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Earle Combs
	Earle Bryan Combs
	(The Kentucky Colonel)

	Born: May 14, 1899 in Pebworth, KY
	Died: July 21, 1976 - 77 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: R	Ht: 6'0"	Wt: 185

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1970
- College/Univ: Eastern Kentucky University (1918-1921)

All-Teammate Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ben Chapman	6	1930	1935	25.0
Bob Meusel	6	1924	1929	15.4
Jesse Hill	1	1935	1935	1.7
Bill Karlon	1	1930	1930	-0.1

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Earle Combs	12	1924	1935	42.6
Harry Rice	1	1930	1930	1.8
Dixie Walker	4	1931	1935	1.6
Sammy Byrd	6	1929	1934	1.5

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Babe Ruth	11	1924	1934	97.8
George Selkirk	2	1934	1935	5.1
Ben Paschal	6	1924	1929	3.1
Dusty Cooke	3	1930	1932	0.6

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lyn Lary	6	1929	1934	10.5
Frankie Crosetti	4	1932	1935	8.5
Mark Koenig	6	1925	1930	5.9
Leo Durocher	3	1925	1929	1.6

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tony Lazzeri	10	1926	1935	43.7
Ernie Johnson	2	1924	1925	1.6
Jimmie Reese	2	1930	1931	1.4
Aaron Ward	3	1924	1926	0.9

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Sewell	3	1931	1933	8.1
Joe Dugan	5	1924	1928	4.6
Red Rolfe	3	1931	1935	4.4
Jack Saltzgaver	3	1932	1935	1.8

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lou Gehrig	12	1924	1935	91.2
Wally Pipp	2	1924	1925	3.1
Fred Merkle	2	1925	1926	0.1
George Burns	2	1928	1929	-0.2

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Miller Huggins	6	1924	1929	36.5
Joe McCarthy	5	1931	1935	23.6
Bob Shawkey	1	1930	1930	2.2
Art Fletcher	1	1929	1929	0.1

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bill Dickey	8	1928	1935	24.3
Pat Collins	3	1926	1928	6.2
Wally Schang	2	1924	1925	2.2
Art Jorgens	7	1929	1935	0.5

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Herb Pennock	10	1924	1933	27.3
Red Ruffing	6	1930	1935	25.4
Waite Hoyt	7	1924	1930	22.1
Lefty Gomez	6	1930	1935	22.1
Urban Shocker	4	1925	1928	14.3
George Pipgras	8	1924	1933	9.4
Johnny Allen	4	1932	1935	7.9
Joe Bush	1	1924	1924	5.8
Sam Jones	3	1924	1926	3.8
Dutch Ruether	2	1926	1927	2.7
Vito Tamulis	2	1934	1935	2.5
Hank Johnson	7	1925	1932	2.5
Johnny Broaca	2	1934	1935	1.6
Charlie Devens	3	1932	1934	0.8
Russ Van Atta	3	1933	1935	0.6

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bob Shawkey	4	1924	1927	6.7
Johnny Murphy	3	1932	1935	4.6
Wilcy Moore	5	1927	1933	3.5
Tom Zachary	3	1928	1930	2.5

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Garland Braxton	2	1925	1926	1.6
Milt Gaston	1	1924	1924	0.6
Pete Appleton	1	1933	1933	0.1
Ken Holloway	1	1930	1930	0.1
Floyd Newkirk	1	1934	1934	0.0
Bill Henderson	1	1930	1930	-0.0
Burleigh Grimes	1	1934	1934	-0.0
Lefty Weinert	1	1931	1931	-0.2
Pat Malone	1	1935	1935	-1.2

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The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James