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John Wesley Coombs

First name: Jack

Last name: Coombs

Birthdate: 1882-11-18

Bats: B   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 112639

Retro ID: coomj101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1908PHA3.20.43.62.23.30.310
1909PHA1.20.01.20.20.60.62
1910PHA1.80.01.81.01.50.35
1911PHA1.90.01.92.02.6-0.68
1912PHA1.60.01.60.91.40.24
1913PHA0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1914PHA0.20.00.20.00.10.10
1915BRO1.00.01.00.60.90.13
1916BRO0.80.00.80.30.50.32
1917BRO0.60.00.60.50.7-0.12
1918BRO1.60.11.7-0.10.41.41
1920DET0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career13.90.514.47.511.92.737

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1908PHA2381000027-204137.81.7-0.20.01.510
1909PHA90-7-71000000607.80.00.00.00.00
1910PHA144-6-5-1200000958.20.60.00.00.60
1911PHA15434-1100000121610.11.60.00.01.60
1912PHA123-3-21000000769.90.60.00.00.60
1913PHA3000000000009.70.00.00.00.00
1914PHA12000000000008.90.00.00.00.00
1915BRO78-2-2-1-1-11000738.20.40.00.00.40
1916BRO63-5-51000000517.90.10.00.00.10
1917BRO48-1-10001000337.90.40.00.00.40
1918BRO122-8-8-1100-1005-47.7-0.50.00.0-0.5-1
1920DET2-1-100000000-110.1-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career1,077-29-27-13-146-205842-4.8-0.20.04.69

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1908 PHA AL 26 6.7 150.3 62 60 -3 5.78 8.2 -0.01 0.00 1 0.92 1 0.1 3.4 3.2 1.4 10
1909 PHA AL 30 9.3 204.0 63 78 6 6.80 7.8 -0.01 0.00 9 1.00 9 1.2 5.9 3.5 3.2 18
1910 PHA AL 45 16.5 352.7 74 134 12 7.84 7.2 -0.01 0.05 50 1.08 52 7.3 15.5 0.9 10.7 46
1911 PHA AL 47 15.4 337.0 164 164 1 7.17 9.4 -0.01 0.05 0 1.03 0 0.0 7.7 7.7 3.2 23
1912 PHA AL 40 12.0 262.3 119 124 10 6.56 9.3 0.01 0.05 -3 1.01 -3 -0.3 5.7 6.3 2.2 17
1913 PHA AL 2 0.2 5.3 9 2 0 2.65 10.6 -0.10 0.05 -6 1.00 -6 -0.6 -0.5 0.7 -0.6 -2
1914 PHA AL 2 0.4 8.0 4 3 0 4.00 8.3 -0.12 0.05 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0
1915 BRO NL 29 9.0 195.7 71 81 3 6.75 8.3 -0.04 -0.05 5 1.00 5 0.6 5.1 3.9 2.5 15
1916 BRO NL 27 7.9 158.7 55 64 5 5.88 8.2 -0.11 -0.05 2 1.27 2 0.2 4.2 3.8 1.9 13
1917 BRO NL 31 6.1 139.7 75 57 -3 4.51 8.7 -0.06 -0.05 -16 0.97 -16 -1.8 1.3 4.9 -0.5 4
1918 BRO NL 27 8.7 190.0 97 78 1 7.04 9.0 -0.06 -0.05 -22 1.01 -22 -2.5 1.9 6.9 -0.7 6
1920 DET AL 2 0.1 5.7 5 3 0 2.85 10.7 -0.13 0.05 -2 0.02 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0
Career 308 92.3 2009.4 798 848 32 17 20 4 50.3 42.3 23.3 150

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1908 PHA 38 0.0 0
1909 PHA 59 3.0 3
1910 PHA 82 2.0 2
1911 PHA 84 -2.0 -2
1912 PHA 69 2.0 2
1913 PHA 2 -1.0 -1
1914 PHA 1 0.0 0
1915 BRO 37 -3.0 -3
1916 BRO 24 -3.0 -3
1917 BRO 31 -3.0 -3
1918 BRO 41 0.0 0
1920 DET 1 -1.0 -1
469 -6.0 -6

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1908 PHA 1B 3 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1B 3 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1908 PHA LF 22 5 0.8 1 1 1 1 0 1
1908 PHA CF 321 37 0.8 1 1 -7 9 0 1
1908 PHA RF 322 96 2.9 3 3 6 24 2 5
1914 PHA RF 21 5 -0.2 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1918 BRO CF 29 5 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1918 BRO RF 74 22 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 5 0 -1
LF 22 5 0.8 1 1 1 1 0 1
CF 350 42 0.8 1 1 -8 9 0 1
RF 417 123 1.7 2 2 3 29 2 4

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1910PHA0.20.00.20.10.20.01
1911PHA0.10.00.10.00.10.10
1916BRO0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.30.00.30.10.30.11

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1910PHA130000000001110.40.10.00.00.10
1911PHA8000000000007.80.00.00.00.00
1916BRO3000000000007.90.00.00.00.00
Career2400000000011-0.10.00.00.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1910 PHA MLB 3 1.2 27.0 10 11 2 9.00 8.7 -0.01 0.00 0 1.00 0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 2
1911 PHA MLB 2 0.9 20.0 5 9 1 10.00 7.9 -0.01 0.00 3 1.00 3 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.6 2
1916 BRO MLB 1 0.3 6.3 3 3 0 6.30 8.9 -0.14 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1 0
Career 6 2.4 53.3 18 23 3 2 2 0.3 1.4 0.8 0.8 4

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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