Jack Coombs
1906–1920 · bats B / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
466G
.235AVG
.278OBP
.295SLG
More career statistics
261H
4HR
100RBI
21SB
158–110W–L
2,320.0IP
1,052K
2.78ERA
269GS
8SV
14Rare 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 · Games | 466 | 467 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,110 | 1,108 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 8 |
| Batting · Hits | 261 | 260 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 44 | 187 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,199 | 1,196 |
| Batting · Runs | 123 | 121 |
| Batting · RBI | 100 | 101 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 21 | 20 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,463 | 9,403 |
| Pitching · p er | 717 | 649 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,034 | 2,032 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,960 | 6,948 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,052 | 1,068 |
| Pitching · p r | 925 | 926 |
| Pitching · p w | 841 | 846 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 466 | 1,199 | 1,110 | 123 | 261 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 100 | 59 | 44 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 327 | .235 | .278 | .295 | .573 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,320.0 | 354 | 269 | 187 | 158 | 110 | 8 | 2,034 | 925 | 717 | 38 | 841 | 1,052 | 0 | 0 | 2.78 | 1.239 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1912-08-20 to 1912-09-14
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 18-Strikeout Game | 1906-09-01 | 1 in 6,639 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1916-08-20 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1909-05-16 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 222 | 548 | 112 | 2 | 50 | 31 | 89 | .223 | .261 | .279 |
| Away | 245 | 648 | 148 | 2 | 51 | 28 | 98 | .244 | .272 | .307 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 126 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 25 | .248 | .254 | .327 |
| May | 71 | 211 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 33 | .202 | .232 | .247 |
| June | 78 | 178 | 34 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 28 | .209 | .236 | .252 |
| July | 93 | 216 | 52 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 31 | .259 | .301 | .338 |
| August | 84 | 215 | 47 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 31 | .234 | .270 | .308 |
| September | 83 | 220 | 53 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 34 | .261 | .300 | .305 |
| October | 15 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .207 | .233 | .241 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 55 | 155 | 35 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 23 | .252 | .277 | .309 |
| st-louis-browns | 48 | 121 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | .261 | .289 | .306 |
| chicago-white-sox | 48 | 129 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 29 | .190 | .240 | .215 |
| boston-red-sox | 48 | 118 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 28 | .174 | .195 | .248 |
| cleveland-guardians | 45 | 131 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 18 | .246 | .260 | .325 |
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 106 | 32 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | .333 | .387 | .458 |
| new-york-yankees | 44 | 125 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 25 | .263 | .288 | .316 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 23 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .255 | .276 | .327 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 24 | 65 | 15 | – | 3 | 2 | .231 | 173 | 89 |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 24 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .167 | 133 | 77 |
| 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 219 | 56 | 1 | 24 | 6 | .256 | 150 | 82 |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 84 | 14 | – | 9 | 1 | .167 | 204 | 99 |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | 46 | 133 | 29 | – | 10 | 3 | .218 | 352 | 226 |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 142 | 45 | 2 | 22 | 5 | .317 | 337 | 189 |
| 1912 | Philadelphia Athletics | 56 | 109 | 28 | – | 12 | 1 | .257 | 262 | 122 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 5 | – |
| 1914 | Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 11 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .273 | 8 | 1 |
| 1915 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 30 | 75 | 21 | – | 6 | – | .280 | 195 | 56 |
| 1916 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 27 | 61 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .180 | 158 | 47 |
| 1917 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 32 | 43 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .233 | 139 | 34 |
| 1918 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 46 | 113 | 19 | – | 5 | 1 | .168 | 190 | 45 |
| 1920 |  Detroit Tigers | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 1 |