Earle Combs
MLB debut April 16, 1924 for the New York Yankees Last MLB appearance September 29, 1935 for the New York Yankees Career statistics Batting Average .325 Home runs 58 Runs batted in 632 Teams New York Yankees (1924–1935) Career highlights and awards 9× World Series champion (1927, 1928, 1932, 1936–1939, 1941, 1943) Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1970 Election Method Veteran's Committee Earle Bryan Combs (May 14, 1899 – July 21, 1976) was an American professional baseball player who played his entire career for the New York Yankees (1924–1935). Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team (often referred to as Murderers' Row). He is one of six players on that team who have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; the other five are Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Combs led the league in triples three times and was among the top ten in the category in several other seasons. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries from a crash into an outfield wall in 1934, then retired after another injury the next season. Nicknamed "the Kentucky Colonel", Combs was known as a gentleman on and off the field. He remained in baseball as a coach for many years after his retirement as a player.