1906ATHLETICS
PITCHER
JACK COOMBS1906
Jack Coombspitcher · 1906 athletics
Ht 6'0"Wt 185Bats BThrows RBorn 1882 · Le Grand, IA
The nickname was Colby Jack, and in the summer of 1906 the Athletics handed him the ball and let him learn the trade the hard way. Ten wins, ten losses, a 2.50 E.R.A. — stingy enough to keep, and 173 innings of proof he belonged. Thirteen complete games at twenty-three years old. Ninety strikeouts, no fuss about it. A first summer is a first summer — then the kid they called Colby Jack stopped being a curiosity and started being the reason.
13 COMPLETE GAMES
In 1906 he completed 13 games — finished tickets at twenty-three.
2.50 E.R.A.
In 1906 his E.R.A. was 2.50 — stingy enough to keep.
COLBY JACK
They called him Colby Jack — Connie Mack’s new arm in Philadelphia.
Major League Pitching — Year vs Life
| W | L | G | GF | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 173.0 | 90 | 68 | 2.50 |
| Life | 158 | 110 | 354 | 68 | 8 | 2320.0 | 1,052 | 841 | 2.78 |
SkillScore
111.491906 · PHA
ComponentsERA 2.50WHIP 1.23K/9 4.7
Jack Coombs portrait, c.1910 (Boston Globe / Wikimedia Commons). Public domain (US).