Howard Ehmke vs. Jim Mertz — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Howard Ehmke posted a stronger line than Jim Mertz. Howard Ehmke posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.75 vs 4.63) and home runs allowed (0.33 per nine innings vs 0.54). By the career numbers, Howard Ehmke had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jim Mertz

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.55
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.3
30.3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
8.41
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.47
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
38.49
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
34.02
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jim Mertz

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Jim Mertz

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
460.47
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
7
97.67
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.88
26.28
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.83
25.55
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
3.31
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
29.23
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA