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38. Jack Coombs

38. Jack Coombs
  1. General
  2. Awards
  3. Career Stats
  • Born: November 18, 1882 in Le Grand, IA USA
  • Weight: 185 lbs.
  • Height: 6'0"
  • Bats: B
  • Throws: R
  • Debut: July 05, 1906
  • Final Game: July 18, 1920
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1910
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1910
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1911
  • MVP - 1911
 
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For the first four seasons of his Major League career, Jack Coombs was an average Pitcher at best and did not have any remarkable moments.  He was 35-35, and in 1910, his season started so poorly that he was demoted to the bullpen.  The legend has it that he rediscovered his overhand curve, and he went on a tear that had no equal in Athletics history.

Coombs was practically untouchable for the rest of the year, and he would finish the year 31-9 with an ERA of 1.30.  Fittingly, he won three Games in the Athletics 1910 World Series win.  Coombs was good the year after with his second straight Wins Title (28), though his ERA ballooned to 3.53.  Coombs would again help Philadelphia win the World Series, and scored a Win by defeating the legendary Christy Mathewson.

Coombs won 21 Games in 1912 but wasn't the same, and he missed most of the next two seasons due to illness.  He would be released shortly after that.

With Philadelphia, Coombs went 115-67, and was chosen for the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 1992.

The Bullet Points

  • Position: Pitcher
  • Acquired: Signed as an Amateur Free Agent 12/??/05.
  • Departed: Released before the 1915 Season.
  • Games Played: 238
  • Notable Statistics: 115 Wins
    67 Losses
    2.60 ERA
    191 Games Started
    135 Complete Games
    28 Shutouts
    38 Games Finished
    8 Saves
    1,629.2 Innings Pitched
    870 Strikeouts
    2.75 FIP
    1.223 WHIP
    1.44 SO/BB
    23.2 bWAR

    5 Playoff Games
    4 Wins
    0 Losses
    2.49 ERA
    5 Games Started
    4 Complete Games
    47 Innings Pitched
    33 Strikeouts
    1.15 WHIP
    1.65 SO/BB
  • Major Accolades and Awards:

    World Series Champion (1910, 1911 & 1913)
    Most Wins (1910 & 1911)
    Most Games Pitched (1910)
    Most Games Started (1911)
    Most Shutouts (1911)
    Highest Fielding Percentage by a Pitcher (1910 & 1912)
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