Howard Ehmke vs. Jim McElroy — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim McElroy
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McElroy 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 5.12 and 1.543 for Jim McElroy. 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 Jim McElroy

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.36
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
1.08
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.63
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
9.7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
4.19
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.57
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
41.35
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.22
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
37.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.35
41.35

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jim McElroy

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.84
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.61
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.44
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.17
79.17
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.235
2.235
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jim McElroy

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
15
176.47
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
588.24
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
11.98
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
70.59
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0.02
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
141.18
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA