Danny MacFayden vs. Ken Polivka — Career Comparison

Danny MacFayden
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Polivka
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny MacFayden 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 3.96 and 1.424 for Danny MacFayden. By the career numbers, Ken Polivka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny MacFayden and Ken Polivka

Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.55
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.1
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.44
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.53
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.4
71.4
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.53
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1191
3.96
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8118
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2706
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2981
9.91
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.37
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
2.9
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
2.65
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.21
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11805
39.26
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.25
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1395
4.64
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10869
36.15
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
36
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.26
39.26
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Danny MacFayden and Ken Polivka

Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
753
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.08
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.616
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny MacFayden and Ken Polivka

Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
470
280.04
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1007
600
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
910
542.2
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
76.86
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
60.77
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
13.11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.38
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.09
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.47
17.56
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
96.52
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
101.89
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39.32
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
28
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
66.73
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.8
7.63
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.43
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
309
184.11
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
3.26
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
32.77
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.17
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA