Claude Grier vs. Ken Polivka — Career Comparison

Claude Grier
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Polivka
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Grier 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 4.6 and 1.424 for Claude Grier. By the career numbers, Ken Polivka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Grier and Ken Polivka

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.43
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.12
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.21
78.21
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
4.6
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
8.78
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.03
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.51
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.171
1.171
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1461
26.78
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.59
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1181
21.65
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.78
26.78
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Claude Grier and Ken Polivka

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.17
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.66
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336.1
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.54
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.85
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.57
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.38
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.71
92.71
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.54
76.54
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Grier and Ken Polivka

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
256.39
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
600
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
518.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
124.23
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.3
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.9
44.67
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
132.16
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
179.74
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.51
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.41
56.59
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
52.86
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.29
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.5
113.5
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA