Lefty Moses vs. Lou Polli — Career Comparison

Lefty Moses
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou Polli
Greatest GenerationItalyThrows RightBats RightEuropeNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Moses 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 4.95 and 1.527 for Lefty Moses. By the career numbers, Lou Polli had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Moses and Lou Polli

Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.4
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.1
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.44
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.64
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.48
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
4.95
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.68
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
27
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56.1
9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
8.31
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
11.69
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.69
11.69
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
5.43
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.89
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
6.39
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.34
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.48
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.64
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
39.62
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
42.73
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
5.59
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
7.02
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.8
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.12
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.527
1.527
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.843
1.843
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
32.75
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
37.84
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.62
39.62
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.73
42.73

Fielding Stats for Lefty Moses and Lou Polli

Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.4
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.44
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
27
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.1
9
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.51
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.67
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.67
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.533
1.533
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Moses and Lou Polli

Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
16
457.14
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
1800
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.38
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
2.82
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.13
-9.54
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Polli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lou Polli
Career
Per 600 PA