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Danny
Coombs		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 245
 
Born: March 23, 1942 in Usa, ME, LINCOLN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1977   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 21 STL NL   6 5 4 4 6 5 5 7 7 7
1964 22 STL NL   6 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7
1965 23 STL NL   6 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1966 24 STL NL   6 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1967 25 STL NL   6 5 4 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1968 26 STL NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1969 27 STL NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 8 8
1970 28 STL NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1971 29 STL NL $ 646,429 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 9 8 9
1972 30 STL NL $ 646,429 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 9 8 8
1973 31 STL NL $ 646,429 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 9 8 8
1974 32 STL NL $ 920,000 3 5 4 4 6 5 5 7 7 7
1975 33 TOR AL $ 1,100,000 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1976 34 TOR AL $ 1,100,000 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 7
1977 35 TOR AL $ 2,000,000 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
1978 36 TOR AL $ 2,000,000 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 21 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 22 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 23 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 24 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 25 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 26 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 27 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 28 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 29 STL NL $ 646,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 30 STL NL $ 646,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 31 STL NL $ 646,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 32 STL NL $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 33 TOR AL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 34 TOR AL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 35 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1978 36 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1963 21 AAA   6 8 .429 28 16 0 0 1 106.3 126 63 8 48 89 5.33 .294 .366 .409 .774  
1964 22 AAA   10 9 .526 27 27 2 0 0 180.7 175 76 11 77 138 3.79 .255 .330 .348 .679  
1965 23 AAA   9 7 .563 24 24 5 3 0 175.7 146 58 14 69 141 2.97 .225 .299 .329 .628  
1966 24 AAA   13 6 .684 29 29 1 1 0 202.3 181 72 14 72 175 3.20 .234 .300 .325 .625  
1967 25 AAA   6 1 .857 37 0 0 0 1 36.0 36 10 2 16 25 2.50 .259 .335 .324 .659  
1968 26 STL NL 6 17 .261 44 27 3 0 2 187.3 231 110 10 81 104 5.28 .305 .371 .402 .773 0.0
1969 27 STL NL 11 4 .733 63 0 0 0 15 79.7 82 30 6 31 41 3.39 .264 .329 .370 .699 11.5
1970 28 STL NL 7 4 .636 31 6 1 0 1 96.3 97 42 7 34 59 3.92 .264 .328 .379 .707 6.7
1971 29 AAA   3 1 .750 55 2 0 0 3 54.0 47 18 1 23 41 3.00 .244 .324 .316 .640  
1972 30 STL NL 7 6 .538 40 1 0 0 9 79.0 87 44 5 42 42 5.01 .290 .379 .410 .789 4.0
1973 31 STL NL 0 0 .000 25 0 0 0 2 45.7 33 10 0 19 16 1.97 .204 .291 .253 .544 5.5
1974 32 STL NL 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 2 29.3 33 16 4 14 16 4.91 .280 .351 .441 .791 1.0
1975 33 TOR AL 5 7 .417 69 0 0 0 9 111.7 94 52 6 48 40 4.19 .229 .310 .302 .613 10.0
1976 34 TOR AL 4 1 .800 27 0 0 0 7 30.0 31 8 3 13 14 2.40 .270 .344 .409 .752 4.6
1977 35 TOR AL 11 2 .846 47 0 0 0 7 70.3 76 31 5 34 32 3.97 .278 .357 .363 .720 7.3
1978 36 TOR AL 5 5 .500 39 0 0 0 4 53.3 49 25 7 27 23 4.22 .251 .341 .390 .731 3.6
10 Years Sim 57 46 .553 402 34 4 0 58 782.6 813 368 53 343 387 4.23 .270 .345 .372 .717 54.2
6 Years AAA 47 32 .595 200 98 8 4 5 755.0 711 297 50 305 609 3.54 .248 .320 .343 .664  
Season Average 5 4 .556 40 3 0 0 5 78.3 81 36 5 34 38 4.23 .270 .345 .372 .717  
Career Highs 11 17 1.000 69 27 3 0 15 187.3 231 110 10 81 104 5.28 .305 .379 .441 .791  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   594 267 36 249 247   .285 .361 .391 .752
vs LH   219 101 17 94 140   .237 .307 .331 .639
Home 32 22 .593 215 20 1 0 30 419.3 421 202 28 185 203 4.34 .264 .340 .369 .709
Away 25 24 .510 187 14 3 0 28 363.3 392 166 25 158 184 4.11 .278 .351 .376 .727
Mar/Apr 10 1 .909 75 0 0 0 10 112.6 114 42 8 47 53 3.36 .261 .333 .351 .684
May 14 9 .609 71 12 2 0 6 180.6 161 71 11 66 101 3.54 .236 .303 .345 .648
June 10 8 .556 56 6 0 0 7 106.3 116 58 8 59 63 4.91 .283 .373 .393 .766
July 9 7 .563 63 5 1 0 11 126.6 144 58 7 67 60 4.12 .293 .378 .385 .763
August 6 11 .353 72 6 0 0 14 140.0 155 72 7 52 63 4.63 .285 .347 .371 .719
Sep/Oct 8 10 .444 65 5 1 0 10 116.3 123 67 12 52 47 5.18 .276 .352 .404 .757
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 26 STL NL 44 59 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .068 .083 .085 .168 -3.2 0.0
1 Years Sim 44 59 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .068 .083 .085 .168 -3.2 0.0
162 Game Average 217 7 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 69 .068 .083 .085 .168 -11.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .031 .031 .031 .063 -2.5
vs LH   27 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .111 .143 .148 .291 -0.2
Home 24 28 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 -1.5
Away 20 31 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .065 .094 .097 .191 -1.2
RISP   14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .000 .067 .000 .067 -1.0
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 6 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7
June 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
July 5 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
August 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3
Sep/Oct 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1968 26 STL NL P 44 27 187.3 12 39 0 3 1.000 2.45    
1969 27 STL NL P 63 0 79.7 7 18 0 0 1.000 2.82    
1970 28 STL NL P 31 6 96.3 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.59    
1972 30 STL NL P 40 1 79.0 1 19 0 1 1.000 2.28    
1973 31 STL NL P 25 0 45.7 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.76    
1974 32 STL NL P 17 0 29.3 4 6 0 1 1.000 3.07    
1975 33 TOR AL P 69 0 111.7 8 18 0 1 1.000 2.10    
1976 34 TOR AL P 27 0 30.0 1 7 1 0 .889 2.40    
1977 35 TOR AL P 47 0 70.3 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.66    
1978 36 TOR AL P 39 0 53.3 2 13 1 2 .938 2.53    
Career Totals   402 34 782.6 42 157 2 10 .990 2.29    
Career Highs   69 27 187.3 12 39 1 3 1.000 3.07    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1968-9-17
 Saves
1969-2-15
1972-8-9
 Games Pitched
1969-6-63
1975-2-69
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1963
Injured on 7/17/1963 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 7/23/1964 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Injured on 8/13/1964 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/17/1965 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 9/1/1966 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/4/1968
Had first career hit on 6/26/1968, off Jim O'toole (NYA)
Injured on 9/20/1968 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 10 weeks
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $646,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $646,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $646,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/10/1973 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/9/1975 to a 2-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/31/1977 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
 
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