Earle
Combs
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 14, 1899 in Usa, KY, PEBWORTH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1933   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 31 NYM NL $ 4,450,000   84 84 76 19 19 19 59 72 68 39 49 46 85 88 87
1931 32 NYM NL $ 4,450,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1932 33 NYG NL $ 4,450,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1933 34 ATL NL $ 3,284,728   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 7 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1934 35 ATL NL $ 3,284,728   7 7 7 2 2 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 8 8 8
1935 36 BRK NL $ 630,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
1936 37 BRK NL $ 630,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 630,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,450,000   84 84 76 19 19 19 59 72 68 39 49 46 85 88 87
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
1930 31 NYM NL 142 467 92 160 17 3 4 42 0 0 56 15 .343 .411 .418 .829 76.4 17.6
1931 32 NYM NL 154 605 99 198 28 3 11 86 1 0 74 22 .327 .400 .438 .838 99.1 21.7
1932 33 NYG NL 148 600 88 194 29 3 4 63 0 1 54 37 .323 .377 .402 .779 84.7 15.3
1933 34 ATL NL 152 550 66 159 20 4 5 70 0 1 40 35 .289 .336 .367 .703 61.6 9.9
1934 35 ATL NL 80 226 27 68 7 0 0 32 0 0 10 10 .301 .332 .332 .664 22.0 2.6
1935 36 BRK NL 97 329 36 75 5 2 2 22 1 0 20 51 .228 .271 .274 .544 23.9 0.1
1936 37 A   137 536 63 119 20 3 4 42 2 1 72 101 .222 .314 .293 .607 53.8  
6 Years Sim 773 2777 408 854 106 15 26 315 2 2 254 170 .308 .364 .385 .749 367.8 67.3
1 Years A 137 536 63 119 20 3 4 42 2 1 72 101 .222 .314 .293 .607 53.8  
162 Game Average 581 85 178 22 3 5 66 0 0 53 35 .308 .364 .385 .749 77.1  
Career Highs 154 605 99 198 29 4 11 86 1 1 74 51 .343 .411 .438 .838 99.1  
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   2074 324 655 76 11 20 234 2 2 188 117 .316 .372 .392 .764 296.4
vs LH   703 84 199 30 4 6 81 0 0 66 53 .283 .343 .363 .706 88.0
Home 385 1343 196 427 44 7 13 161 1 1 108 89 .318 .366 .390 .756 187.8
Away 388 1434 212 427 62 8 13 154 1 1 146 81 .298 .363 .379 .742 196.5
RISP   730 0 205 24 2 4 278 0 0 60 60 .281 .332 .336 .667 82.6
Pinch Hitting   68 9 22 0 0 0 8 0 0 7 1 .324 .387 .324 .710 9.0
Close/Late   296 27 93 11 1 3 28 0 0 22 13 .314 .358 .389 .747 40.3
Mar/Apr 138 491 61 153 14 4 4 59 1 2 44 24 .312 .365 .381 .746 67.6
May 152 563 86 177 25 3 5 81 1 0 50 26 .314 .369 .396 .765 80.4
June 126 444 62 133 16 3 5 45 0 0 43 27 .300 .361 .383 .744 61.1
July 115 410 63 130 11 2 5 39 0 0 28 26 .317 .360 .390 .750 55.8
August 132 455 87 139 17 3 6 49 0 0 50 30 .305 .373 .396 .768 67.2
Sep/Oct 110 414 49 122 23 0 1 42 0 0 39 37 .295 .355 .357 .713 52.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 31 NYM NL CF 115 99 903.3 276 11 6 4 .980 2.86   3.0
    LF 13 0 22.7 5 0 1 0 .833 1.99    
1931 32 NYM NL CF 93 91 798.3 246 8 2 4 .992 2.86   3.5
    LF 59 58 508.7 98 2 2 0 .980 1.77    
1932 33 NYG NL 1B 141 135 1219.0 1652 119 32 156 .982 13.08   1.0
    LF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.1
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1933 34 ATL NL CF 148 140 1227.0 371 10 10 2 .974 2.79   3.0
    LF 3 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1934 35 ATL NL CF 62 62 458.7 147 4 4 0 .974 2.96   1.0
    1B 6 1 15.0 20 0 1 3 .952 12.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1935 36 BRK NL CF 40 39 342.0 79 4 1 1 .988 2.18   1.7
    LF 25 21 174.3 40 1 0 1 1.000 2.12    
    1B 19 14 127.3 167 12 2 19 .989 12.65   0.2
    RF 12 12 99.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.55    
  CF 461 431 3733.3 1120 37 23 11 .981 2.79   12.2
  1B 166 150 1361.3 1839 131 35 178 .983 13.02   1.2
  LF 104 81 733.6 149 3 3 1 .981 1.86   0.1
  RF 13 12 100.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
Career Totals   744 674 5928.3 3136 171 61 190 .982 5.02   13.4
Career Highs   152 149 1307.0 1658 119 32 156 .991 12.89    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 31 NYM NL 10 35 4 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 .343 .395 .343 .738
1931 32 NYM NL 10 41 6 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 2 .439 .477 .585 1.063
Career Post-Season Batting 20 76 10 30 3 0 1 10 0 0 6 2 .395 .439 .474 .913
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1930-6-.343
On-Base Pct
1930-7-.411
Games
1933-2-152
At-Bats
1932-2-600
Hits
1931-10-198
1932-5-194
Singles
1931-8-156
1932-1-158
Walks
1931-10-74
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Rip Radcliff (961)
  2. Earl Browne (957)
  3. Lloyd Waner (952)
  4. Butch Weis (946)
  5. Jimmy Wasdell (944)
  6. Paul O'Dea (944)
  7. Russ Scarritt (940)
  8. Willie McGee (939)
  9. Myril Hoag (938)
  10. Buck Jordan (936)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1930, off George Pipgras (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1930, off Mike Kircher (SLB)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/4/1931, hitting .652 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/19/1933 to a 2-year deal worth $3,284,728 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (G) on 5/9/1933
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1933
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/18/1935 to a 2-year deal worth $630,000 per year