Earle Combs

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: May 14, 1899 in Pebworth, KY us

Died: July 21, 1976 in Richmond, KY

Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, KY

School: Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, KY)

Debut: April 16, 1924 (Age 24-338d, 5,961st in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1935 (Age 36-138d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1970. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Earle Combs's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Earle Bryan Combs

Nicknames: The Kentucky Colonel

Pronunciation: \KOOMBZ\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.1

5746

1866

.325

1186

RBI

633

OBP

.397

SLG

.462

OPS

.859

OPS+

125

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-30 / in Starts: 30-29
Longest Hitting Streak	14 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 295 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	154 (74-44-36) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 295 PAs	35
Avg. Runners on Base	200 (102-62-35)

Most Driven In
D Heffner	7
B Dickey	5
F Crosetti	4
J Saltzgaver	2
R Rolfe	2
Self	2
D Walker	1
A Jorgens	1

Most Driven In By
B Ruth	9
L Gehrig	8
B Chapman	6
S Byrd	3
M Hoag	2
J Saltzgaver	2
Self	2
B Dickey	2

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1305	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.600	.667	1.267	1	1.35	0.148	3.52	0.23%	1.40	CF
2	1306	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.364	.250	.614	1	.49	-0.055	1.11	-0.08%	-1.54	CF
3	1307	3	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.286	.412	.357	.769	1	.47	0.042	1.29	0.07%	1.93	CF
4	1308	4	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	1	1.34	0.108	3.85	0.19%	1.37	CF
5	1309	5	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-1	GS-5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.458	.474	.932	1	1.06	0.079	2.77	0.13%	1.01	CF
6	1310	6	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.407	.409	.816	2	.84	-0.047	2.39	-0.08%	-0.51	CF
7	1311	7	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.387	.360	.747	2	.88	-0.012	2.69	-0.02%	-0.35	CF
8	1312	8	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.389	.345	.734	2	2.47	-0.193	7.99	-0.38%	-0.87	CF
9	1313	9	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.350	.303	.653	2	1.20	-0.133	3.58	-0.24%	-1.30	CF
10	1314	11 (1)	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.350	.303	.653	3						CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1315	12	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	7-GF	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.381	.382	.763	1	1.40	0.111	4.74	0.23%	1.67	PH CF
12	1316	13	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.256	.383	.410	.793	2	.47	0.046	1.69	0.10%	0.48	CF
13	1317	14	May 4	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.256	.373	.395	.768	1	.52	-0.053	1.81	-0.11%	-0.48	CF
14	1318	16 (1)	May 6	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.375	.383	.758	1	1.31	-0.015	4.85	-0.03%	-0.09	CF
15	1319	17	May 7	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.387	.385	.772	1	.45	0.004	1.74	0.01%	0.13	CF
16	1320	18	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.418	.411	.829	1	1.32	0.140	5.38	0.34%	1.76	CF
17	1321	19	May 9	NYY		SLB	L,8-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.300	.408	.400	.808	2	1.75	-0.109	7.26	-0.27%	-0.37	CF
18	1322	20	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	CG	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.416	.391	.806	2	.32	0.080	1.28	0.19%	0.22	CF
19	1323	21	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG(14)	7	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.417	.406	.822	2	1.20	0.208	4.98	0.52%	0.30	CF
20	1324	22	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.416	.411	.827	2	1.20	0.032	5.18	0.08%	0.13	CF
21	1325	23	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.415	.403	.817	2	.36	0.080	1.83	0.24%	0.67	CF
22	1326	24	May 17	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.414	.427	.841	2	1.37	-0.051	7.15	-0.16%	0.08	CF
23	1327	25	May 18	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	6	5	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.438	.460	.898	1	1.36	0.262	6.88	0.80%	2.18	CF
24	1328	26	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.436	.462	.898	1	.61	0.005	3.10	0.01%	-0.21	CF
25	1329	27	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.435	.447	.882	1	.96	0.017	4.93	0.06%	0.11	CF
26	1330	28	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.442	.455	.896	1	.42	0.063	2.12	0.19%	1.41	CF
27	1331	29	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.427	.437	.864	1	1.39	-0.125	6.95	-0.37%	-0.97	CF
28	1332	30	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.438	.462	.900	1	.86	0.164	3.63	0.41%	1.60	CF
29	1333	31	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.327	.444	.464	.907	1	.95	-0.064	3.82	-0.15%	-0.51	CF
30	1334	32	May 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.442	.451	.893	1	1.36	0.133	5.62	0.33%	0.74	CF
31	1335	33	May 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.441	.449	.890	1	.88	-0.038	4.07	-0.11%	-0.78	CF
32	1336	34	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-16	CG	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.456	.463	.919	1	.31	0.067	1.42	0.18%	1.50	CF
33	1337	35	May 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-9	CG	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	.317	.442	.444	.886	1	.92	-0.167	4.00	-0.44%	-1.95	CF
34	1338	38 (2)	May 31	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.434	.431	.865	1	1.86	-0.153	8.33	-0.41%	-0.70	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	1339	39	Jun 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.304	.427	.422	.849	1	.64	0.048	2.58	0.12%	0.62	CF
36	1340	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG(10)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.300	.420	.414	.834	1	1.58	-0.144	5.97	-0.33%	-1.05	CF
37	1341	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.420	.410	.829	1	.80	0.054	3.19	0.13%	0.56	CF
38	1342	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.425	.419	.843	1	1.14	0.007	5.02	0.02%	0.23	CF
39	1343	44 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.418	.412	.830	1	1.51	-0.159	6.80	-0.43%	-1.35	CF
40	1344	45	Jun 8	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.413	.401	.814	1	.42	-0.055	1.67	-0.13%	-0.87	CF
41	1345	46	Jun 9	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.402	.389	.791	1	1.47	-0.039	5.97	-0.10%	-0.56	CF
42	1346	53 (6)	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.399	.382	.781	1	1.10	-0.032	7.21	-0.12%	-0.35	CF
43	1347	54	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.286	.406	.387	.793	1	.84	0.038	5.45	0.15%	0.58	CF
44	1348	57 (2)	Jun 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.406	.387	.793	1	1.08	0.017	6.13	0.06%	0.52	CF
45	1349	58	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.299	.412	.395	.808	1	.76	0.141	4.13	0.46%	1.22	CF
46	1350	59	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.414	.414	.828	1	.36	0.095	1.85	0.30%	0.86	LF
47	1351	60	Jun 24	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.420	.418	.839	1	.64	0.057	2.74	0.15%	0.81	LF
48	1352	61	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	W,13-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.424	.439	.863	1	.67	0.074	2.90	0.19%	1.68	LF
49	1353	62	Jun 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.422	.437	.859	1	.87	-0.023	4.07	-0.06%	-0.25	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	1354	75 (12)	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.423	.435	.857	7	2.21	-0.006	20.50	-0.04%	0.01	PH CF
51	1355	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.418	.429	.847	1	.90	-0.076	8.01	-0.41%	-0.78	CF
52	1356	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.414	.423	.836	4	.61	0.062	5.71	0.35%	-0.17	CF
53	1357	78	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.409	.417	.827	1	1.02	-0.115	9.64	-0.65%	-1.13	CF
54	1358	79	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	9-9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.410	.423	.833	8	1.75	0.179	9.41	0.58%	-0.19	PH
55	1359	80	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-13	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.410	.417	.827	1	.53	-0.012	3.10	-0.04%	0.81	LF
56	1360	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	CG	6	5	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.315	.420	.426	.846	1	1.28	0.172	7.11	0.57%	1.40	LF
57	1361	82	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.419	.425	.845	1	1.06	-0.001	4.92	0.00%	-0.53	LF
58	1362	83	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG(13)	7	7	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.416	.434	.850	1	1.47	0.159	7.25	0.47%	-0.60	LF
59	1363	84	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.419	.440	.859	1	.79	0.008	3.92	0.02%	0.72	LF
60	1364	85	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.321	.419	.439	.858	1						LF CF
61	1365	86	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-2	GS-0	6	6	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.329	.424	.449	.873	1						LF
62	1366	87	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.417	.440	.856	1	.65	-0.105	3.74	-0.36%	-1.82	LF
63	1367	88	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.319	.412	.434	.847	1						LF
							33-30		295	251	46	80	13	5	2	25	40	0	9	0	4		4		3	2	.319	.412	.434	.847		.99	0.918	4.57	2.35%	8.45

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