Pete Dowling vs. Howard Ehmke — Career Comparison

Pete Dowling
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Dowling 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 3.84 and 1.455 for Pete Dowling. By the career numbers, Howard Ehmke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Dowling and Howard Ehmke

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.36
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.38
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.29
87.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.91
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.63
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
3.84
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2748
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
916
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
992
9.75
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
3.35
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
2.95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.44
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4023
39.53
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.22
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581
5.71
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3618
35.55
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64

Fielding Stats for Pete Dowling and Howard Ehmke

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.17
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2724
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.28
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.3
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.87
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
2.58
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.66
89.66
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Dowling and Howard Ehmke

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
118
187.3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
378
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
354
561.9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
70
111.11
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
54
85.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.87
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
25.4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
24.26
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23.54
37.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
147.62
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
141.27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.501
0.501
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
44.44
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
46.03
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
88.89
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23.83
37.82
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.52
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
120.63
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
4.97
4.97
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.76
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.17
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
83.33
83.33