Roscoe Coughlin vs. Howard Ehmke — Career Comparison

Roscoe Coughlin
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Roscoe Coughlin 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 4.1 and 1.532 for Roscoe Coughlin. By the career numbers, Howard Ehmke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roscoe Coughlin and Howard Ehmke

Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.36
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.98
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.58
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.18
41.18
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.63
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
10.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.46
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.63
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.81
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
710
40.96
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.22
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
6.35
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
36.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.96
40.96
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64

Fielding Stats for Roscoe Coughlin and Howard Ehmke

Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.13
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.83
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.08
96.08
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.579
2.579
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roscoe Coughlin and Howard Ehmke

Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
19
165.22
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
62
539.13
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.78
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
24.26
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
54.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
165.22
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
173.91
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
56.06
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
60.87
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
182.61
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.76
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
83.33
83.33