Jack Combs vs. Lou Polli — Career Comparison

Jack Combs
UnknownThrows RightBats RightDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou Polli
Greatest GenerationItalyThrows RightBats RightEuropeNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou Polli as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lou Polli posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.68 and WHIP 1.843 compared to 6.56 and 1.605 for Jack Combs. By the career numbers, Lou Polli had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Combs and Lou Polli

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.95
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.1
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.2
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.48
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.6
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
6.56
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.68
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.59
7.59
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.18
6.18
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
0.464
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
27
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300.1
9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
10.55
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
11.69
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.55
10.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.69
11.69
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.57
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.9
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.89
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
3.45
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.34
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.24
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
931
27.9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
42.73
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
7.46
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
7.02
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.05
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.42
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.605
1.605
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.843
1.843
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
758
22.71
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
37.84
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.9
27.9
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.73
42.73

Fielding Stats for Jack Combs and Lou Polli

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.94
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.76
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615
27
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.07
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.56
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.34
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.83
93.83
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Combs and Lou Polli

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
324.19
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
1800
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
600
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
541.94
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.26
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
72.58
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.68
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
21.3
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
96.77
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
116.13
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
38.71
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.03
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
67.74
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
18.37
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.13
-9.54
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.87
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA