Howard Ehmke vs. Ken Sanders — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Sanders
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Sanders as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Sanders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Ken Sanders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Ken Sanders

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.62
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.18
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.97
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1970
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
656.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
7.73
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.67
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.54
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.93
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2741
37.57
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
3.91
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
3.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.252
1.252
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2414
33.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.57
37.57

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Ken Sanders

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1967
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
655.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.74
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.77
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.62
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.51
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.81
95.81
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.447
0.447
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Ken Sanders

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
409
3662.69
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
67
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
52
465.67
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.53
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
13
116.42
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.91
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
8
71.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
12.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.78
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
116.42
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
5.15
5.15
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
29.23
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA