Howard Ehmke vs. Jason Foley — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jason Foley
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Foley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Foley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.257 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Jason Foley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jason Foley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
9.47
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.32
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.58
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
599
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
199.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
8.83
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
3.32
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
6.76
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.76
6.76
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.007
1.007
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
827
37.28
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
3.56
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.17
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
34.35
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jason Foley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
9.47
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.148
0.148
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jason Foley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
210
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1088
600
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
111
61.21
Jason Foley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Jason Foley
Career
Per 600 PA