Howard Ehmke vs. Donn Roach — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Donn Roach
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Donn Roach 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 5.77 and 1.795 for Donn Roach. 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 Donn Roach

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.85
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.77
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
11.77
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.15
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.62
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.44
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
42.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.769
1.769
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
36.46
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.92
42.92

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Donn Roach

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.85
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.85
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.85
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.381
0.381
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Donn Roach

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
2520
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
115.81
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
91.54
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
20.96
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
24.26
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
125.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
128.27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Donn Roach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
120
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Donn Roach
Career
Per 600 PA