Mike Couchee vs. Howard Ehmke — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee 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 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Howard Ehmke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Howard Ehmke

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Howard Ehmke

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Howard Ehmke

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
115.81
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
91.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
111
61.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33