Howard Ehmke vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Staley 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 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. 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 Staley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
3.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
3.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12110
38.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
4.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Harry Staley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Harry Staley

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
71
39.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
83.33
83.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100