Jack Coombs

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

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

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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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 2 132.7 109 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 1 205.7 156 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 2 336.7 360 132 119 185 3.53 3.37 (-5%) 1450.3
1912 PHA AL 21 10 40 32 23 1 2 262.3 227 96 94 120 3.29 3.36 (+2%) -182.7
1913 PHA AL 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5.3 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 0 195.7 166 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 5.7 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

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

Career Arc

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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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1916 WS BRO 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
1911 WS PHA 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
1910 WS PHA 3 13 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 3 .385

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
5 0 6 6 0 53.3 42 16 21 34 2.70

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1916 WS BRO 1 0 1 1 0 6.3 7 3 1 1 4.26
1911 WS PHA 1 0 2 2 0 20.0 11 3 6 16 1.35
1910 WS PHA 3 0 3 3 0 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home22150254112250.223
Away24560667148251.244

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1721131.19692544145282.02
Away1821182.210593104325412.36

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1920-07-18 DETMINL 000000000
1920-06-30 DETCHWL 200000000
1918-09-02 BROPHIW 400000000
1918-09-02 BROPHIL 211000010
1918-08-30 BRONY1L 300000000
1918-08-25 BROCHCL 100000000
1918-08-22 BROSTLW 400000000
1918-08-22 BROSTLL 400000001
1918-08-21 BROSTLL 400000001
1918-08-19 BROCINL 111000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1920-07-18 DETMIN — 0.2231100
1920-06-30 DETCHW — 5.0522110
1918-08-30 BRONY1 L 8.0711220
1918-08-18 BROCIN L 8.01187311
1918-08-15 BROPIT — 1.0000100
1918-08-13 BROPHI W 4.1200020
1918-08-10 BROPHI L 9.0432350
1918-08-06 BROCHC L 9.01164221
1918-08-01 BROCIN W 9.0700120
1918-07-27 BROSTL — 3.012109022

Fielding Statistics

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

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

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 354
First Base 1
Left Field 2
Center Field 16
Right Field 47

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

School Name City State Years Attended
Colby College Waterville ME 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1911 Most Valuable Player AL 12th 6.0 64 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Jack Coombs (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Lefty Tyler
    127-116, 2.95 ERA
  2. 84
    Cy Falkenberg
    130-123, 2.68 ERA
  3. 81
    Dutch Leonard
    139-113, 2.76 ERA
  4. 80
    Ray Caldwell
    133-120, 3.22 ERA
  5. 75
    Howie Camnitz
    133-106, 2.75 ERA
  6. 74
    Frank Smith
    139-111, 2.59 ERA

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.