Claude Hendrix vs. Lou Polli — Career Comparison

Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou Polli
Greatest GenerationItalyThrows RightBats RightEuropeNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Hendrix 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. Claude Hendrix posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 4.68 and 1.843 for Lou Polli. By the career numbers, Claude Hendrix had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Hendrix and Lou Polli

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.37
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.98
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.44
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.39
71.39
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.7
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.68
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2123
8.06
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
11.69
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.69
11.69
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.16
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.65
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.89
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
4.14
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.34
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.754
0.754
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.803
0.803
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.19
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
42.73
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.31
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.45
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
7.02
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.843
1.843
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8905
33.8
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
37.84
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.73
42.73

Fielding Stats for Claude Hendrix and Lou Polli

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Hendrix and Lou Polli

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
255.15
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
1800
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
990
600
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
922
558.79
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
134.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
92.12
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.3
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
160.61
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
71.52
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
58.79
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
121.82
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.55
62.15
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.13
-9.54
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.42
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
168
101.82
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
5.89
5.89
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
15.15
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA