Howard Ehmke vs. Harry Smythe — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Smythe
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Smythe 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 6.4 and 1.901 for Harry Smythe. 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 Harry Smythe

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.49
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.58
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
6.4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.4
6.4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.93
6.93
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
13.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.58
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.61
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.614
0.614
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
43.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.69
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
8.26
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.26
8.26
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.901
1.901
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
39.51
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Harry Smythe

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Harry Smythe

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
651.72
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
558.62
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
115.81
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
134.48
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
91.54
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
41.03
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
62.07
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
134.48
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.64
48
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
8.29
8.29
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA