Al Atkinson vs. Tom Brewer — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tom Brewer
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tom Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Atkinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4 and 1.442 for Tom Brewer. By the career numbers, Al Atkinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Tom Brewer

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.54
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.04
90.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.96
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1478
8.81
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.75
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.99
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.18
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
4.37
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.26
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6574
39.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.54
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
34.95
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Tom Brewer

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.75
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.66
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
2.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
2.59
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.89
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.18
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2.79
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.942
1.942
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Tom Brewer

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
308.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
424
600
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
593
600
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
387
547.64
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
551
557.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
64
90.57
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
115.35
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
54
76.42
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
101.18
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.83
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.17
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.43
29.78
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
78
110.38
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
139.63
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
131.53
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
72.85
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
40.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
68
96.23
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
110.29
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.77
30.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.01
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15.18
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
125
126.48
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
4.74
4.74
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67