MLB / Players

Earle Combs

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb

BornMay 14, 1899 · Pebworth, KY, USA

MLB debutApril 16, 1924

Final gameSeptember 29, 1935

Seasons12 (1924–1935)

New York Yankees 1924–1935

Percentile snapshot

1932 season — qualified batters

144

72.9

675

90.4

591

86.7

143

98.2

190

92.2

74.1

84.9

77.7

RBI

67.5

47.6

32.5

3.6

.321

80.1

OBP

.405

SLG

.455

72.3

OPS

.860

79.5

wRC+

124.5

76.5

OPS+

123.0

73.5

wOBA

.396

79.5

sWAR

4.2

89.2

of 167 qualified 1932 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

126.7

87.5

OPS+

126.6

87.1

sWAR

43.9

98.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1924	24	39	35	10	14	5	0	0	2	4	2	0	1	.400	.462	.543	1.004	160.5	159.5	.466	0.4
1925	150	673	593	117	203	36	13	3	61	65	43	12	13	.342	.411	.462	.873	124.6	124.0	.407	4.5
1926	145	670	606	113	181	31	12	8	55	47	23	8	6	.299	.352	.429	.781	103.7	105.9	.363	2.7
1927	152	724	648	137	231	36	23	6	64	62	31	15	6	.356	.414	.511	.925	142.5	144.0	.425	6.6
1928	149	709	626	118	194	33	21	7	56	77	33	10	8	.310	.387	.463	.850	127.2	127.0	.391	5.1
1929	142	666	586	119	202	33	15	3	65	69	32	11	7	.345	.414	.468	.881	133.9	133.0	.405	5.3
1930	137	617	532	129	183	30	22	7	82	74	26	16	10	.344	.424	.523	.947	141.9	143.2	.425	5.0
1931	138	636	563	120	179	31	13	5	58	68	34	11	3	.318	.394	.446	.840	126.6	126.4	.389	4.4
1932	144	675	591	143	190	32	10	9	65	81	16	3	9	.321	.405	.455	.860	124.5	123.0	.396	4.2
1933	122	468	417	86	125	22	16	5	64	47	19	6	4	.300	.372	.465	.837	125.7	128.0	.384	3.0
1934	63	295	251	47	80	13	5	2	25	40	9	3	1	.319	.412	.434	.847	128.7	126.9	.398	2.0
1935	89	335	298	47	84	7	4	3	35	36	10	1	3	.282	.359	.362	.722	95.9	93.9	.342	0.7

Career totals

1,455

6,507

5,746

1,186

201st-most career R

1,866

368th-most career H

309

450th-most career 2B

154

48th-most career 3B

RBI

632

670

417th-most career BB

278

.3247

53rd-highest career batting average

OBP

.3969

80th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4624

363rd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8593

152nd-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1927-05-31	NYY @ ATH Gameday	6	4	5	2	1	0	1	0	9
1926-05-10	DET @ NYY Gameday	5	3	3	1	1	1	3	0	9
1927-09-22	DET @ NYY Gameday	4	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	9
1927-08-27	NYY @ BAL Gameday	6	3	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
1931-08-21	NYY @ BAL Gameday	5	4	4	0	2	0	0	1	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1924-04-15	NYY @ BOS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-16	NYY @ BOS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-17	NYY @ BOS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-19	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-20	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1970 (Veterans)

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.