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Howard Ehmke

Howard Jonathan Ehmke (Bob)

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

Born: April 24, 1894 in Silver Creek, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1915
Final Game: May 22, 1930
Died: March 17, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1915 21 BUF FL 0 2 .000 5.53 18 2 11 0 0 0 53.2 69 46 33 2 25 18 5 0 3 242 56 1.752 11.6 0.3 4.2 3.0 0.72
1916 22 DET AL 3 1 .750 3.13 5 4 1 4 0 0 37.1 34 16 13 0 15 15 0 0 1 150 91 1.313 8.2 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
1917 23 DET AL 10 15 .400 2.97 35 25 10 13 4 2 206.0 174 84 68 3 88 90 5 0 4 808 89 1.272 7.6 0.1 3.8 3.9 1.02
1919 25 DET AL 17 10 .630 3.18 33 31 2 20 2 0 248.2 255 114 88 5 107 79 6 0 3 1043 100 1.456 9.2 0.2 3.9 2.9 0.74
1920 26 DET AL 15 18 .455 3.25 38 33 5 23 2 3 268.1 250 133 97 8 124 98 13 2 0 1140 114 1.394 8.4 0.3 4.2 3.3 0.79
1921 27 DET AL 13 14 .481 4.54 30 22 4 13 1 0 196.1 220 123 99 15 81 68 13 1 1 888 93 1.533 10.1 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.84
1922 28 DET AL 17 17 .500 4.22 45 30 13 16 1 1 279.2 299 146 131 12 101 108 23 1 1 1232 92 1.430 9.6 0.4 3.3 3.5 1.07
1923 29 BOS AL 20 17 .541 3.78 43 39 4 28 2 3 316.2 318 155 133 12 119 121 20 0 2 1331 108 1.380 9.0 0.3 3.4 3.4 1.02 MVP-11
1924 30 BOS AL 19 17 .528 3.46 45 36 6 26 4 4 315.0 324 139 121 9 81 119 11 0 4 1377 126 1.286 9.3 0.3 2.3 3.4 1.47 MVP-15
1925 31 BOS AL 9 20 .310 3.73 34 31 3 22 0 1 260.2 285 141 108 8 85 95 11 2 2 1134 121 1.419 9.8 0.3 2.9 3.3 1.12 MVP-24
1926 32 TOT AL 15 14 .517 3.86 34 32 2 17 2 0 244.2 240 123 105 4 95 93 8 1 5 1068 107 1.369 8.8 0.1 3.5 3.4 0.98
1926 32 BOS AL 3 10 .231 5.46 14 14 0 7 1 0 97.1 115 69 59 3 45 38 4 1 1 456 74 1.644 10.6 0.3 4.2 3.5 0.84
1926 32 PHA AL 12 4 .750 2.81 20 18 2 10 1 0 147.1 125 54 46 1 50 55 4 0 4 612 149 1.188 7.6 0.1 3.1 3.4 1.10
1927 33 PHA AL 12 10 .545 4.22 30 27 2 10 1 0 189.2 200 103 89 13 60 68 14 0 1 816 101 1.371 9.5 0.6 2.8 3.2 1.13
1928 34 PHA AL 9 8 .529 3.62 23 18 3 5 1 0 139.1 135 65 56 6 44 34 4 0 0 597 111 1.285 8.7 0.4 2.8 2.2 0.77
1929 35 PHA AL 7 2 .778 3.29 11 8 3 2 0 0 54.2 48 24 20 2 15 20 1 0 1 229 129 1.152 7.9 0.3 2.5 3.3 1.33
1930 36 PHA AL 0 1 .000 11.70 3 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 22 13 13 4 2 4 3 1 0 55 40 2.400 19.8 3.6 1.8 3.6 2.00
15 Seasons 166 166 .500 3.75 427 339 70 199 20 14 2820.2 2873 1425 1174 103 1042 1030 137 8 28 12110 104 1.388 9.2 0.3 3.3 3.3 0.99
162 Game Avg. 15 15 .500 3.75 38 30 6 18 2 1 250 255 127 104 9 93 91 12 1 2 1075 104 1.388 9.2 0.3 3.3 3.3 0.99
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
DET (6 yrs) 75 75 .500 3.61 186 145 35 89 10 6 1236.1 1232 616 496 43 516 458 60 4 10 5261 97 1.414 9.0 0.3 3.8 3.3 0.89
PHA (5 yrs) 40 25 .615 3.73 87 72 11 27 3 0 541.0 530 259 224 26 171 181 26 1 6 2309 112 1.296 8.8 0.4 2.8 3.0 1.06
BOS (4 yrs) 51 64 .443 3.83 136 120 13 83 7 8 989.2 1042 504 421 32 330 373 46 3 9 4298 112 1.386 9.5 0.3 3.0 3.4 1.13
BUF (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.53 18 2 11 0 0 0 53.2 69 46 33 2 25 18 5 0 3 242 56 1.752 11.6 0.3 4.2 3.0 0.72
AL (14 yrs) 166 164 .503 3.71 409 337 59 199 20 14 2767.0 2804 1379 1141 101 1017 1012 132 8 25 11868 106 1.381 9.1 0.3 3.3 3.3 1.00
FL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.53 18 2 11 0 0 0 53.2 69 46 33 2 25 18 5 0 3 242 56 1.752 11.6 0.3 4.2 3.0 0.72

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1929 35 PHA AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 1.42 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.2 14 3 2 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 53 1.342 9.9 0.0 2.1 9.2 4.33
1 WS 1 0 1.000 1.42 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.2 14 3 2 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 53 1.342 9.9 0.0 2.1 9.2 4.33

Standard Batting

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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 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 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 97 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 54 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 45 108 102 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 -5 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 -1 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 -8 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 .833 113 1 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 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

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1915 BUF FL 21 P 18 30 2 25 3 2 .900 1.50 .960 1.97
1916 DET AL 22 P 5 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 3.20 .944 1.68
1917 DET AL 23 P 35 86 14 68 4 1 .953 2.34 .947 1.83
1919 DET AL 25 P 33 98 9 86 3 3 .969 2.88 .947 1.76
1920 DET AL 26 P 38 117 20 93 4 2 .966 2.97 .948 1.66
1921 DET AL 27 P 30 66 9 55 2 3 .970 2.13 .956 1.56
1922 DET AL 28 P 45 88 11 75 2 2 .977 1.91 .962 1.48
1923 BOS AL 29 P 43 122 18 101 3 8 .975 2.77 .958 1.49 MVP-11
1924 BOS AL 30 P 45 96 15 78 3 1 .969 2.07 .958 1.32 MVP-15
1925 BOS AL 31 P 34 100 6 88 6 4 .940 2.76 .961 1.40 MVP-24
1926 TOT AL 32 P 34 83 10 66 7 5 .916 2.24 .959 1.39
1926 BOS AL 32 P 14 36 3 29 4 3 .889 2.29 .961 1.39
1926 PHA AL 32 P 20 47 7 37 3 2 .936 2.20 .957 1.39
1927 PHA AL 33 P 30 74 13 57 4 1 .946 2.33 .959 1.40
1928 PHA AL 34 P 23 43 6 35 2 2 .953 1.78 .958 1.37
1929 PHA AL 35 P 11 18 7 10 1 0 .944 1.55 .961 1.29
1930 PHA AL 36 P 3 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.00 .933 1.17
15 Seasons P 427 1040 143 853 44 35 .958 2.33 .955 1.53
15 Seasons TOT 427 1040 143 853 44 35 .958 2.33 .913 1.53
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (695th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1924 AL  3.46 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1919 AL  17 (8th)
1923 AL  20 (4th)
1924 AL  19 (5th)
1926 AL  15 (8th)
Career  166 (190th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1924 AL  1.286 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1920 AL  8.385 (6th)
1923 AL  9.038 (10th)
1924 AL  9.257 (9th)
1926 AL  8.828 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1924 AL  2.314 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL  3.932 (8th)
1922 AL  3.476 (6th)
1924 AL  3.400 (3rd)
1925 AL  3.280 (8th)
1926 AL  3.421 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1922 AL  45 (5th)
1924 AL  45 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1920 AL  3 (4th)
1924 AL  4 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1920 AL  268.3 (10th)
1922 AL  279.7 (7th)
1923 AL  316.7 (2nd)
1924 AL  315.0 (1st)
1925 AL  260.7 (4th)
Career  2820.7 (162nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1920 AL  98 (8th)
1922 AL  108 (4th)
1923 AL  121 (4th)
1924 AL  119 (2nd)
1925 AL  95 (3rd)
1926 AL  93 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1919 AL  31 (7th)
1920 AL  33 (9th)
1923 AL  39 (2nd)
1924 AL  36 (2nd)
1925 AL  31 (7th)
1926 AL  32 (7th)
Career  339 (203rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1920 AL  23 (7th)
1923 AL  28 (2nd)
1924 AL  26 (2nd)
1925 AL  22 (1st)
1926 AL  17 (9th)
Career  199 (139th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1917 AL  4 (9th)
1923 AL  2 (10th)
1924 AL  4 (3rd)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1917 AL  3 (9th)
1921 AL  15 (5th)
1923 AL  12 (4th)
1927 AL  13 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1919 AL  107 (1st)
1920 AL  124 (3rd)
1922 AL  101 (2nd)
1923 AL  119 (2nd)
1924 AL  81 (7th)
1926 AL  95 (9th)
Career  1042 (95th)

Hits s c a p y
1919 AL  255 (9th)
1922 AL  299 (5th)
1923 AL  318 (3rd)
1924 AL  324 (2nd)
1925 AL  285 (2nd)
1926 AL  240 (10th)
Career  2873 (145th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1924 AL  1.469 (5th)
1925 AL  1.118 (8th)
1927 AL  1.133 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  .276 (8th)
1926 AL  .147 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1920 AL  18 (4th)
1922 AL  17 (3rd)
1923 AL  17 (4th)
1924 AL  17 (1st)
1925 AL  20 (2nd)
1926 AL  14 (10th)
Career  166 (98th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1919 AL  88 (5th)
1922 AL  131 (1st)
1923 AL  133 (2nd)
1924 AL  121 (3rd)
1925 AL  108 (9th)
1926 AL  105 (3rd)
Career  1174 (134th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1924 AL  4 (9th)
1926 AL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1920 AL  13 (1st)
1921 AL  13 (1st)
1922 AL  23 (1st)
1923 AL  20 (1st)
1924 AL  11 (4th)
1925 AL  11 (1st)
1926 AL  8 (2nd)
1927 AL  14 (1st)
Career  137 (18th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1919 AL  1043 (10th)
1922 AL  1232 (5th)
1923 AL  1331 (3rd)
1924 AL  1377 (1st)
1925 AL  1134 (3rd)
1926 AL  1068 (9th)
Career  12110 (125th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1922 AL  13 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1924 AL  126 (10th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 96 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (419), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

February 10, 1916: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Buffalo Blues.

October 30, 1922: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Danny Clark, Babe Herman, Carl Holling and $25,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Rip Collins and Del Pratt.

June 15, 1926: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Tom Jenkins to the Philadelphia Athletics for Slim Harriss, Fred Heimach and Baby Doll Jacobson.

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