Jack Coombs

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: November 18, 1882 in Le Grand, IA us

Died: April 15, 1957 in Palestine, TX

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Palestine, TX

High School: Colburn HS (Waterville, ME)

School: Colby College (Waterville, ME)

Debut: July 5, 1906 (Age 23-229d, 2,850th in major league history)
vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: July 18, 1920 (Age 37-243d)
vs. WSH 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1906 season

Full Name: John Wesley Coombs

Nicknames: Colby Jack

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.7

158

110

ERA

2.78

354

268

2320.0

1052

WHIP

1.239

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-13 / in Starts: 15-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	36 (11-17-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (22-16-8)

Most Driven In
G Getz	3
O Miller	1
J Schultz	0
L McCarty	0
G Cutshaw	0

Most Driven In By
H Myers	3
J Daubert	0
O O'Mara	0

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	330	5 (4)	Apr 19 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.15	-0.008	.36	-0.01%	-0.44	P
2	331	7 (1)	Apr 20	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	332	13 (5)	Apr 28	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	2						PR
4	333	15 (1)	Apr 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.67	-0.039	1.38	-0.05%	-0.53	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	334	20 (4)	May 8	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.69	-0.220	2.76	-0.22%	-1.70	P
6	335	28 (7)	May 19	BRO		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.333	.583	9	1.10	-0.093	2.38	-0.12%	-0.63	P
7	336	32 (3)	May 28	BRO		PIT	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.267	.267	.333	.600	9	1.24	-0.001	3.21	0.00%	-0.33	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	337	37 (4)	Jun 2 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.278	.316	.333	.649	9	.48	0.064	1.36	0.11%	0.95	P
9	338	42 (4)	Jun 7	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.227	.261	.273	.534	9	.78	-0.069	2.16	-0.12%	-0.95	P
10	339	55 (12)	Jun 22	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.240	.269	.280	.549	9	1.72	-0.072	2.44	-0.06%	-0.28	P
11	340	59 (3)	Jun 26	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.214	.241	.250	.491	9	.40	-0.029	.45	-0.02%	-0.30	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	341	64 (4)	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.226	.250	.258	.508	9	.64	-0.014	.68	-0.01%	-0.14	P
13	342	68 (3)	Jul 6 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.242	.250	.492	9	.46	-0.011	.66	-0.01%	-0.09	P
14	343	77 (8)	Jul 14	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.222	.243	.250	.493	9	1.90	0.090	6.46	0.18%	0.86	P
15	344	81 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,7-3	5-GF(7)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.237	.256	.263	.520	9	1.26	0.173	5.52	0.46%	1.02	P
16	345	85 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	BRO		STL	L,1-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.250	.256	.506	9	1.23	-0.032	6.03	-0.10%	-0.32	P
17	346	88 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	BRO		STL	W,9-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.244	.262	.268	.530	9	1.00	0.170	5.51	0.56%	1.57	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	347	96 (7)	Aug 1 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.250	.267	.273	.539	9						P
19	348	98 (1)	Aug 4	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.267	.273	.539	9						P
20	349	100 (1)	Aug 6	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.245	.250	.495	9	1.23	-0.192	4.91	-0.46%	-1.72	P
21	350	107 (6)	Aug 13	BRO		NYG	W,6-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.250	.255	.505	9	.36	0.024	2.38	0.09%	-0.16	P
22	351	110 (2)	Aug 17	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.218	.232	.236	.469	9	.65	-0.063	4.42	-0.26%	-0.67	P
23	352	114 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.241	.232	.474	9	1.23	0.014	9.32	0.06%	0.16	P
24	353	119 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.274	.300	.574	9	1.86	0.367	12.57	1.49%	1.85	P
25	354	124 (4)	Aug 31 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.238	.262	.286	.547	9	.94	-0.076	5.91	-0.28%	-0.77	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	355	128 (3)	Sep 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.234	.258	.281	.539	9	.09	-0.002	.67	-0.01%	-0.08	P
27	356	129	Sep 6 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.254	.277	.531	9	.97	-0.026	8.18	-0.13%	-0.32	P
28	357	137 (7)	Sep 13	BRO	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.261	.282	.304	.586	9						P
29	358	141 (3)	Sep 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.260	.280	.301	.581	9	.17	0.017	.60	0.04%	0.32	P
30	359	147 (5)	Sep 25	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-4	GS-0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.280	.299	.320	.619	9						P
							17-13		78	75	8	21	1	1	0	5	2	0	17	0	0		3		0		.280	.299	.320	.619		.96	-0.028	3.71	1.15%	-2.69

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