Steve Barber vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Steve Barber
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican 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 Steve Barber 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 5.08 and 1.744 for Steve Barber. By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Barber and Chet Brewer

Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
7.85
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
8.32
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
4.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
41.77
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.31
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.88
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
32.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4107
32.56
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.77
41.77
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Steve Barber and Chet Brewer

Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.28
97.28
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Barber and Chet Brewer

Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-51.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100