Howard Ehmke vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Grant Thatcher

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.36
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.53
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.63
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
9.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.33
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
3.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
3.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.22
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10931
34.88
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Grant Thatcher

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Grant Thatcher

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
236.58
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
20.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
24.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.32
32.72
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
143.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
130.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
79.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.98
34.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.34
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA