Howard Ehmke vs. Ken Takahashi — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Takahashi
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Takahashi as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Takahashi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.390 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Ken Takahashi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Ken Takahashi

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
9.22
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.57
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.57
7.57
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.57
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.57
7.57
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.44
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
38.2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.65
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
32.27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Ken Takahashi

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
9.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.3
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.3
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Ken Takahashi

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
8400
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA