Coombs played in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1920.
Was Jack Coombs a pitcher?: Yes. Jack Coombs pitched in the major leagues, recording 158 wins and 1052 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jack Coombs hit?: Jack Coombs hit 4 career home runs with 261 hits.
What teams did Jack Coombs play for?: Jack Coombs played for 3 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1906–1914), the Brooklyn Robins (1915–1918), and the Detroit Tigers (1920).
What were Jack Coombs's career stats?: In 354 games, Jack Coombs went 158-110 with a 2.78 ERA, 1,052 strikeouts, 2,320.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves. At the plate he had 261 hits and 4 home runs.
What position did Jack Coombs play?: Jack Coombs played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jack Coombs and how much did he weigh?: Jack Coombs was listed at 6 feet and 185 pounds.
What was Jack Coombs's career ERA?: Jack Coombs finished with a 2.78 career ERA, going 158-110 with 1,052 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jack Coombs have?: Jack Coombs recorded 1,052 career strikeouts.
Is Jack Coombs in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jack Coombs has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.