Howard Ehmke

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: April 24, 1894 in Silver Creek, NY us

Died: March 17, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Cremated

Debut: April 12, 1915 (Age 20-353d, 4,284th in MLB history)
vs. BTT 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: May 22, 1930 (Age 36-028d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Howard John Ehmke

Nicknames: Bob

Pronunciation: \EM-kee\

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1929 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.1

W

166

L

166

ERA

3.75

G

427

GS

338

SV

IP

2820.2

SO

1030

WHIP

1.388

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	57	3.90	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	92	2.72	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	2.93	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	3.48	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	4	268.1	250	132	97	8	124		98	13	2	0	1124	114	3.94	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	95	4.84	1.533	10.1	0.7	3.7	3.1	0.84
1922	28	DET	AL	17	17	.500	4.22	45	29	11	16	1	1	279.2	299	146	131	12	101		108	23	1	1	1232	92	4.12	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	1350	108	3.98	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	*1349*	126	3.53	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	122	3.89	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	3.63	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	75	4.05	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	148	3.36	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	100	4.37	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	593	111	4.01	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	128	3.78	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	41	9.40	2.400	19.8	3.6	1.8	3.6	2.00
15 Yrs				166	166	.500	3.75	427	338	68	199	20	15	2820.2	2873	1424	1174	103	1042		1030	137	8	28	12081	104	3.87	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	251	255	127	104	9	93		92	12	1	2	1074	104	3.87	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
DET (6 yrs)				75	75	.500	3.61	186	144	33	89	10	7	1236.1	1232	615	496	43	516		458	60	4	10	5245	98	3.83	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	2305	112	4.04	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	4289	112	3.82	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	57	3.90	1.752	11.6	0.3	4.2	3.0	0.72

AL (14 yrs)				166	164	.503	3.71	409	336	57	199	20	15	2767.0	2804	1378	1141	101	1017		1012	132	8	25	11839	106	3.86	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	57	3.90	1.752	11.6	0.3	4.2	3.0	0.72

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Postseason Pitching

Postseason Game Log

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Standard Batting

Games by Position

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

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Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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