Howard Ehmke vs. Matt Thornton — Career Comparison

Howard Ehmke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Thornton
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Howard Ehmke built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Thornton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Thornton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.41 and WHIP 1.331 compared to 3.75 and 1.388 for Howard Ehmke. By the career numbers, Matt Thornton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ehmke and Matt Thornton

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
1.36
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
10.16
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.08
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.53
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.9
43.9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.63
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.31
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
3.75
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.41
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8462
27
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1988
27
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2820.2
9
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2873
9.17
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
8.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.33
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
3.32
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
3.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1030
3.29
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
8.72
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.44
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12110
38.64
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2799
38.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.22
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.31
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
4.55
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.71
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.26
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.24
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.83
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10931
34.88
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2491
33.83
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.01
38.01

Fielding Stats for Howard Ehmke and Matt Thornton

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
10.16
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
27
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
662.2
9
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.37
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.22
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
1.64
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.59
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.333
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.156
0.156
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ehmke and Matt Thornton

Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
429
236.58
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
748
448800
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
556.43
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
115.81
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
91.54
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
20.96
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
24.26
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.32
32.72
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
143.38
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
130.15
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
39.15
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
40.26
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
79.41
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.98
34.73
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.34
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
61.21
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
9.8
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.23
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.76
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ehmke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA