:Ken Polivka

{{Short description|American baseball player (1921–1988)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ken Polivka

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1921|1|21}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1988|7|23|1921|1|21}}

|death_place=Aurora, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear=1947

|debutteam= Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 23

|finalyear=1947

|finalteam= Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.00

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1947}})

}}

Kenneth Lyle Polivka (January 21, 1921 – July 23, 1988), nicknamed "Soup", was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher for one season (1947) with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he did not record a decision, with a 3.00 earned run average, and one strikeouts in three innings pitched.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Aurora, Illinois at the age of 67.