Howard Ehmke vs. Matt Smith — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Smith
Gen XNevadaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.55 and WHIP 1.459 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Matt Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Matt Smith

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
12.77
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.55
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.136
0.136
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
8.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
8.03
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.824
1.824
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
37.95
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.28
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.55
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
29.55
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.186
0.186
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Matt Smith

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
12.77
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.46
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.55
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.19
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.171
0.171
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Matt Smith

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
35
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1088
600
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1009
556.43
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
111
61.21
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA