Howard Ehmke
1915–1930 · bats R / throws R · ASB, Boston Red Sox, Buffalo Blues, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
429G
.208AVG
.228OBP
.258SLG
More career statistics
210H
0HR
73RBI
5SB
166–166W–L
2,820.2IP
1,030K
3.75ERA
338GS
14SV
16Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,009 | 1,008 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Doubles | 38 | 39 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 111 | 110 |
| Batting · RBI | 73 | 72 |
| Batting · Triples | 6 | 5 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 12,081 | 12,281 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,174 | 1,181 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,873 | 2,884 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,462 | 8,463 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,030 | 1,040 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,424 | 1,426 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,042 | 1,051 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 429 | 1,088 | 1,009 | 71 | 210 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 26 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 260 | .208 | .228 | .258 | .486 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,820.7 | 427 | 338 | 199 | 166 | 166 | 14 | 2,873 | 1,424 | 1,174 | 103 | 1,042 | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 1.388 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1917-07-27 to 1917-09-22
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1923-09-07 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1922-04-25 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1921-06-13 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 217 | 536 | 99 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 61 | .202 | .207 | .265 |
| Away | 212 | 552 | 111 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 49 | .214 | .226 | .249 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .117 | .139 |
| May | 88 | 209 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 26 | .178 | .172 | .254 |
| June | 77 | 215 | 43 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 18 | .217 | .214 | .263 |
| July | 77 | 201 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 17 | .198 | .229 | .241 |
| August | 73 | 185 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | .257 | .265 | .316 |
| September | 75 | 192 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 23 | .217 | .240 | .240 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .444 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 64 | 141 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | .188 | .184 | .211 |
| new-york-yankees | 64 | 161 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 20 | .221 | .242 | .297 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 60 | 152 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .204 | .241 |
| chicago-white-sox | 59 | 156 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 12 | .190 | .224 | .248 |
| st-louis-browns | 58 | 156 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | .235 | .244 | .275 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 44 | 145 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | .216 | .214 | .269 |
| boston-red-sox | 38 | 97 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | .253 | .247 | .319 |
| detroit-tigers | 24 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .177 | .176 | .210 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | BBBuffalo Blues | 18 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 54 | 18 |
| 1916 |  Detroit Tigers | 5 | 14 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 37 | 15 |
| 1917 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 69 | 17 | – | 2 | – | .246 | 206 | 91 |
| 1919 | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 91 | 23 | – | 5 | – | .253 | 249 | 81 |
| 1920 | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 105 | 25 | – | 5 | – | .238 | 268 | 102 |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 74 | 21 | – | 9 | – | .284 | 196 | 70 |
| 1922 | Detroit Tigers | 45 | 101 | 16 | – | 8 | – | .158 | 279 | 112 |
| 1923 |  Boston Red Sox | 43 | 112 | 25 | – | 7 | – | .223 | 316 | 117 |
| 1924 | Boston Red Sox | 46 | 126 | 28 | – | 14 | 4 | .222 | 315 | 120 |
| 1925 | Boston Red Sox | 34 | 88 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .148 | 260 | 95 |
| 1926 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 35 | 80 | 12 | – | 8 | 1 | .150 | 244 | 93 |
| 1927 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 30 | 68 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .206 | 189 | 69 |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Athletics | 23 | 46 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .239 | 139 | 34 |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | .105 | 54 | 19 |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 10 | 4 |