Pat Combs

Who is Pat Combs?

Patrick Dennis Combs is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1989 and 1992.

Combs, who statistically has drawn comparisons to pitcher John Keefe, attended Hastings High School in Houston, Texas and later attended Baylor University, where he had a 3.8 grade point average in 1988, and Rice University.

In 1988, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round. He had one "golden" season-that being his first professional year. In 1989, he had reached every level of professional baseball, from A-ball to the major leagues. For the Class A Clearwater Phillies, he went 2-1 with a 1.30 ERA in 6 games. For the Double-A Reading Phillies, he went 8-7 with a very respectable 3.38 ERA in 19 games. For the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, he went 3-0 with a 0.37 ERA. Continuing with the Phillies, Combs went 4-0 with a 2.09 ERA in 6 games. Taking his success into consideration, the next year the Phillies placed Combs in the starting rotation. Combs, however, was not able to maintain his streak. He went 10-10 with 4.07 ERA, with 86 walks and only 108 strikeouts. His performance continued to decline and he had an ERA of 7.71 in his final season.