Bio
- Debut
- 1915
Bio
- Debut
- 1915
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 427
- W
- 166
- L
- 166
- ERA
- 3.75
- IP
- 2820.2
- K
- 1,030
- BB
- 1,042
- WHIP
- 1.39
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | — | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5.53 | 53.2 | 18 | 25 | 1.75 |
| 1916 | DET | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3.13 | 37.1 | 15 | 15 | 1.31 |
| 1917 | DET | 35 | 10 | 15 | 2.97 | 206.0 | 90 | 88 | 1.27 |
| 1919 | DET | 33 | 17 | 10 | 3.18 | 248.2 | 79 | 107 | 1.46 |
| 1920 | DET | 38 | 15 | 18 | 3.25 | 268.1 | 98 | 124 | 1.39 |
| 1921 | DET | 30 | 13 | 14 | 4.54 | 196.1 | 68 | 81 | 1.53 |
| 1922 | DET | 45 | 17 | 17 | 4.22 | 279.2 | 108 | 101 | 1.43 |
| 1923 | BOS | 43 | 20 | 17 | 3.78 | 316.2 | 121 | 119 | 1.38 |
| 1924 | BOS | 45 | 19 | 17 | 3.46 | 315.0 | 119 | 81 | 1.29 |
| 1925 | BOS | 34 | 9 | 20 | 3.73 | 260.2 | 95 | 85 | 1.42 |
| 1926 |  BOS/ATH | 34 | 15 | 14 | 3.86 | 244.2 | 93 | 95 | 1.37 |
| 1927 | ATH | 30 | 12 | 10 | 4.22 | 189.2 | 68 | 60 | 1.37 |
| 1928 | ATH | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3.62 | 139.1 | 34 | 44 | 1.28 |
| 1929 | ATH | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3.29 | 54.2 | 20 | 15 | 1.15 |
| 1930 | ATH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11.70 | 10.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.40 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.50
- IP
- 12.0
- K
- 13
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.42
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 199
- SHO
- 20
- K/9
- 3.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | DET | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | DET | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | DET | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | DET | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | DET | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | BOS | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | BOS | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | BOS | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | BOS/ATH | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | ATH | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | ATH | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | ATH | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Howard Ehmke's career stats?
Howard Ehmke played 15 seasons for the Tigers, the Red Sox and the Athletics. He had 166 wins and 1,030 strikeouts with a 3.75 ERA over 2,820.2 innings. His best season was 1923: 20 wins, a 3.78 ERA and 121 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1915 to 1930
Championships ×2
All-time career rank
- 196th in wins (pitching) (166)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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