Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Jack Coombs' Battery Mates


30-Game Winner (1910) Jack Coombs pitched for Philadelphia (AL) 1906-1914; Brooklyn (NL) 1915-1918; and Detroit (AL) 1920 [No starts w/Detroit]. He pitched in 354 games, made 268 starts, had 187 complete games and pitched 35 shutouts. All of Coombs' shutouts were with one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT COOMBS' STARTS
Jack Lapp 98   Ernie Krueger 4
Otto Miller 55   Pat Donahue 3
Mike Powers 27   Ben Egan 3
Ira Thomas 26   Chief Meyers 2
Ossee Schreckengost 14   Jimmy Archer 1
Paddy Livingston 13   Bert Blue @1
Mack Wheat 8   Jim Byrnes 1
Lew McCarty 6   Jack Snyder 1
Claude Berry 5      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT COOMBS' SHUTOUTS
Jack Lapp 15   Bert Blue @1
Ira Thomas 5   Ernie Krueger 1
Otto Miller 4   Chief Meyers 1
Mike Powers 1   Mack Wheat 1
Paddy Livingston 3      


@ Bert Blues's only start with Coombs was a shutout.



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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