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Howard Ehmke

Howard Jonathan Ehmke (Bob)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 24, 1894 in Silver Creek, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1915
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Athletics/Blues 1915-1930

Final Game: May 22, 1930
Died: March 17, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1915 21 BUF FL 18 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1916 22 DET AL 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 2 0 0 /1
1917 23 DET AL 35 74 69 3 17 2 0 0 2 0 4 13 .246 .288 .275 .563 72 19 0 1 1
1919 25 DET AL 33 98 91 6 23 3 1 0 5 0 3 12 .253 .277 .308 .584 65 28 0 3 1
1920 26 DET AL 38 107 105 4 25 7 2 0 5 0 0 0 10 .238 .238 .343 .581 55 36 0 2 1
1921 27 DET AL 30 79 74 9 21 3 1 0 9 0 0 1 7 .284 .293 .351 .645 64 26 0 4 1
1922 28 DET AL 45 107 102 6 16 4 1 0 8 0 0 2 10 .157 .173 .216 .389 2 22 0 4 1
1923 29 BOS AL 43 120 112 4 25 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 11 .223 .237 .250 .487 28 28 0 6 1 MVP-11
1924 30 BOS AL 46 135 126 14 28 2 0 0 14 4 1 5 9 .222 .252 .238 .490 27 30 0 4 1 MVP-15
1925 31 BOS AL 34 98 88 6 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 11 .148 .185 .170 .355 -9 15 0 6 1 MVP-24
1926 32 TOT AL 35 93 80 6 12 3 0 0 8 1 0 3 11 .150 .181 .188 .368 -4 15 0 10 1
1926 32 BOS AL 14 36 34 4 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .147 .171 .206 .377 -0 7 0 1 1
1926 32 PHA AL 21 57 46 2 7 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 6 .152 .188 .174 .361 -7 8 0 9 1
1927 33 PHA AL 30 71 68 5 14 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .206 .206 .279 .485 22 19 0 3 1
1928 34 PHA AL 23 57 46 6 11 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 .239 .255 .348 .603 55 16 0 10 1
1929 35 PHA AL 11 19 19 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .105 .105 .158 .263 -34 3 0 0 1
1930 36 PHA AL 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 112 1 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 429 1088 1009 71 210 38 6 0 73 5 1 26 111 .208 .228 .258 .486 29 260 0 53
162 Game Avg. 162 411 381 27 79 14 2 0 28 2 10 42 .208 .228 .258 .486 29 98 0 20
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (6 yrs) 186 479 455 29 104 19 5 0 30 0 0 10 57 .229 .245 .292 .537 47 133 0 14
PHA (5 yrs) 88 208 182 14 35 10 1 0 13 1 0 4 15 .192 .210 .258 .468 19 47 0 22
BOS (4 yrs) 137 389 360 28 71 9 0 0 29 4 1 12 36 .197 .223 .222 .445 16 80 0 17
BUF (1 yr) 18 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 411 1076 997 71 210 38 6 0 72 5 1 26 108 .211 .231 .261 .491 30 260 0 53
FL (1 yr) 18 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1915 21 BUF FL 18 12 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
1916 22 DET AL 5 14 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1917 23 DET AL 35 74 -2 0 0 0 5 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1919 25 DET AL 33 98 -4 0 0 0 7 3 0.4 3 6 0.4 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1
1920 26 DET AL 38 107 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 3 5 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $ 1
1921 27 DET AL 30 79 -4 0 0 0 7 3 0.3 2 6 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1
1922 28 DET AL 45 107 -15 0 0 0 11 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 $ 1
1923 29 BOS AL 43 120 -12 0 0 0 11 -0 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1 MVP-11
1924 30 BOS AL 46 135 -14 1 0 0 12 -1 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 3 $ 1 MVP-15
1925 31 BOS AL 34 98 -16 0 0 0 10 -6 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .485 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1 MVP-24
1926 32 BOS AL 14 36 -5 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1926 32 PHA AL 21 57 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1927 33 PHA AL 30 71 -8 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1928 34 PHA AL 23 57 -4 0 0 0 6 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1929 35 PHA AL 11 19 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .484 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1930 36 PHA AL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .518 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
15 Seasons 429 1088 -109 3 0 0 99 -7 -0.6 34 27 -0.7 .498 .500 -0.8 0.0 27 $
DET (6 yrs) 186 479 -35 1 0 0 40 7 0.7 16 22 0.7 .504 .501 0.6 0.0 22 $
PHA (5 yrs) 88 208 -25 1 0 0 21 -3 -0.3 6 4 -0.3 .497 .500 -0.3 0.0 4 $
BOS (4 yrs) 137 389 -47 1 0 0 37 -9 -0.8 12 3 -0.9 .494 .499 -0.9 0.0 3 $
BUF (1 yr) 18 12 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1915 21 BUF FL 12 12 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .265 .000 .333 .000 .356 .000 .689 -100 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1916 22 DET AL 14 12 0 0.0 85 .222 .143 .260 .143 .335 .143 .340 .286 .674 -15 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
1917 23 DET AL 74 53 5 2.6 79 .304 .246 .254 .288 .325 .275 .328 .563 .653 72 .373 -2.4 -0.3 .442 .087 .029
1919 25 DET AL 98 71 8 3.0 93 .291 .253 .274 .277 .340 .308 .368 .584 .708 65 .368 -4.6 -0.5 .456 .088 .055
1920 26 DET AL 107 82 9 2.9 104 .263 .238 .287 .238 .352 .343 .395 .581 .747 55 .308 -7.4 -0.7 .450 .105 .105
1921 27 DET AL 79 57 8 3.8 113 .313 .284 .298 .293 .364 .351 .419 .645 .783 64 .366 -4.3 -0.4 .509 .081 .068
1922 28 DET AL 107 90 4 1.2 107 .174 .157 .289 .173 .354 .216 .406 .389 .760 2 .073 -14.9 -1.5 .279 .078 .059
1923 29 BOS AL 120 93 7 2.0 108 .248 .223 .290 .237 .360 .250 .401 .487 .761 28 .176 -12.1 -1.2 .345 .045 .027
1924 30 BOS AL 135 103 8 2.1 111 .239 .222 .297 .252 .366 .238 .407 .490 .773 27 .173 -14.1 -1.4 .384 .079 .016 .0
1925 31 BOS AL 98 81 3 1.0 115 .169 .148 .298 .185 .368 .170 .418 .355 .787 -9 .047 -15.0 -1.4 .253 .068 .023
1926 32 TOT AL 93 78 3 1.0 110 .174 .150 .291 .181 .363 .188 .408 .368 .771 -4 .058 -12.7 -1.3 .279 .088 .038 .0
1926 32 BOS AL 36 30 1 0.9 106 .172 .147 .285 .171 .356 .206 .399 .377 .755 -0 .046 -5.0 -0.5 .276 .088 .059
1926 32 PHA AL 57 48 2 1.1 114 .175 .152 .296 .188 .368 .174 .415 .361 .783 -7 .067 -7.7 -0.8 .282 .087 .022 .0
1927 33 PHA AL 71 57 4 1.9 115 .219 .206 .299 .206 .368 .279 .420 .485 .788 22 .149 -8.2 -0.8 .352 .074 .074
1928 34 PHA AL 57 45 4 2.4 111 .256 .239 .292 .255 .358 .348 .415 .603 .773 55 .220 -3.3 -0.3 .486 .130 .109
1929 35 PHA AL 19 17 0 0.0 116 .118 .105 .297 .105 .364 .158 .429 .263 .793 -34 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .176 .053 .053
1930 36 PHA AL 4 2 1 13.3 120 .333 .333 .301 .500 .366 .333 .443 .833 .809 112 .846 0.2 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
15 Yrs 1088 853 64 2.0 106 .234 .208 .288 .228 .356 .258 .398 .486 .754 29 .178 -107.7 -10.7 .363 .079 .050 .0
162 Game Avg. 411 322 24 2.0 106 .234 .208 .288 .228 .356 .258 .398 .486 .754 29 .178 -107.7 -10.7 .363 .079 .050
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (6 yrs) 479 365 34 2.5 100 .261 .229 .281 .245 .347 .292 .384 .537 .731 47 .264 -35.6 -3.6 .407 .086 .064
PHA (5 yrs) 208 169 11 1.7 114 .210 .192 .296 .210 .365 .258 .419 .468 .784 19 .135 -22.9 -2.2 .354 .093 .066 .0
BOS (4 yrs) 389 307 19 1.7 110 .219 .197 .294 .223 .364 .222 .407 .445 .771 16 .122 -46.2 -4.5 .328 .067 .025 .0
BUF (1 yr) 12 12 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .265 .000 .333 .000 .356 .000 .689 -100 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
AL (14 yrs) 1076 841 64 2.0 106 .236 .211 .288 .231 .356 .261 .399 .491 .755 30 .182 -104.7 -10.3 .368 .080 .050 .0
FL (1 yr) 12 12 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .265 .000 .333 .000 .356 .000 .689 -100 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 35 PHA AL WS CHC W 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1919 25 DET AL 98 0.0% 12.2% 3.1% 4.1% 17% 4.00 7.6 18.2 81%
1920 26 DET AL 107 0.0% 9.4% 0.0% 8.4% 36% 10.5 21.0 89%
1921 27 DET AL 79 0.0% 8.9% 1.3% 5.1% 19% 7.00 10.6 8.2 85%
1922 28 DET AL 107 0.0% 9.4% 1.9% 4.7% 31% 5.00 10.2 12.8 86%
1923 29 BOS AL 120 0.0% 9.2% 1.7% 2.5% 12% 5.50 10.2 16.0 84%
1924 30 BOS AL 135 0.0% 6.7% 3.7% 1.5% 7% 1.80 14.0 9.0 87%
1925 31 BOS AL 98 0.0% 11.2% 4.1% 2.0% 15% 2.75 8.0 17.6 79%
1926 32 TOT AL 93 0.0% 11.8% 3.2% 3.2% 25% 3.67 7.3 10.0 74%
1926 32 BOS AL 36 0.0% 13.9% 2.8% 5.6% 40% 5.00 6.8 11.3 81%
1926 32 PHA AL 57 0.0% 10.5% 3.5% 1.8% 14% 3.00 7.7 9.2 70%
1927 33 PHA AL 71 0.0% 5.6% 0.0% 7.0% 36% 17.0 22.7 90%
1928 34 PHA AL 57 0.0% 5.3% 1.8% 7.0% 36% 3.00 15.3 9.2 75%
1929 35 PHA AL 19 0.0% 10.5% 0.0% 5.3% 50% 9.5 89%
1930 36 PHA AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 75%
15 Yrs 988 0.0% 11.2% 2.6% 4.5% 21% 4.27 9.1 13.8 91%
MLB Averages 1.1% 10.1% 9.8% 7.7% 25% 1.03 11.1 100.9 8.5 101%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 21 18 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1916 22 23 26 26 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .077 .077 .077 .154 -55 2 0 0
1917 23 58 100 95 4 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 21 .200 .232 .221 .453 37 21 0 1
1918 24 58 100 95 4 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 21 .200 .232 .221 .453 37 21 0 1
1919 25 91 198 186 10 42 5 1 0 9 0 0 7 33 .226 .254 .263 .517 51 49 0 4
1920 26 129 305 291 14 67 12 3 0 14 0 0 7 43 .230 .248 .292 .540 53 85 0 6
1921 27 159 384 365 23 88 15 4 0 23 0 0 8 50 .241 .257 .304 .561 55 111 0 10
1922 28 204 491 467 29 104 19 5 0 31 0 0 10 60 .223 .239 .285 .524 43 133 0 14
1923 29 247 611 579 33 129 22 5 0 38 0 0 12 71 .223 .239 .278 .517 40 161 0 20
1924 30 293 746 705 47 157 24 5 0 52 4 1 17 80 .223 .241 .271 .512 38 191 0 24
1925 31 327 844 793 53 170 26 5 0 57 4 1 21 91 .214 .235 .260 .494 32 206 0 30
1926 32 362 937 873 59 182 29 5 0 65 5 1 24 102 .208 .230 .253 .483 29 221 0 40
1927 33 392 1008 941 64 196 34 5 0 68 5 1 24 106 .208 .228 .255 .483 28 240 0 43
1928 34 415 1065 987 70 207 37 6 0 73 5 1 25 109 .210 .229 .259 .489 30 256 0 53
1929 35 426 1084 1006 70 209 38 6 0 73 5 1 25 111 .208 .227 .257 .484 28 259 0 53
1930 36 429 1088 1009 71 210 38 6 0 73 5 1 26 111 .208 .228 .258 .486 29 260 0 53

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1915 21 19 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
1916 22 5 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1917 23 36 80 74 4 20 2 0 0 3 0 5 14 .270 .316 .297 .614 7 35
1919 25 38 115 108 8 29 4 1 0 7 0 4 14 .269 .295 .324 .619 10 33
1920 26 40 111 109 4 25 7 2 0 5 0 0 11 .229 .229 .330 .560 8 38
1921 27 32 82 77 9 21 3 1 0 9 0 1 7 .273 .282 .338 .620 7 30
1922 28 47 113 107 7 17 4 1 0 9 0 2 10 .159 .174 .215 .389 4 45
1923 29 45 125 117 4 25 3 0 0 7 0 2 12 .214 .227 .239 .466 6 43
1924 30 48 140 131 14 28 2 0 0 14 4 5 9 .214 .243 .229 .472 7 46
1925 31 36 99 90 5 11 2 0 0 4 0 3 12 .122 .151 .144 .295 2 34
1926 32 37 97 83 5 11 3 0 0 6 1 3 12 .133 .163 .169 .331 2 35
1927 33 31 72 69 4 13 5 0 0 2 0 0 4 .188 .188 .261 .449 3 30
1928 34 24 60 48 6 11 3 1 0 5 0 1 3 .229 .245 .333 .578 4 23
1929 35 12 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1930 36 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 3
15 Yrs 453 1146 1064 70 211 38 6 0 72 5 27 118 .198 .218 .245 .463 60 429
162 Game Avg. 162 410 381 25 75 14 2 0 26 2 10 42 .198 .218 .245 .463 21 429

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1954 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1956 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1958 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.5%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1923 AL (11, 11%)
1924 AL (15, 8%)
1925 AL (24, 3%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1923 AL  5.5 (9th)
1924 AL  7.7 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1915 FL  born 1894-04-24 (10th)

Similarity Scores

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