Howard Ehmke vs. Clay Hensley — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Hensley
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Hensley 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 1.414 for Clay Hensley. 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 Clay Hensley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.85
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.49
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
8.2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.68
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
6.46
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2225
38.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.39
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.99
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1933
33.65
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Clay Hensley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.85
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1551
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.57
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.04
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.413
0.413
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.08
18.08
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Clay Hensley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
273
1621.78
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
101
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
87
516.83
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
47.52
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
9.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
10
59.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
71.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.76
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.73
-10.28
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
273.27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
29.23
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
59.41
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.76
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
83.33
83.33
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100