Joe Adams vs. Howard Ehmke — Career Comparison

Joe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Adams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Howard Ehmke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.388 compared to 9 and 2.750 for Joe Adams. By the career numbers, Howard Ehmke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Adams and Howard Ehmke

Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.21
13.21
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
20.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.44
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
51.75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
45
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64

Fielding Stats for Joe Adams and Howard Ehmke

Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Adams and Howard Ehmke

Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
111
61.21
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33