Jack Coombs Stats

Jack Coombs was born on Saturday, November 18, 1882, in Le Grand, Iowa. Coombs was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 5, 1906, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jack Coombs baseball stats page.

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"He (Jack Coombs) has mastered the greatest of all pitching assets, the drop ball that does not break from the right-handed batters. I don't mean one of those outdrops, but a ball that comes up to the plate squarely in the center and falls from one to two feet without changing its lateral direction." - Malachi Kittredge in The National Game (Alfred H. Spink, 2000)

Jack Coombs



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Birth Name:   John Wesley Coombs
Nickname:   Colby Jack or Jack
Born On:   11-18-1882  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Le Grand, Iowa
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-15-1957 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Palestine, Texas
Cemetery:   St. Joseph Cemetery, Palestine, Texas
High School:   Colburn High School (Waterville, ME)
College:   Colby College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   07-05-1906 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-18-1920
Draft:   Not Applicable

Jack Coombs

Jack Coombs Pitching Stats

1906 24 Athletics 23 18 4 10 10 .500 2.50 13 1 0 173.0 0 144 48 65 0 68 - 90 5 7 0 -
1907 25 Athletics 23 17 4 6 9 .400 3.12 10 2 2 132.2 573 109 46 58 2 64 - 73 7 9 0 -
1908 26 Athletics 26 18 6 7 5 .583 2.00 10 4 0 153.0 624 130 34 63 1 64 - 80 5 3 0 -
1909 27 Athletics 30 24 5 12 11 .522 2.32 18 6 1 205.2 812 156 53 63 1 73 - 97 5 6 0 -
1910 28 Athletics 45 38 6 31 9 .775 1.30 35 13 1 353.0 1,388 248 51 74 0 115 - 224 10 7 0 -
1911 29 Athletics 47 40 6 28 12 .700 3.53 26 1 2 336.2 1,422 360 132 166 8 119 - 185 12 16 0 -
1912 30 Athletics 40 32 7 21 10 .677 3.29 23 1 2 262.1 1,046 227 96 120 5 94 - 120 1 10 0 -
1913 31 Athletics 2 2 0 0 0 .000 10.13 0 0 0 5.1 27 5 6 9 0 6 - 0 0 1 0 0
1914 32 Athletics 2 2 0 0 1 .000 4.50 0 0 0 8.0 34 8 4 4 0 3 - 1 0 1 0 0
1915 33 Robins 29 24 3 15 10 .600 2.58 17 2 0 195.2 837 166 56 71 1 91 - 56 3 16 0 -
1916 34 Robins 27 21 7 13 8 .619 2.66 10 3 0 159.0 635 136 47 54 3 44 - 47 2 2 0 -
1917 35 Robins 31 14 15 7 11 .389 3.96 9 0 0 141.0 600 147 62 76 7 49 - 34 0 8 1 -
1918 36 Robins 27 20 4 8 14 .364 3.81 16 2 0 189.0 792 191 80 97 10 49 - 44 4 2 0 -
1920 38 Tigers 2 0 1 0 0 .000 3.18 0 0 0 5.2 24 7 2 5 0 2 - 1 0 0 0 -
14 Years 354 270 68 158 110 .590 2.78 187 35 8 2,320.0 8,814 2,034 717 925 38 841 - 1,052 54 88 1 0

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Jack Coombs Hitting Stats

1906 24 Athletics 24 67 9 16 2 0 0 0 3 1 - - 1 - 1 - .239 .261 .269
1907 25 Athletics 24 48 4 8 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 - 2 - 0 - .167 .167 .229
1908 26 Athletics 78 220 24 56 9 5 1 0 23 9 - - 9 - 1 - .255 .287 .355
1909 27 Athletics 37 83 4 14 4 0 0 0 10 4 - - 2 - 1 - .169 .216 .217
1910 28 Athletics 46 132 20 29 3 0 0 0 9 7 - - 1 - 2 - .220 .270 .242
1911 29 Athletics 52 141 31 45 6 1 2 0 23 8 - - 3 - 0 - .319 .356 .418
1912 30 Athletics 56 110 10 28 2 0 0 0 13 14 - - 2 - 1 - .255 .344 .273
1913 31 Athletics 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - .333 .333 .667
1914 32 Athletics 5 11 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 1 0 - 0 - .273 .333 .364
1915 33 Robins 29 75 8 21 1 1 0 0 5 2 - 17 1 - 0 - .280 .299 .320
1916 34 Robins 27 61 2 11 2 0 0 0 3 2 - 10 0 - 0 - .180 .206 .213
1917 35 Robins 32 44 4 10 0 1 0 0 2 4 - 9 1 - 0 - .227 .292 .273
1918 36 Robins 46 113 6 19 3 2 0 0 3 7 - 5 1 - 1 - .168 .223 .230
1920 38 Tigers 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
14 Years 460 1,110 123 261 34 10 4 0 100 59 0 44 23 0 7 - .235 .278 .295

Jack Coombs

Jack Coombs Fielding Stats

1906 Athletics P 23 18 519 60 2.6 58 16 42 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .967 3.02
1907 Athletics P 23 17 398 47 2.0 46 9 37 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 3.12
1908 Athletics 1B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1908 Athletics P 26 18 459 58 2.2 55 13 42 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .948 3.24
1909 Athletics P 30 24 617 74 2.5 72 12 60 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 3.15
1910 Athletics P 45 38 1,059 97 2.2 96 19 77 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.45
1911 Athletics P 47 40 1,010 104 2.2 95 24 71 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.54
1912 Athletics P 40 32 787 82 2.1 82 16 66 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.81
1913 Athletics P 2 2 16 2 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 1.69
1914 Athletics CF 2 - - 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1914 Athletics P 2 2 24 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1915 Robins P 29 24 587 49 1.7 48 17 31 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.21
1916 Robins P 27 21 477 22 0.8 22 7 15 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.25
1917 Robins P 31 14 423 35 1.1 34 8 26 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.17
1918 Robins CF 2 1 24 3 1.5 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 2.25
1918 Robins P 27 20 567 52 1.9 50 9 41 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.38
1918 Robins RF 10 9 204 29 2.9 29 29 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.84
1920 Tigers P 2 0 17 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.59
P Totals 354 270 6,960 684 1.9 661 151 510 23 22 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.56
RF Totals 10 9 204 29 2.9 29 29 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.84
CF Totals 4 1 24 7 1.8 6 6 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 6.75
1B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
14 Years 369 280 7,188 720 2.0 696 186 510 24 22 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.61

Jack Coombs

Jack Coombs Miscellaneous Stats

1906 Athletics 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 22.3 1.32 4.68 3.54
1907 Athletics 1 - - 0 0 n/a 48.0 0.0 12.0 1.14 4.95 4.34
1908 Athletics 6 - - 0 0 n/a 220.0 0.0 9.6 1.25 4.71 3.76
1909 Athletics 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.3 1.33 4.24 3.19
1910 Athletics 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 14.7 1.95 5.71 2.93
1911 Athletics 5 - - 0 0 n/a 70.5 0.0 6.1 1.55 4.95 3.18
1912 Athletics 1 2 .333 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.5 1.28 4.12 3.22
1913 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 10.13
1914 Athletics 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.0 5.5 0.33 1.13 3.38
1915 Robins 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.4 15.0 0.62 2.58 4.19
1916 Robins 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.1 20.3 1.07 2.66 2.49
1917 Robins 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.9 22.0 0.69 2.17 3.13
1918 Robins 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 22.6 37.7 0.90 2.10 2.33
1920 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.50 1.59 3.18
14 Years 21 4 .840 0 0 n/a 277.5 25.2 11.1 1.25 4.08 3.26

Jack Coombs

Jack Coombs Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1906 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1911 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1912 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1917 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -

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