Earle Combs

1924–1935 · bats L / throws R · New York Yankees

1,456G

.325AVG

.397OBP

.462SLG

More career statistics

1,866H

58HR

632RBI

96SB

6Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	5,746	5,750
Batting · Caught stealing	71	72
Batting · Hit by pitch	17	16
Batting · Strikeouts	278	283
Batting · Plate appearances	6,507	6,513
Batting · Runs	1,186	1,185
Batting · RBI	632	628
Batting · Stolen bases	96	100
Batting · Walks	670	673

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,456	6,507	5,746	1,186	1,866	309	154	58	632	670	278	96	71	17	0	2,657	.325	.397	.462	.859

Streaks

29longest hitting streak · 1931-04-25 to 1931-05-30

37longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
78	Three Triples	1927-09-22	1 in 3,855 games	box score ↗
61	Five Runs Scored	1930-09-19	1 in 688 games	box score ↗
48	Six Times On Base	1930-07-17	1 in 214 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	710	3051	873	38	318	335	120	.326	.396	.475
Away	746	3462	993	20	310	338	163	.323	.384	.451

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	134	590	163	8	54	49	28	.306	.359	.441
May	292	1328	376	13	128	168	48	.329	.410	.469
June	277	1298	390	14	131	119	58	.335	.392	.481
July	285	1250	355	7	126	118	56	.319	.378	.454
August	240	1047	293	9	81	106	49	.316	.381	.447
September	224	983	283	7	107	112	44	.331	.402	.467
October	4	17	6	0	1	1	0	.375	.412	.500

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
st-louis-browns	213	975	290	9	119	112	39	.342	.412	.482
detroit-tigers	213	947	260	13	108	110	50	.314	.391	.481
chicago-white-sox	212	965	279	9	99	109	32	.331	.402	.468
philadelphia-athletics	207	921	261	6	66	96	50	.321	.388	.429
washington-senators-1901-60	206	882	252	6	73	81	43	.319	.378	.458
cleveland-guardians	203	909	271	6	68	81	39	.333	.387	.453
boston-red-sox	202	914	253	9	95	84	30	.311	.369	.462

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1924	New York Yankees	24	35	14	–	2	–	.400	–	–
1925	New York Yankees	150	593	203	3	62	13	.342	–	–
1926	New York Yankees	145	607	181	8	52	9	.298	–	–
1927	New York Yankees	152	649	231	6	65	15	.356	–	–
1928	New York Yankees	149	626	194	7	56	12	.310	–	–
1929	New York Yankees	142	584	202	3	64	11	.346	–	–
1930	New York Yankees	137	532	183	7	80	16	.344	–	–
1931	New York Yankees	138	563	179	5	58	11	.318	–	–
1932	New York Yankees	144	591	190	9	66	3	.321	–	–
1933	New York Yankees	123	421	125	5	61	6	.297	–	–
1934	New York Yankees	63	251	80	2	26	3	.319	–	–
1935	New York Yankees	89	298	84	3	36	1	.282	–	–