Howard Ehmke vs. Eric Hacker — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Eric Hacker
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Hacker 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 and 1.722 for Eric Hacker. By the career numbers, Howard Ehmke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Eric Hacker

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.44
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
35.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Eric Hacker

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.11
11.11
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Eric Hacker

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1800
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Eric Hacker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Eric Hacker
Career
Per 600 PA