Harry Jordan vs. Howie Pollet — Career Comparison

Harry Jordan
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howie Pollet
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Howie Pollet built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Jordan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Howie Pollet posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 4.15 and 1.615 for Harry Jordan. By the career numbers, Howie Pollet had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Jordan and Howie Pollet

Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
1.72
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.19
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.56
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.5
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.04
53.04
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.98
68.98
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.5
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.15
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
821
3.51
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6322
27
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2107.1
9
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
11.77
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2096
8.95
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.62
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.77
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
3.18
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
934
3.99
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.797
0.797
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
41.19
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8980
38.35
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.23
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
7.62
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
957
4.09
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
37.73
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8212
35.07
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.19
41.19
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Harry Jordan and Howie Pollet

Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
15.18
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.17
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
717
27
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
9
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.09
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
14.91
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.08
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
18.75
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
18
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.98
95.98
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.186
1.186
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.21
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Jordan and Howie Pollet

Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
407
309.11
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
790
600
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
530.13
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
97.97
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
83.54
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
12.91
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.52
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
14.43
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
31
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.23
26.76
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
113.92
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
139.75
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
41.01
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
36.46
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
77.47
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
37.8
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.8
27.19
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
41.77
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
120.76
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.97
4.97
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
28.1
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
14
10.63
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
Howie Pollet
Career
Per 600 PA