Brendan McKay vs. Lou Polli — Career Comparison

Brendan McKay
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou Polli
Greatest GenerationItalyThrows RightBats RightEuropeNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brendan McKay 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. Lou Polli posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.68 and WHIP 1.843 compared to 5.14 and 1.408 for Brendan McKay. By the career numbers, Lou Polli had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brendan McKay and Lou Polli

Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
5.14
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.68
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
9.73
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
11.69
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.69
11.69
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.47
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
4.89
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
10.29
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.34
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
39.67
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
42.73
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.88
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
7.02
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.843
1.843
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
36.37
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
37.84
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.73
42.73

Fielding Stats for Brendan McKay and Lou Polli

Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.39
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
27
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.1
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.1
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brendan McKay and Lou Polli

Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
18
981.82
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
1800
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
75.97
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
272.73
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
57.57
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.13
-9.54
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
5.5
5.5
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA