Earle Combs (Earle Bryan Combs) was born on May 14, 1899 in Pebworth, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1924 for the New York Yankees. In 1925, his rookie year, he hit .342 with 3 home runs and 61 RBI. Combs played for the New York Yankees for his entire 12 year career.
Most people believe that Earle Combs's best season was 1927, when he hit for a .356 average and knocked in 64 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1924
NY
A
24
35
10
14
0
2
.400
.462
.543
5
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
1925
NY
A
150
593
117
203
3
61
.342
.411
.462
36
13
65
43
4
11
12
0
0
1926
NY
A
145
606
113
181
8
55
.299
.352
.429
31
12
47
23
3
14
8
0
0
1927
NY
A
152
648
137
231
6
64
.356
.414
.511
36
23
62
31
2
12
15
0
0
1928
NY
A
149
626
118
194
7
56
.310
.387
.463
33
21
77
33
2
4
10
0
0
1929
NY
A
142
586
119
202
3
65
.345
.414
.468
33
15
69
32
0
11
11
0
0
1930
NY
A
137
532
129
183
7
82
.344
.424
.523
30
22
74
26
0
11
16
0
0
1931
NY
A
138
563
120
179
5
58
.318
.394
.446
31
13
68
34
3
2
11
0
0
1932
NY
A
144
591
143
190
9
65
.321
.405
.455
32
10
81
16
2
1
3
0
0
1933
NY
A
122
417
86
125
5
64
.300
.372
.465
22
16
47
19
1
3
6
0
0
1934
NY
A
63
251
47
80
2
25
.319
.412
.434
13
5
40
9
0
4
3
0
0
1935
NY
A
89
298
47
84
3
35
.282
.359
.362
7
4
36
10
0
1
1
0
0
Total
1455
5746
1186
1866
58
632
.325
.397
.462
309
154
670
278
17
74
96
0
0
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1924
NY
A
OF
11
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1925
NY
A
OF
150
0
0
401
12
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.979
1926
NY
A
OF
145
0
0
375
8
12
2
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1927
NY
A
OF
152
0
0
411
6
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1928
NY
A
OF
149
0
0
424
11
9
7
0
0
0
0
0
.980
1929
NY
A
OF
141
0
0
358
10
13
5
0
0
0
0
0
.966
1930
NY
A
OF
135
0
0
275
5
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1931
NY
A
OF
129
0
0
335
5
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1932
NY
A
OF
139
0
0
343
6
12
3
0
0
0
0
0
.967
1933
NY
A
OF
104
0
0
227
3
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1934
NY
A
OF
62
0
0
145
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.993
1935
NY
A
OF
70
0
0
143
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.993
Total
OF
1387
0
0
3449
69
95
23
0
0
0
0
0
.974
Transactions
Traded by Louisville (American Association) to New York Yankees in exchange for Elmer Smith and $50000 and a player to be named (January 7, 1924).
