Kirtley Baker vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Kirtley Baker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational 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 Kirtley Baker 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 6.28 and 1.803 for Kirtley Baker. By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirtley Baker and Chet Brewer

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.86
75.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.75
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
6.28
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
11.72
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.49
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
4.51
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.811
0.811
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1789
43.4
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
9.41
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
38.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Kirtley Baker and Chet Brewer

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1251
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
2.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
3.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
2.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.93
89.93
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.161
2.161
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirtley Baker and Chet Brewer

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
205.26
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
524.21
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.593
0.593
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
35
110.53
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.38
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
14.61
46.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
40
126.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
186.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.552
0.552
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
60
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
56.29
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
31.58
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
91.58
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
17.16
54.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
69.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
47.28
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
23
72.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
8.26
8.26
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.96
0.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100