Ping Gardner vs. Ken Polivka — Career Comparison

Ping Gardner
Lost GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Polivka
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ping Gardner built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Polivka as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Polivka posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 4.96 and 1.428 for Ping Gardner. By the career numbers, Ken Polivka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ping Gardner and Ken Polivka

Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.46
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.08
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.51
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.57
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.13
47.13
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.73
73.73
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.71
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
4.96
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2177
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
725.2
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
9.61
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.61
9.61
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.43
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
3.24
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
3.52
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.48
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2636
32.69
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.2
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
5.75
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.97
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
28
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.69
32.69
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Ping Gardner and Ken Polivka

Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
1.82
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.32
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1798
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
599.1
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.64
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
3.03
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.595
1.595
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ping Gardner and Ken Polivka

Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
230.63
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
600
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284
532.5
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
108.75
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
91.88
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.88
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.35
32.52
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
127.5
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
138.75
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
58.13
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.25
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
84.38
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.7
36.95
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
30
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.71
45.71
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
37.5
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA