Howard Ehmke
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[edit] Biography
Born on April 24, 1894 in Silver Creek, New York, Howard Ehmke (Howard Jonathan Ehmke) played for the Buffalo Blues, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 15 year career. Ehmke broke into the bigs on April 12, 1915 with the Buffalo Blues, and put up a 5.53 ERA in 53.2 innings pitched in 1915, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Howard Ehmke's best season was 1924, when he posted a 3.46 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 119 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | BUF | F | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.53 | 18 | 46 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.2 | 69 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1916 | DET | A | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | A | 35 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 2.97 | 90 | 84 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 206 | 174 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 1919 | DET | A | 33 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3.18 | 79 | 114 | 88 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 248.2 | 255 | 5 | 107 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1920 | DET | A | 38 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 3.25 | 98 | 133 | 97 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 268.1 | 250 | 8 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1921 | DET | A | 30 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 4.54 | 68 | 123 | 99 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 196.1 | 220 | 15 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 1922 | DET | A | 45 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 4.22 | 108 | 146 | 131 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 279.2 | 299 | 12 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | 43 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 3.78 | 121 | 155 | 133 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 316.2 | 318 | 12 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | 45 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 3.46 | 119 | 139 | 121 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 315 | 324 | 9 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 1925 | BOS | A | 34 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 3.73 | 95 | 141 | 108 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 260.2 | 285 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 1926 | PHI | A | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2.81 | 55 | 54 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 147.1 | 125 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1926 | BOS | A | 14 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 5.46 | 38 | 69 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 97.1 | 115 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1926 | TOT | A | 34 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3.86 | 93 | 123 | 105 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 244.2 | 240 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1927 | PHI | A | 30 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 4.22 | 68 | 103 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 189.2 | 200 | 13 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 1928 | PHI | A | 23 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3.62 | 34 | 65 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 139.1 | 135 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1929 | PHI | A | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3.29 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.2 | 48 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1930 | PHI | A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.70 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | FL | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.53 | 18 | 46 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.2 | 69 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Total | AL | 409 | 336 | 166 | 164 | 3.71 | 1012 | 1379 | 1141 | 199 | 20 | 14 | 2767 | 2804 | 101 | 1017 | 0 | 25 | 132 | |
| Total | 427 | 338 | 166 | 166 | 3.75 | 1030 | 1425 | 1174 | 199 | 20 | 14 | 2820.2 | 2873 | 103 | 1042 | 0 | 28 | 137 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | BUF | F | P | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 |
| 1916 | DET | A | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1917 | DET | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .953 |
| 1919 | DET | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
| 1920 | DET | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1921 | DET | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1922 | DET | A | P | 45 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .977 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 101 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | P | 45 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
| 1925 | BOS | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .940 |
| 1926 | PHI | A | P | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .936 |
| 1926 | BOS | A | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1926 | TOT | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .916 |
| 1927 | PHI | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .946 |
| 1928 | PHI | A | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .953 |
| 1929 | PHI | A | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1930 | PHI | A | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 427 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 853 | 44 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | BUF | F | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | DET | A | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | A | 35 | 69 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | .246 | .288 | .275 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | DET | A | 33 | 91 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 5 | .253 | .277 | .308 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | DET | A | 38 | 105 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .343 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | DET | A | 30 | 74 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 9 | .284 | .293 | .351 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | DET | A | 45 | 102 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 8 | .157 | .173 | .216 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | 43 | 112 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 7 | .223 | .237 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | 46 | 126 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 14 | .222 | .252 | .238 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | BOS | A | 34 | 88 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .148 | .185 | .170 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | PHI | A | 21 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .152 | .188 | .174 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | BOS | A | 14 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .147 | .171 | .206 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | TOT | A | 35 | 80 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 8 | .150 | .181 | .188 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | PHI | A | 30 | 68 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | .206 | .206 | .279 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | PHI | A | 23 | 46 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .239 | .255 | .348 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | PHI | A | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .158 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | PHI | A | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | FL | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 411 | 997 | 71 | 210 | 0 | 72 | .211 | .231 | .261 | 38 | 6 | 26 | 108 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 429 | 1009 | 71 | 210 | 0 | 73 | .208 | .228 | .258 | 38 | 6 | 26 | 111 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Buffalo Blues to Detroit Tigers with Jack Dalton (February 10, 1916).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Carl Holling, Danny Clark, Babe Herman and $25000 to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Del Pratt and Rip Collins (October 30, 1922).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Tom Jenkins to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Fred Heimach, Slim Harriss and Baby Doll Jacobson (June 15, 1926).
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