1910ATHLETICS
PITCHER
JACK COOMBS1910
Jack Coombspitcher · 1910 athletics
Ht 6'0"Wt 185Bats BThrows RBorn 1882 · Le Grand, IA
Connie Mack handed the ball to Jack Coombs in 1910 and the season turned mean. Coombs went 31-9 with a 1.30 E.R.A., 353 innings, 35 complete games, 13 shutouts, 224 strikeouts. He was the whole weather report — a guy who didn't give in, didn't give up the big inning, didn't ask for help. The Athletics leaned on that arm all summer, and the rest of the league swung at what wasn't there.
31 WINS
In 1910 he won 31 games — Mack’s arm all summer.
1.30 E.R.A.
In 1910 his E.R.A. was 1.30 — mean on a white-elephant year.
13 SHUTOUTS
In 1910 he hurled 13 shutouts — zeros on the clothesline.
Major League Pitching — Year vs Life
| W | L | G | GF | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 31 | 9 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 353.0 | 224 | 115 | 1.30 |
| Life | 158 | 110 | 354 | 68 | 8 | 2320.0 | 1,052 | 841 | 2.78 |
SkillScore
131.241910 · PHA
ComponentsERA 1.30WHIP 1.03K/9 5.7
Jack Coombs portrait, c.1910 (Boston Globe / Wikimedia Commons). Public domain (US).