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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	62	15.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 19	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		PHA	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	45	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
12	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	56	11.2	6	0	0	6	0
13	13	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	T,7-7	CG	61	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 4	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 5	NYY		WSH	W,18-8	CG	48	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
20	20	May 6	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	23	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 15	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	25	May 16	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 17	NYY	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,20-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	28	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 23	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
31	31	May 24	NYY		PHA	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	32	May 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-16	GS	43	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	May 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 2	NYY		SLB	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 4	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 14	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
50	50	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
51	51	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
62	62	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
63	63	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-15	GS	42	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	65	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	66	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	54	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68 (1)	Jul 2	NYY	@	DET	W,13-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	72 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	73	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	74	Jul 9	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	75	Jul 10	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	60	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	76	Jul 11	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	77	Jul 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	78	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,19-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	79	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	80	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	81	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,8-9	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	82	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	83	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	84	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	85	Jul 20	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	86	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	87	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	90 (2)	Jul 25	NYY		DET	W,10-7	GF	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	91	Jul 26 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	92	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,22-5	GF	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	100 (7)	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
89	102	Aug 5 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	103	Aug 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	105 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	GS	17	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
92	107 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	108	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-17	CG	49	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	109	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
95	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	112 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	W,9-6	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	113	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	114	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
99	116 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	117	Aug 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	119 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	120	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	121	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	123 (1)	Aug 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	124	Aug 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	126 (1)	Aug 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	128 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	129	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
109	130	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	131	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
111	134 (2)	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	135	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
113	136	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	137	Sep 11	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	138	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	51	13.0	7	0	0	7	0
116	139	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	T,13-13	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	140	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	141	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	143 (1)	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	144	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,17-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	145	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	147 (1)	Sep 19	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	148	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	149	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,10-4	CG	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	150	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	151	Sep 23	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	152	Sep 25	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	153	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	154	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
							129gm			318	5	9	332	2