Howard Ehmke vs. Oscar Harstad — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Oscar Harstad
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Oscar Harstad as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Oscar Harstad posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.415 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Oscar Harstad had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Oscar Harstad

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.51
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.88
21.88
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
8.89
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
3.84
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.84
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.854
0.854
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
36.88
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.65
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.415
1.415
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
32.93
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.88
36.88

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Oscar Harstad

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.188
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Oscar Harstad

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
1129.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
7.88
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.27
-9.69
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Oscar Harstad
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
29.23
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Oscar Harstad
Career
Per 600 PA