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Earle Combs
Earle Bryan Combs (The Kentucky Colonel)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Eastern Kentucky University

Debut April 16, 1924
Final Game September 29, 1935
Born May 14, 1899 in Pebworth, KY
Died July 21, 1976 in Richmond, KY

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1924 25 NYY AL  24   35   10   14   5  0   0    2   0  1   4   2  .400  .462  .543  158   19   0           0    
 1925 26 NYY AL 150  593  117  203  36 13   3   61  12 13  65  43  .342  .411  .462  123  274  11           4     MVP-18
 1926 27 NYY AL 145  606  113  181  31 12   8   55   8  6  47  23  .299  .352  .429  104  260  14           3    
 1927 28 NYY AL 152  648  137  231  36 23   6   64  15  6  62  31  .356  .414  .511  142  331  12           2    
 1928 29 NYY AL 149  626  118  194  33 21   7   56  10  8  77  33  .310  .387  .463  125  290   4           2     MVP-6
 1929 30 NYY AL 142  586  119  202  33 15   3   65  11  7  69  32  .345  .414  .468  132  274  11           0    
 1930 31 NYY AL 137  532  129  183  30 22   7   82  16 10  74  26  .344  .424  .523  143  278  11           0    
 1931 32 NYY AL 138  563  120  179  31 13   5   58  11  3  68  34  .318  .394  .446  125  251   2           3    
 1932 33 NYY AL 144  591  143  190  32 10   9   65   3  9  81  16  .321  .405  .455  127  269   1           2    
 1933 34 NYY AL 122  417   86  125  22 16   5   64   6  4  47  19  .300  .372  .465  126  194   3           1    
 1934 35 NYY AL  63  251   47   80  13  5   2   25   3  1  40   9  .319  .412  .434  125  109   4           0    
 1935 36 NYY AL  89  298   47   84   7  4   3   35   1  3  36  10  .282  .359  .362   91  108   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         5746      1866    154      632     71     278  .325  .397  .462  126       74   0   0  17   0
               1455      1186      309     58       96    670                            2657
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        640  132  208  34 17   6   70  11  8  75  31  .325  .397  .462  126  296   8   0   0   2   0
 Career High    152  648  143  231  36 23   9   82  16 13  81  43  .356  .424  .523  143  331  14   0   0   4   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1924 25 NYY AL   39   22    8   9.7   112| .400  .298| .462  .368| .543  .409|1.005  .776| 158  .778   3.4   0.3   0%
 1925 26 NYY AL  673  414  109   7.0   114| .342  .297| .411  .367| .462  .416| .873  .783| 123  .642  22.4   2.1  48%
 1926 27 NYY AL  670  445   90   5.4   109| .299  .289| .352  .360| .429  .405| .781  .765| 104  .563   1.2   0.1  57%
 1927 28 NYY AL  724  435  137   8.4   108| .356  .289| .414  .357| .511  .406| .925  .763| 142  .732  39.2   3.7  71%
 1928 29 NYY AL  709  444  111   6.7   106| .310  .285| .387  .349| .463  .405| .850  .754| 125  .651  23.6   2.3  55%
 1929 30 NYY AL  666  402  113   7.5   107| .345  .284| .414  .350| .468  .410| .882  .760| 132  .681  30.6   2.9  61%
 1930 31 NYY AL  617  370  117   8.4   112| .344  .290| .424  .354| .523  .426| .947  .780| 143  .703  36.2   3.3  61%
 1931 32 NYY AL  636  389   99   6.8   104| .318  .280| .394  .347| .446  .400| .840  .747| 125  .644  22.4   2.1  78%
 1932 33 NYY AL  675  411  106   6.9   107| .321  .279| .405  .349| .455  .410| .860  .759| 127  .643  26.9   2.5  25%
 1933 34 NYY AL  468  299   71   6.4   101| .300  .273| .372  .344| .465  .394| .837  .737| 126  .631  15.1   1.5  60%
 1934 35 NYY AL  295  176   45   6.8   106| .319  .279| .412  .352| .434  .402| .846  .754| 125  .636  11.4   1.1  75%
 1935 36 NYY AL  335  218   38   4.7   107| .282  .281| .359  .353| .362  .406| .721  .759|  91  .466  -3.3  -0.3  25%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6507 4025 1044   6.9   107| .325  .285| .397  .353| .462  .408| .859  .761| 126  .651 229.0  21.6  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1924 25 NYY AL  OF   11     12    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.09  2.27                5    3    3
 1925 26 NYY AL  OF  150    401   12    9    2  .979  .965  2.75  2.27               12  138    0
 1926 27 NYY AL  OF  145    375    8   12    2  .970  .966  2.64  2.23                0  145    0
 1927 28 NYY AL  OF  152    411    6   14    0  .968  .964  2.74  2.22                0  152    0
 1928 29 NYY AL  OF  149    424   11    9    7  .980  .973  2.92  2.22                0  149    0
 1929 30 NYY AL  OF  141    358   10   13    5  .966  .966  2.61  2.28                0  141    0
 1930 31 NYY AL  OF  135    275    5    9    1  .969  .965  2.07  2.16               60   45   30
 1931 32 NYY AL  OF  129    335    5    9    2  .974  .969  2.64  2.25                0  129    0
 1932 33 NYY AL  OF  139    343    6   12    3  .967  .967  2.51  2.28               42  115    1
 1933 34 NYY AL  OF  104    227    3    6    1  .975  .970  2.21  2.21               23   80    2
 1934 35 NYY AL  OF   62    145    1    1    0  .993  .968  2.35  2.16               12   51    0
 1935 36 NYY AL  OF   70    143    2    1    0  .993  .970  2.07  2.30               57   13    1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1924 25 NYY AL  OF   11     12    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.09  2.27                5    3    3
 1925 26 NYY AL  OF  150    401   12    9    2  .979  .965  2.75  2.27               12  138    0
 1926 27 NYY AL  OF  145    375    8   12    2  .970  .966  2.64  2.23                0  145    0
 1927 28 NYY AL  OF  152    411    6   14    0  .968  .964  2.74  2.22                0  152    0
 1928 29 NYY AL  OF  149    424   11    9    7  .980  .973  2.92  2.22                0  149    0
 1929 30 NYY AL  OF  141    358   10   13    5  .966  .966  2.61  2.28                0  141    0
 1930 31 NYY AL  OF  135    275    5    9    1  .969  .965  2.07  2.16               60   45   30
 1931 32 NYY AL  OF  129    335    5    9    2  .974  .969  2.64  2.25                0  129    0
 1932 33 NYY AL  OF  139    343    6   12    3  .967  .967  2.51  2.28               42  115    1
 1933 34 NYY AL  OF  104    227    3    6    1  .975  .970  2.21  2.21               23   80    2
 1934 35 NYY AL  OF   62    145    1    1    0  .993  .968  2.35  2.16               12   51    0
 1935 36 NYY AL  OF   70    143    2    1    0  .993  .970  2.07  2.30               57   13    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1387   3449   69   95   23  .974  .967  2.54  2.24              211 1161   37
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1387   3449   69   95   23  .974  .967  2.54  2.24

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    NYY STL     L   7  28   3  10  2  0  0   2   5   2  .357  .455  .429   0  0   0   0   0 
 1927   WS    NYY PIT     W   4  16   6   5  0  0  0   2   1   2  .313  .389  .313   0  0   0   0   1 
 1928   WS    NYY STL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0        .000         0  0   0   1   0 
 1932   WS    NYY CHC     W   4  16   8   6  1  0  1   4   4   3  .375  .500  .625   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1  16  60  17  21  3  0  1   9  10   7  .350  .444  .450   0  0   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-AL-18-0.09
1928-AL-6-0.20
Car-592-0.29 shares

Batting Average
1927 AL-.356-6
1929 AL-.345-7
1932 AL-.321-9
Car-.325-42

On-base %
1925 AL-.411-10
1927 AL-.414-7
1929 AL-.414-7
1930 AL-.424-5
1932 AL-.405-8
Car-.397-70

Slugging %
1927 AL-.511-8

OPS
1927 AL-.925-7
1930 AL-.947-9

Games
1927 AL-152-4

At Bats
1925 AL-593-10
1926 AL-606-5
1927 AL-648-1
1928 AL-626-3
1929 AL-586-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1926 AL-670-7
1927 AL-724-1
1928 AL-709-2
1929 AL-666-10
1932 AL-675-10

Runs
1925 AL-117-3
1926 AL-113-4
1927 AL-137-3
1928 AL-118-3
1929 AL-119-6
1930 AL-129-5
1931 AL-120-4
1932 AL-143-3

Hits
1925 AL-203-6
1927 AL-231-1
1928 AL-194-4
1929 AL-202-6
1932 AL-190-8

Total Bases
1925 AL-274-8
1927 AL-331-3
1928 AL-290-4

Doubles
1925 AL-36-10

Triples
1925 AL-13-4
1926 AL-12-9
1927 AL-23-1
1928 AL-21-1
1929 AL-15-4
1930 AL-22-1
1931 AL-13-6
1933 AL-16-2
Car-154-48

Bases on Balls
1928 AL-77-6
1930 AL-74-6
1932 AL-81-10

Stolen Bases
1930 AL-16-6

Singles
1925 AL-151-7
1927 AL-166-1
1928 AL-133-8
1929 AL-151-1
1930 AL-124-10
1931 AL-130-9
1932 AL-139-3

Adjusted OPS+
1927 AL-142-5
1930 AL-143-8
1933 AL-126-10

Runs Created
1925 AL-109-9
1927 AL-137-4
1928 AL-111-5
1929 AL-113-10
1932 AL-106-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1927 AL-39-5
1928 AL-24-10
1930 AL-36-6
1932 AL-27-9

Batting Wins
1927 AL-3.7-5
1928 AL-2.3-9
1929 AL-2.9-10
1930 AL-3.3-6
1932 AL-2.5-9

Extra-Base Hits
1927 AL-65-4
1928 AL-61-6

Times on Base
1925 AL-272-4
1927 AL-295-3
1928 AL-273-4
1929 AL-271-5
1930 AL-257-9
1932 AL-273-5

Offensive Win%
1927 AL-.732-5
1930 AL-.703-8

Caught Stealing
1925 AL-13-8
1930 AL-10-7
1932 AL-9-7

Power/Speed Number
1928 AL-8.2-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1926 AL-26.3-10
1932 AL-36.9-5
1933 AL-21.9-10
Car-20.7-97

Outs
1926 AL-445-7
1927 AL-435-6
1928 AL-444-2

Oldest Player
1935 AL-36-10

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 78 (301) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 37.0 (172) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 94.5 (164) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
January 7, 1924: Traded by the Louisville (American Association) to the New York Yankees for Elmer Smith and $50,000.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Earle Combs's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1925-AL-18-0.09 1928-AL-6-0.20 Car-592-0.29 shares	Batting Average 1927 AL-.356-6 1929 AL-.345-7 1932 AL-.321-9 Car-.325-42	On-base % 1925 AL-.411-10 1927 AL-.414-7 1929 AL-.414-7 1930 AL-.424-5 1932 AL-.405-8 Car-.397-70	Slugging % 1927 AL-.511-8	OPS 1927 AL-.925-7 1930 AL-.947-9	Games 1927 AL-152-4
At Bats 1925 AL-593-10 1926 AL-606-5 1927 AL-648-1 1928 AL-626-3 1929 AL-586-8	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1926 AL-670-7 1927 AL-724-1 1928 AL-709-2 1929 AL-666-10 1932 AL-675-10	Runs 1925 AL-117-3 1926 AL-113-4 1927 AL-137-3 1928 AL-118-3 1929 AL-119-6 1930 AL-129-5 1931 AL-120-4 1932 AL-143-3	Hits 1925 AL-203-6 1927 AL-231-1 1928 AL-194-4 1929 AL-202-6 1932 AL-190-8	Total Bases 1925 AL-274-8 1927 AL-331-3 1928 AL-290-4	Doubles 1925 AL-36-10
Triples 1925 AL-13-4 1926 AL-12-9 1927 AL-23-1 1928 AL-21-1 1929 AL-15-4 1930 AL-22-1 1931 AL-13-6 1933 AL-16-2 Car-154-48	Bases on Balls 1928 AL-77-6 1930 AL-74-6 1932 AL-81-10	Stolen Bases 1930 AL-16-6	Singles 1925 AL-151-7 1927 AL-166-1 1928 AL-133-8 1929 AL-151-1 1930 AL-124-10 1931 AL-130-9 1932 AL-139-3	Adjusted OPS+ 1927 AL-142-5 1930 AL-143-8 1933 AL-126-10	Runs Created 1925 AL-109-9 1927 AL-137-4 1928 AL-111-5 1929 AL-113-10 1932 AL-106-9
Adjusted Batting Runs 1927 AL-39-5 1928 AL-24-10 1930 AL-36-6 1932 AL-27-9	Batting Wins 1927 AL-3.7-5 1928 AL-2.3-9 1929 AL-2.9-10 1930 AL-3.3-6 1932 AL-2.5-9	Extra-Base Hits 1927 AL-65-4 1928 AL-61-6	Times on Base 1925 AL-272-4 1927 AL-295-3 1928 AL-273-4 1929 AL-271-5 1930 AL-257-9 1932 AL-273-5	Offensive Win% 1927 AL-.732-5 1930 AL-.703-8	Caught Stealing 1925 AL-13-8 1930 AL-10-7 1932 AL-9-7
Power/Speed Number 1928 AL-8.2-10	At Bats per Strikeout 1926 AL-26.3-10 1932 AL-36.9-5 1933 AL-21.9-10 Car-20.7-97	Outs 1926 AL-445-7 1927 AL-435-6 1928 AL-444-2	Oldest Player 1935 AL-36-10