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, 4,290th in major league 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

166

ERA

3.75

427

338

2820.2

1030

WHIP

1.388

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-21 / in Starts: 11-14
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	46 (28-14-4)
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (21-15-8)

Most Driven In
G Burns	1
H Heilmann	1
B Jones	0

Most Driven In By
D Bush	1
O Vitt	1
T Cobb	1

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	24	2 (1)	Apr 12	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.13	-0.086	2.57	-0.12%	-0.47	P
2	25	6 (3)	Apr 17	DET		CHW	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.30	-0.064	2.41	-0.07%	-0.59	P
3	26	10 (3)	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	27	18 (7)	May 9 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.125	.125	.250	.375	9	.90	0.043	1.23	0.04%	0.46	P
5	28	23 (4)	May 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.083	.083	.167	.250	9	1.86	-0.186	2.18	-0.13%	-0.69	P
6	29	27 (3)	May 17	DET		WSH	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.200	.333	9	1.24	-0.051	1.05	-0.03%	-0.33	P
7	30	29 (1)	May 19	DET		NYY	T,9-9	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.118	.118	.176	.294	9	2.12	-0.106	1.48	-0.04%	-0.39	P
8	31	31 (1)	May 24	DET		PHA	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.150	.250	9	2.65	-0.147	1.77	-0.06%	-1.01	P
9	32	33 (1)	May 26	DET		PHA	W,11-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.150	.250	9						P
10	33	36 (2)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.083	.083	.125	.208	9	.37	-0.037	.14	-0.01%	-0.63	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	34	40 (3)	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.148	.259	9	.37	-0.005	.19	0.00%	-0.10	P
12	35	45 (4)	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.167	.300	9	2.10	0.037	1.47	0.02%	-0.07	P
13	36	49 (3)	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.156	.281	9	.94	-0.044	.70	-0.02%	-0.32	P
14	37	53 (3)	Jun 21	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.171	.314	9	1.19	0.080	.98	0.04%	0.50	P
15	38	60 (6)	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.158	.158	.184	.342	9	1.04	-0.025	1.15	-0.02%	-0.25	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	39	66 (5)	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,9-15	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.150	.150	.175	.325	9	1.36	-0.062	1.46	-0.04%	-0.43	P
17	40	71 (4)	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,11-6	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.182	.167	.348	9	.37	-0.041	.22	-0.02%	0.35	P
18	41	78 (6)	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.156	.191	.178	.369	9	.28	-0.005	.22	0.00%	-0.13	P
19	42	83 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.149	.184	.170	.354	9	.74	-0.035	.61	-0.02%	-0.28	P
20	43	90 (6)	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,5-7	12-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.149	.184	.170	.354	6						P
21	44	94 (3)	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.160	.208	.180	.388	9	.51	-0.007	.11	0.00%	0.23	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	45	100 (5)	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.170	.214	.189	.403	9	1.60	-0.112	.71	-0.03%	-1.08	P
23	46	107 (6)	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.170	.214	.189	.403	9						P
24	47	109 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.193	.233	.228	.461	9	1.00	0.081	.14	0.01%	0.69	P
25	48	113 (3)	Aug 14	DET		SLB	L,4-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.193	.233	.228	.461	9						P
26	49	114	Aug 17	DET		WSH	L,6-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.193	.233	.228	.461	9						P
27	50	120 (5)	Aug 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.193	.233	.228	.461	9						P
28	51	122 (1)	Aug 26	DET		BOS	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.254	.250	.504	9	.87	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
29	52	125 (2)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.217	.254	.250	.504	9						P
30	53	126	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.217	.254	.250	.504	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	54	130 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.238	.273	.270	.543	9	1.06	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
32	55	135 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.284	.270	.553	9	.82	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
33	56	139 (3)	Sep 14	DET		CHW	L,3-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.238	.284	.270	.553	9						P
34	57	142 (2)	Sep 16	DET		CLE	L,4-8	5-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.290	.277	.567	9	.51	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
35	58	147 (4)	Sep 22	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.288	.275	.563	9	.41	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
							13-21		74	69	3	17	2	0	0	2	4	0	13	0	1		1		0		.246	.288	.275	.563		1.04	-0.751	.81	-0.50%	-4.78

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