Vean Gregg vs. Ken Polivka — Career Comparison

Vean Gregg
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Polivka
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vean Gregg 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. Vean Gregg posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3 and 2.000 for Ken Polivka. By the career numbers, Vean Gregg had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vean Gregg and Ken Polivka

Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
1.54
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.04
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.59
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.41
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.35
59.35
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.36
67.36
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.7
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4179
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1393
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
8.01
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.57
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
4.65
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.913
0.913
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5627
36.36
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.34
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
550
3.55
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5023
32.45
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Vean Gregg and Ken Polivka

Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.95
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.623
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Vean Gregg and Ken Polivka

Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
289.7
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
495
600
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
553.94
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
94.55
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
73.94
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
18.18
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
20.61
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.19
22.05
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
117.58
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
107.88
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
33.94
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
60.61
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.84
16.78
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.33
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
96
116.36
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.16
5.16
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
32.73
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.64
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Vean Gregg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
40
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA