Education
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.
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In 1988, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round (11th overall). 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.
Foreign the Class A Clearwater Phillies, he went 2-1 with a 1.30 European Research Area in 6 games.
Foreign the Double-A Reading Phillies, he went 8-7 with a very respectable 3.38 European Research Area in 19 games. Foreign the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, he went 3-0 with a 0.37 European Research Area. Continuing with the Phillies, Combs went 4-0 with a 2.09 European Research Area 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 European Research Area, with 86 walks and only 108 strikeouts.
His performance continued to decline and he had an European Research Area of 7.71 in his final season. Two times in his professional career Combs walked more than he struck out. In 1991, he walked 43 and struck out 41.
In 1992 he walked 12 and struck out 11.
Currently, Combs resides in Richmond, Texas near Houston, and works as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley.
