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Babe Ruth vs. Howard Ehmke

Regular Season: 170 PA , .286/.471/.643, 12 HR, 15 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	166	166	.500	3.75	427	338	68	199	20	15	2820.2	2873	1424	1174	103	1042	1	1030	137	8	28	12081	4247	104	3.75	1.388	9.2	0.3	3.3	3.3
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	94	46	.671	2.28	163	147	12	107	17	4	1221.1	974	400	309	10	441	0	488	29	4	25	4896	1530	122	2.81	1.159	7.2	0.1	3.2	3.6

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	1	0	1.000	1.42	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.2	14	3	2	0	3	0	13	0	0	0	53	18			1.342	9.9	0.0	2.1	9.2
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	0	1.000	0.87	3	3	0	2	1	0	31.0	19	3	3	1	10	0	8	1	0	1	116	31			0.935	5.5	0.3	2.9	2.3

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2	39.8	13.0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	20.4	9.1

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2	4247	10669	2090	531	149	210	148	58.66	19	116	315	115	.269	.339	.376	.715	93	.107	.287	1380	4011	783	4052	4247
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	1530	4377	788	145	31	77	66	53.85	12	48	99	26	.223	.296	.277	.573	75	.054	.247	369	1211	186	1444	1530

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	2	12.2	18	49	11	3	0	0	2	0.00	1	0	1	0	.286	.327	.347	.674		.061	.389	5	17	3	17	18
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	31	102	17	1	0	0	2	0.00	1	3	3	0	.186	.265	.225	.491		.039	.194	5	23	2	30	31

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	180	53	50.8	60	27	45	7	68.2	68	89
2	Babe Ruth	19-38	1914	1933	104	71	60.5	7	2	29	0	100.0	12	16

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	1	50	60.0						0	0
2	Babe Ruth	21-23	1916	1918	3	100	76.3						0	0

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2	8.5	8.6	-0.1
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	2	12.2	24.5	5.7	18.9
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	2	12.2	197	99	129	65.48
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	395	132	243	61.52

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Pitching

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Babe Ruth	1	1	.500	4.20	3	2	1	1	0	1	15.0	18	10	7	0	12	0	9	0	0	1	77	2.000	10.8	0.0	7.2	5.4
2	Howard Ehmke	1	2	.333	6.38	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.0	33	18	17	5	11	1	4	2	0	0	116	1.833	12.4	1.9	4.1	1.5

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Howard Ehmke	DET	1921-06-13	CG(8), L	8.0	16	13	13	0	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	45	21	39	8	3	1	1	0	0	33	0	0	1	8	-3			-0.5	-8.33			0.39
2	Babe Ruth	NYY	1921-06-13	GS-6, W	5.0	5	4	3	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	28	13	21	2	1	2	4	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	37			0.0	-2.11			0.95
3	Howard Ehmke	DET	1919-07-30 (2)	GS-7, L	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	30	10	22	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	4	0	1	51			-0.2	0.03			1.72
4	Babe Ruth	BOS	1919-07-30 (2)	8-GF, S	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.3	0.87	0	0	3.04
5	Howard Ehmke	DET	1919-07-21	CG, W	9.0	11	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	41	16	34	10	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	3	0	1	55			0.3	2.03			1.35
6	Babe Ruth	BOS	1919-07-21	CG(8), L	8.0	12	6	4	2	0	5	0	5	0	0	1	40	17	34	9	2	1	2	0	0	16	1	0	1	3	38			-0.2	-2.42			0.79

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batter vs. Pitcher

Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1919	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1921	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.667	.714	.667	1.381	0	0	0	0	0

Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1919	1919-07-21	DET	BOS	tied 1-1	b2	1--	2		Single to LF; B. Jones to 2B
2	1919	1919-07-21	DET	BOS	tied 1-1	b5	---	0		Walk
3	1919	1919-07-21	DET	BOS	ahead 1-4	b6	1--	1		Single; B. Jones to 2B
4	1919	1919-07-21	DET	BOS	ahead 1-5	b8	--3	1		Single; B. Jones Scores/unER
5	1921	1921-06-13	DET	NYY	down 1-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B
6	1921	1921-06-13	DET	NYY	down 6-0	t4	1--	2		Flyball: LF
7	1921	1921-06-13	DET	NYY	down 10-4	t6	---	0		Single to LF

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1917	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
2	1919	9	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	.125	.222	.500	.722	0	0	0	0	0
3	1920	29	19	7	0	1	3	6	10	2	.368	.586	.947	1.534	0	0	3	0	0
4	1921	22	12	3	0	1	2	6	10	2	.250	.591	.917	1.508	0	0	2	0	0
5	1922	15	12	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	.083	.267	.083	.350	0	0	0	0	0
6	1923	18	13	4	0	0	1	3	5	1	.308	.500	.538	1.038	0	0	0	0	0
7	1924	23	20	5	2	0	1	3	3	4	.250	.348	.500	.848	0	0	1	0	0
8	1925	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	0	0	1
9	1926	15	13	4	2	0	0	1	2	1	.308	.400	.462	.862	0	0	1	0	0
10	1927	7	7	4	1	0	2	4	0	1	.571	.571	1.571	2.143	0	0	0	0	0
11	1928	12	7	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	.429	.667	.429	1.095	0	0	1	0	0
12	1929	7	5	2	0	0	1	4	2	1	.400	.571	1.000	1.571	0	0	0	0	0
13	1930	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	170	126	36	5	2	12	30	44	15	.286	.471	.643	1.113	0	0	8	0	1

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1917	1917-06-09	BOS	DET	down 1-0	b9	---	0		Walk
2	1917	1917-08-11 (2)	BOS	DET	down 4-0	b7	---	2		Walk
3	1919	1919-05-24	BOS	DET	down 4-2	t8	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
4	1919	1919-07-21	BOS	DET	ahead 0-1	t1	---	2		Lineout: RF
5	1919	1919-07-21	BOS	DET	tied 1-1	t3	-2-	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted; O. Vitt to 3B
6	1919	1919-07-21	BOS	DET	tied 1-1	t5	1-3	2		Walk; B. Roth to 2B
7	1919	1919-07-21	BOS	DET	down 4-1	t7	1--	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
8	1919	1919-07-21	BOS	DET	down 6-1	t9	---	2		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	1919	1919-07-30 (2)	BOS	DET	down 1-0	b1	1--	2		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
10	1919	1919-07-30 (2)	BOS	DET	down 1-0	b4	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
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Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	1009	71	210	38	6	0	73	5	1	26	111	.208	.228	.258	.486	29	260		0	53		0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	8399	2174	2873	506	136	714	2214	123	116	2062	1330	.342	.474	.690	1.164	206	5793	2	43	114		79

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0		0
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	129	37	42	5	2	15	33	4	3	33	30	.326	.470	.744	1.214	96		2	2		2

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-109	0	3	0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Sabermetric

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	44	236	255	853	64	.234	144	-107	-10.7	.050	9.1	83.3	6
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	1356	4978	5100	5758	2718	.340	3674	1383	130.3	.348	6.3	48.7	226

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	5	0	1	1	4	0	.200	0			.000			0
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	78	92	51	.321	55			.419	4.3	57.1	7

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	-9.6	-8.3	-1.3	-98.67	-9.7	-100.49	1.00
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80	138.3	1536.71	0.99

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Batting

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Babe Ruth	3	14	11	3	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3	0	.273	.429	1.091	1.519	12		0	0		1
2	Howard Ehmke	3	11	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.400	.455	.400	.855	4		0	0		0

Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Howard Ehmke vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Howard Ehmke	DET	1921-06-13	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0		0	0.52	-0.034	1.23	-0.05%	-0.64			P
2	Babe Ruth	NYY	1921-06-13	*	9	3	5	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	.667	.800	2.667	3.467	8		0	0		1	0.39	0.081	1.91	0.24%	2.90			CF P
3	Howard Ehmke	DET	1919-07-30 (2)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.32	0.008	4.65	0.02%	0.15			P
4	Babe Ruth	BOS	1919-07-30 (2)	*	9	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.82	-0.081	0.00	0.00%	-0.69			1B P
5	Howard Ehmke	DET	1919-07-21	*	9	9	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	3		0	0		0	0.61	0.081	0.94	0.08%	1.52			P
6	Babe Ruth	BOS	1919-07-21	*	9	4	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		1	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	4		0	0		0	1.18	-0.049	0.03	0.00%	0.54			P

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