Danny Coombs

Who is Danny Coombs?

Daniel Bernard Coombs is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from 1963 to 1971 for the Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros and San Diego Padres.

He was 6 ft 5 in tall, weighed 210 pounds and he attended Seton Hall University. While he was at Seton Hall, he was a basketball star.

Signed as an amateur free-agent before the 1963 season, Coombs made his major league debut later that year. On September 27, 1963, against the New York Mets, Coombs pitched one third of an inning, allowing three hits and one earned run. Against the first batter he faced, Al Moran, he threw a passed ball. Moran then singled, and Al Jackson and Joe Christopher quickly followed with singles. That was the only game he pitched in 1963.

In seven games in 1964, he struck out 14 batters in 18 innings, posting a 5.00 ERA. He won the first game of his career that year in the final game he pitched that season, earning a win on October 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He appeared in 26 games in 1965, allowing 54 hits and 25 earned runs in 47 innings for a 4.79 ERA.

In 1966, he appeared in only two games, striking out three in 2⅔ innings.