Howard Ehmke vs. Lou Pote — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou Pote
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAnaheim AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou Pote as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lou Pote posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Lou Pote had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Lou Pote

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
5.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.56
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
659
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
219.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
8.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.94
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.61
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
6.84
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.84
6.84
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
931
38.14
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.93
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.82
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
823
33.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Lou Pote

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
5.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.54
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.42
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.16
95.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.457
0.457
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Lou Pote

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
129
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1088
600
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
111
61.21
Lou Pote
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Lou Pote
Career
Per 600 PA