Howard Ehmke vs. Jumbo McGinnis — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jumbo McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalMissouriNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Jumbo McGinnis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jumbo McGinnis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.95 and WHIP 1.164 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Jumbo McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jumbo McGinnis

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.36
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
1.05
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.04
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.57
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.44
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.35
56.35
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.47
99.47
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.63
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.99
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.06
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
2.95
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4811
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1603.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
8.82
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
3.32
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.65
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
3.15
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
0.76
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.26
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6806
38.2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.22
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
958
5.38
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6465
36.28
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jumbo McGinnis

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4995
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1665
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
1.86
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.36
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
2.52
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.84
85.84
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jumbo McGinnis

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
193
154.61
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
749
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
732
586.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
115.81
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
154
123.36
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
91.54
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
92.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
20.96
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
22.43
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.41
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
24.26
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
30.44
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47.47
38.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
163.42
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
171
136.98
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
60.08
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
33
26.44
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
84.91
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49.64
39.77
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.8
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.82
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
111
61.21
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.8
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
9.8
9.8
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
749
749
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.76
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Jumbo McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
83.33
83.33
Jumbo McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100