Guy Morton vs. Ken Polivka — Career Comparison

Guy Morton
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Polivka
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Morton 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 3.13 and 1.290 for Guy Morton. By the career numbers, Ken Polivka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Morton and Ken Polivka

Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.75
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.02
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.54
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.49
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.36
58.36
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.45
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
3.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4889
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629.2
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
8.39
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
3.22
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.58
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.19
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.12
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6750
37.28
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
747
4.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6145
33.94
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Guy Morton and Ken Polivka

Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89.98
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.416
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Morton and Ken Polivka

Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
317
327.93
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
580
600
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
548
566.9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
88.97
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
74.48
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.38
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.1
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.48
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.16
17.75
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
106.55
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
99.31
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24.83
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
34.14
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
58.97
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.34
9.67
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10.34
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
122
126.21
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.75
4.75
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.76
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 600 PA