Doug Bair vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chet Brewer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.244 compared to 3.63 and 1.453 for Doug Bair. By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bair and Chet Brewer

Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.12
56.12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
3.63
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
8.3
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
8.32
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
4.01
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
6.82
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3902
38.62
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.94
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.48
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3407
33.72
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Doug Bair and Chet Brewer

Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
2.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.93
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bair and Chet Brewer

Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
557.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
16.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-11.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
23
246.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100