Harry Gumbert vs. Ken Polivka — Career Comparison

Harry Gumbert
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Polivka
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Gumbert 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 3.68 and 1.348 for Harry Gumbert. By the career numbers, Ken Polivka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Gumbert and Ken Polivka

Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
2.12
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
0.98
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.47
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.86
55.86
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.4
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.2
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
882
3.68
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6468
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2186
9.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.51
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.01
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
2.96
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.663
0.663
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.17
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9217
38.48
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
0.75
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1012
4.22
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8473
35.37
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Harry Gumbert and Ken Polivka

Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
670
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
816
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
799
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.92
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.573
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Gumbert and Ken Polivka

Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
512
405.81
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
757
600
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
708
561.16
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
103.04
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
86.39
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.3
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.38
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.96
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
16.64
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.9
25.28
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
129.99
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
117.31
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
39.63
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
35.67
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
71.33
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.59
20.28
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
14.27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
185
146.63
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.09
4.09
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
24.57
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
15
11.89
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA