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Howard
Ehmke		  
Nickname: Bob
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 24, 1894 in Usa, NY, SILVER CREEK
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 21 CIN NL   9 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1916 22 CIN NL   9 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1917 23 BRO NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1918 24 BRO NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 7 8 7 9 10 10
1919 25 CHA AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 7 8 7 10 10 10
1920 26 CHA AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 9 10 10
1921 27 CHA AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 9 10 10
1922 28 CHA AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 9 10 10
1923 29 PHA AL $ 385,714 9 3 4 3 7 8 8 9 10 10
1924 30 PHA AL $ 385,714 9 3 4 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1925 31 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 3 4 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1926 32 NY1 NL $ 2,500,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1927 33 NY1 NL $ 2,500,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1928 34 NY1 NL $ 920,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1929 35 NY1 NL $ 920,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 3 3 3 5 6 6 9 10 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000 9 3 4 3 7 8 8 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 21 CIN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1916 22 CIN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1917 23 BRO NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 24 BRO NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 26 CHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 27 CHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 28 CHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 29 PHA AL $ 385,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 30 PHA AL $ 385,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 32 NY1 NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1927 33 NY1 NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1928 34 NY1 NL $ 920,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1929 35 NY1 NL $ 920,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1915 21 AAA   9 15 .375 28 28 12 2 0 211.7 175 87 1 126 176 3.70 .226 .334 .284 .619  
1916 22 AAA   7 10 .412 24 24 2 2 0 168.0 159 75 4 88 135 4.02 .252 .343 .324 .667  
1917 23 BRO NL 1 1 .500 3 3 1 0 0 25.3 24 7 0 17 7 2.49 .245 .368 .276 .643 2.1
    AAA   8 9 .471 25 25 8 1 0 205.7 187 56 1 88 144 2.45 .243 .321 .283 .604  
1918 24 BRO NL 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 29.0 36 26 0 12 11 8.07 .308 .383 .410 .794 0.0
    AAA   2 3 .400 5 5 0 0 0 32.0 44 22 0 19 17 6.19 .324 .406 .412 .818  
1919 25 CHA AL 7 9 .438 18 18 15 2 0 156.0 151 57 0 60 53 3.29 .256 .331 .307 .638 9.5
    AAA   5 2 .714 10 10 6 0 0 81.7 74 18 2 20 32 1.98 .243 .290 .313 .603  
1920 26 CHA AL 13 10 .565 28 28 14 1 0 220.0 228 85 2 74 61 3.48 .273 .337 .337 .674 14.1
1921 27 CHA AL 14 14 .500 31 31 12 0 0 227.0 286 131 9 71 58 5.19 .308 .365 .406 .771 9.0
1922 28 CHA AL 12 16 .429 33 33 10 0 0 247.7 315 130 6 89 59 4.72 .307 .364 .405 .770 6.1
1923 29 PHA AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 5 0 1 1 15.00 .375 .412 .625 1.037 0.0
    AAA   6 4 .600 13 13 5 0 0 101.7 119 48 2 30 38 4.25 .289 .337 .367 .704  
1924 30 PHA AL 17 15 .531 38 35 24 1 0 290.0 324 137 4 110 65 4.25 .289 .362 .370 .733 16.6
1925 31 PHA AL 6 7 .462 18 16 9 2 0 131.7 121 50 1 52 32 3.42 .247 .330 .335 .666 9.1
  BSN NL 6 8 .429 17 16 9 2 0 130.7 144 56 1 44 25 3.86 .282 .349 .378 .728 9.2
  TOT   12 15 .444 35 32 18 4 0 262.3 265 106 2 96 57 3.64 .265 .340 .357 .697 18.3
1926 32 NY1 NL 15 17 .469 35 35 26 1 0 285.3 290 128 4 113 62 4.04 .262 .336 .342 .678 13.3
1927 33 NY1 NL 12 12 .500 29 29 17 2 0 230.7 262 120 8 81 35 4.68 .287 .353 .386 .739 8.0
1928 34 NY1 NL 2 5 .286 19 0 0 0 0 21.0 28 19 3 15 3 8.14 .329 .430 .565 .995 0.0
1929 35 NY1 NL 7 1 .875 26 1 1 0 0 37.7 36 10 3 8 6 2.39 .240 .283 .353 .636 5.2
13 Years Sim 113 117 .491 303 249 139 11 0 2035.0 2251 961 41 747 478 4.25 .282 .350 .369 .719 102.2
6 Years AAA 37 43 .463 105 105 33 5 0 800.6 758 306 10 371 542 3.44 .250 .332 .312 .644  
Season Average 8 9 .471 23 19 10 0 0 156.5 173 73 3 57 36 4.25 .282 .350 .369 .719  
Career Highs 17 17 .875 38 35 26 4 0 290.0 324 137 9 113 65 15.00 .375 .430 .625 1.037  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1017 414 14 292 266   .275 .328 .354 .682
vs LH   1234 547 27 455 212   .288 .356 .381 .738
Home 57 60 .487 151 120 73 7 0 1012.6 1133 490 23 394 243 4.35 .285 .349 .378 .727
Away 56 57 .496 152 129 66 4 0 1022.3 1118 471 18 353 235 4.15 .279 .338 .360 .697
Mar/Apr 11 9 .550 30 20 13 0 0 172.6 176 76 6 69 37 3.96 .264 .333 .354 .687
May 19 16 .543 50 39 20 3 0 324.6 338 133 7 120 78 3.69 .270 .334 .350 .684
June 25 23 .521 53 50 32 2 0 415.3 423 183 5 167 101 3.97 .268 .338 .341 .679
July 23 21 .523 53 43 27 1 0 357.3 411 173 9 118 71 4.36 .287 .342 .387 .729
August 19 24 .442 57 47 25 3 0 392.3 458 202 9 137 98 4.63 .293 .350 .387 .737
Sep/Oct 16 24 .400 60 50 23 3 0 372.6 445 194 5 136 93 4.69 .297 .356 .384 .740
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1917 23 BRO NL 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .111 .182 .111 .293 0.5 0.0
1918 24 BRO NL 4 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
1919 25 CHA AL 18 48 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.8 0.0
1920 26 CHA AL 28 78 8 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 19 .205 .215 .244 .459 2.8 0.0
1921 27 CHA AL 31 80 10 19 2 1 1 12 0 0 2 16 .238 .253 .325 .578 7.2 0.3
1922 28 CHA AL 33 84 5 16 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 .190 .188 .250 .438 3.4 0.0
1924 30 PHA AL 38 97 8 26 5 0 0 11 0 0 2 11 .268 .277 .320 .597 9.2 0.6
1925 31 PHA AL 18 39 2 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 .154 .150 .179 .329 0.7 0.0
  BSN NL 17 48 6 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 7 .188 .231 .188 .418 2.2 0.0
  TOT   35 87 8 15 1 0 0 12 0 0 3 12 .172 .196 .184 .380 2.9 0.0
1926 32 NY1 NL 35 98 6 13 3 1 0 6 0 0 2 18 .133 .150 .184 .334 0.5 0.0
1927 33 NY1 NL 29 82 3 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .098 .108 .110 .218 -2.2 0.0
1928 34 NY1 NL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1929 35 NY1 NL 26 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
12 Years Sim 299 681 52 125 20 2 1 62 0 0 12 123 .184 .196 .223 .419 25.2 0.9
162 Game Average 368 28 67 10 1 0 33 0 0 6 66 .184 .196 .223 .419 13.6  
Career Highs 38 98 10 26 5 1 1 12 0 0 3 26 .268 .277 .325 .597 9.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   472 41 87 13 0 1 48 0 0 9 89 .184 .197 .218 .415 13.4
vs LH   209 11 38 7 2 0 14 0 0 3 34 .182 .193 .234 .428 6.2
Home 149 332 27 61 8 1 0 35 0 0 4 61 .184 .192 .214 .406 8.1
Away 131 349 25 64 12 1 1 27 0 0 8 62 .183 .199 .232 .432 11.5
RISP   198 0 39 5 1 0 59 0 0 4 41 .197 .206 .232 .438 7.2
Close/Late   62 2 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 .145 .143 .145 .288 -0.6
Mar/Apr 25 56 2 8 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 11 .143 .136 .214 .350 0.4
May 42 104 10 22 6 0 0 9 0 0 2 22 .212 .226 .269 .496 5.1
June 50 137 9 23 5 0 1 11 0 0 3 20 .168 .184 .226 .411 3.6
July 43 120 7 25 3 0 0 13 0 0 1 20 .208 .213 .233 .446 4.4
August 47 137 13 25 3 1 0 18 0 0 5 28 .182 .210 .219 .429 4.6
Sep/Oct 55 127 11 22 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 22 .173 .178 .181 .359 1.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1917 23 BRO NL P 3 3 25.3 0 11 0 2 1.000 3.91    
1918 24 BRO NL P 4 4 29.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.79    
1919 25 CHA AL P 18 18 156.0 14 34 1 2 .980 2.77    
1920 26 CHA AL P 28 28 220.0 20 53 1 4 .986 2.99    
1921 27 CHA AL P 31 31 227.0 23 57 4 2 .952 3.17    
1922 28 CHA AL P 33 33 247.7 13 60 4 2 .948 2.65    
1923 29 PHA AL P 4 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1924 30 PHA AL P 38 35 290.0 19 71 9 5 .909 2.79    
1925 31 PHA AL P 18 16 131.7 11 27 3 2 .927 2.60    
  BSN NL P 17 16 130.7 11 27 2 2 .950 2.62    
  TOT   P 35 32 262.3 22 54 5 4 .938 2.61    
1926 32 NY1 NL P 35 35 285.3 22 49 7 4 .910 2.24    
1927 33 NY1 NL P 29 29 230.7 18 54 0 6 1.000 2.81    
1928 34 NY1 NL P 19 0 21.0 3 3 1 1 .857 2.57    
1929 35 NY1 NL P 26 1 37.7 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.63    
Career Totals   303 249 2035.0 162 460 32 32 .951 2.75    
Career Highs   38 35 290.0 23 71 9 6 1.000 6.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1925 31 BSN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 1 0 14.3 15 4 0 5 9 2.51 .268 .328 .321 .649
1929 35 NY1 NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .143 .000 .143
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 3 2 1 1 0 16.7 15 4 0 6 9 2.16 .242 .309 .290 .599
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1925 31 BSN NL 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1929 35 NY1 NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1920-8-3.48
 Wins
1924-10-17
 Losses
1922-6-16
1924-9-15
1926-5-17
 Games Pitched
1924-9-38
 Games Started
1924-9-35
 Complete Games
1924-7-24
1926-9-26
Shutouts
1925-2-2
1927-4-2
 Innings Pitched
1924-9-290.0
 Walks Allowed
1919-10-60
1924-5-110
1926-5-113
 Hits per 9IP
1926-10-9.1
 OSLG
1920-4-.337
1926-4-.342
 OOPS
1920-9-.674
1926-6-.678
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  6. Gus Dorner (936)
  7. Bill Holland (935)
  8. Jakie May (930)
  9. Bill Doak (930)
  10. Ray Fisher (929)
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  1. Willie Foster (990)
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  8. Vic Willis (981)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1915
Injured on 5/7/1916 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/28/1916 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from Cincinnati to Brooklyn on 5/16/1917 (Going to BRO: P Howard Ehmke, CF Jack Burnett, SS Jimmy Esmond. Going to CIN: P Rip Vowinkel, C Val Picinich)
Had first career hit on 10/1/1917, off Tom Seaton (PIT)
Earned first career win on 10/1/1917
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago (A) on 3/6/1919 (Going to BRO: P Ernie Groth, SS John Henry Lloyd. Going to CHA: P Howard Ehmke, SS Jimmy Esmond, 3B Gene Robertson)
Injured on 5/24/1919 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1919, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Injured on 7/5/1920 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 10/1/1920 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 4/16/1921 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1921, off Dizzy Dismukes (DET)
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (A) on 7/1/1923 (Going to CHA: CF Howie Shanks. Going to PHA: P Howard Ehmke)
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
3/18/1924: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (A)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1924, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1925, going 4-2, 1.74
Injured on 7/12/1925 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Boston (N) on 7/16/1925 (Going to BSN: P Red Causey, P Howard Ehmke, SS Ike Davis, LF Freddy Leach. Going to PHA: P Johnny Morrison, P Frank Shellenback, LF Earle Combs)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/21/1926 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1926, going 4-0, 1.25
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/1926, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
10/16/1927: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $920,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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