Howard Ehmke vs. Charlie Ferguson — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Charlie Ferguson
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Ferguson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charlie Ferguson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.117 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Charlie Ferguson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Charlie Ferguson

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.36
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.59
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.74
60.74
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.9
92.9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.63
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.98
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.06
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
2.67
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4544
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1514.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1402
8.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
3.32
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
4.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.672
0.672
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6310
37.49
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.22
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
793
4.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6009
35.7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.49
37.49

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Charlie Ferguson

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6660
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2220
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.04
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.26
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.89
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
2.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.02
91.02
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.422
2.422
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Charlie Ferguson

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
257
143.04
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
1078
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
963
535.99
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
210
115.81
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
277
154.17
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
166
91.54
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
123.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
20.59
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.24
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.34
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
44
24.26
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
31.17
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.33
80.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
358
199.26
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
392
218.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.735
0.735
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
106.31
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
87.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
190.35
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157.93
87.9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
62.89
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
119
66.23
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
9.06
9.06
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.76
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
12.24
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Charlie Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
12.24
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
83.33
83.33
Charlie Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100