- Jack Coombs
Infobox MLB retired
name=Jack Coombs
position=Pitcher 
bgcolor1=#003831
bgcolor2=#003831
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Both
throws=Right
birthdate=November 18 ,1882 LeGrand, Iowa
deathdate=death date and age|1957|4|15|1882|11|18Palestine, Texas
debutdate=July 5
debutyear= 1906
debutteam= Philadelphia Athletics
finaldate=July 18
finalyear= 1920
finalteam=Detroit Tigers
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=158-110
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=2.78
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=1052
teams=
* Philadelphia Athletics (1906-1914)
* Brooklyn Robins (1915-1918)
*Detroit Tigers (1920)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1910, 1911
* National League pennant: 1916
* American League wins champion: 1910-1911John Wesley "Jack" Coombs (
November 18 ,1882 –April 15 ,1957 ), nicknamed Colby Jack after his alma mater, was apitcher inMajor League Baseball who played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1906-1914), Brooklyn Robins (1915-1918), andDetroit Tigers (1920). Coombs set a number of records in theAmerican League and World League which stand to this day.Born in
LeGrand, Iowa , Coombs was a 1906 graduate ofColby College inWaterville, Maine , where he was a chemistry major and a member of Delta Upsilon. He also participated in football, track, and tennis. Colby's baseball field is named for him.Three weeks after graduating, he pitched in his first major league game for Philadelphia. His best season was by|1910. He had a record of 31-9, led the
American League in wins (31),games played (45), andshutout s (13). He also won three games in the1910 World Series , in which the Athletics defeated theChicago Cubs . He made appearances in the 1911 and1916 World Series . In by|1919, he was the manager of thePhiladelphia Phillies for one season before he returned to playing.Coombs became a championship-winning coach at
Duke University (1929-1952) who sent many players to the majors.Duke University 's baseball field is named after him.He spent his retirement as a sports historian and writer. In 1945, he published, "Baseball - Individual Play and Team Strategy".
ee also
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Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1937
*Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1938
*Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1946
*Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1948
*List of members of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
*Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
*MLB All-Time Hit Batsmen List
*List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
*List of Major League Baseball wins champions
*MLB All-Time Hit Batsmen List External links
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Coombs_Jack.stm BaseballLibrary]
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* [http://www.ncshof.org/inductees_detail.php?i_recid=6 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]
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