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Daniel Bernard Coombs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: March 23, 1942, Lincoln, ME
Signed: Signed by the Houston Colt .45s as an amateur free agent before 1963 season
Major League Teams: Houston Colt .45s 1963-1964; Houston Astros 1965-1969;
San Diego Padres 1970-1971
Major League Teams: Houston Colt .45s 1963-1964; Houston Astros 1965-1969;
San Diego Padres 1970-1971
Danny Coombs appeared in nine seasons with the Colt. 45s/Astros and Padres. His first regular big league action came in 1965 when he appeared in 26 games for the Astros. He'd bounce back and forth between the minors and majors the next two years, before sticking with the club for all of 1968 as the club's most frequently used lefty out of the bullpen. Coombs was 4-3 with a 3.28 ERA in 40 games that season. His career year came during his penultimate season of 1970 after the Padres had converted him to a starting pitcher. Combs was 10-14 that season with a 3.30 ERA in 188 1/3 innings pitched. In 144 career games, Combs had a 19-27 record with a 4.08 ERA and he accumulated 249 strikeouts over 393 innings pitched.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #53
January 17, 2023 from Greg Morris Cards - Los Angeles, CA
On the evening of January 8th, I found myself sitting in Terminal C of the Philadelphia International Airport waiting to board my flight to Dallas. Earlier that day, I had enjoyed watching our oldest son Doug at a winter track meet as he pole vaulted for his high school. I was in a good mood despite the the fact that like most flights that day, my flight had been delayed. This was for a work trip, and I was doing my best to stay positive and keep myself in the post-holiday happiness hangover that had lingered into the year's second week. eBay seller Greg Morris Cards, based out of Los Angeles, somehow seems to post cards from various vintage baseball card set breaks on a weekly basis, with the cards typically all in fantastic condition. With time to kill, knowing that bidding on baseball cards was a surefire good mood sustainer, and having only 40 cards so far for our 1969 Topps set, I pleasantly passed the time by bidding on 62 commons, all with no previous bidders, and all ending within the next 30 hours.
The Card / Astros Team Set / Accuracy Index +1
1969 Season
Coombs pitched in only 27 games between the Astros and the Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers. With the 89ers, he was 7-5 with a 4.45 ERA in 19 games, including 14 starts. He threw four complete games. With the Astros, Coombs made eight appearances between late April and early June, all in relief. He was 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in eight innings pitched for Houston.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #553
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6): 1965-1969, 1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-DCO
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 21 in the Beckett online database as of 2/4/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
January 17, 2023 from Greg Morris Cards - Los Angeles, CA
On the evening of January 8th, I found myself sitting in Terminal C of the Philadelphia International Airport waiting to board my flight to Dallas. Earlier that day, I had enjoyed watching our oldest son Doug at a winter track meet as he pole vaulted for his high school. I was in a good mood despite the the fact that like most flights that day, my flight had been delayed. This was for a work trip, and I was doing my best to stay positive and keep myself in the post-holiday happiness hangover that had lingered into the year's second week. eBay seller Greg Morris Cards, based out of Los Angeles, somehow seems to post cards from various vintage baseball card set breaks on a weekly basis, with the cards typically all in fantastic condition. With time to kill, knowing that bidding on baseball cards was a surefire good mood sustainer, and having only 40 cards so far for our 1969 Topps set, I pleasantly passed the time by bidding on 62 commons, all with no previous bidders, and all ending within the next 30 hours.
The next afternoon, while on a break at our work conference in the Hilton Anatole, I checked on the auctions, noting I had been outbid on a few, but was still the high bidder for most of the 62 cards. That night, as auctions were close to ending, and as I was enjoying a few adult beverages at the fine Rodeo Goat establishment across the street from the Hilton, my Apple Watch began vibrating every few seconds as I was outbid on dozens of auctions. When the dust had settled, I had won 24 new cards at an average price of about $2.50 per card. This Coombs card was $1.55, and arrived a week after I had made the return trip home from Dallas.
The Card / Astros Team Set / Accuracy Index +1
This card features the exact same photo used on Coombs' 1967 Topps card. The cartoon on the back touts Coombs' four wins out of the Astros' bullpen in 1968, but his first win of 1968 came as a starting pitcher against the Braves on July 17th. For all Astros cards in the 1968 Topps set and the early Astros cards in the 1969 Topps set, Topps removed any reference to the "Astros" nickname and referred to the team as "Houston" on the card fronts. Mark Armour covered this issue with a great article over at the SABR Baseball Cards blog.
Accuracy Index: Coombs scores the minimum here without going below zero, as he's featured in the correct Astros uniform (+5) but in a photo used previously (-4).
1969 Season
Coombs pitched in only 27 games between the Astros and the Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers. With the 89ers, he was 7-5 with a 4.45 ERA in 19 games, including 14 starts. He threw four complete games. With the Astros, Coombs made eight appearances between late April and early June, all in relief. He was 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in eight innings pitched for Houston.
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First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #553
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6): 1965-1969, 1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-DCO
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 21 in the Beckett online database as of 2/4/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog
1965 Topps Blog
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