Ed Bagley vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Ed Bagley
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational 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 Ed Bagley 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 4.39 and 1.507 for Ed Bagley. By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Bagley and Chet Brewer

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.39
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.71
77.71
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.75
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
4.39
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1143
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
10.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
3.47
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.774
0.774
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1750
41.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.19
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
7.35
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
37.68
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Ed Bagley and Chet Brewer

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.21
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1158
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.61
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
2.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
2.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.98
85.98
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.769
1.769
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Bagley and Chet Brewer

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
48
158.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
182
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
173
570.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
102.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
25
82.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.48
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.78
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
9.11
30.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
39
128.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
40
131.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
17
56.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
36.26
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
89.01
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
8.17
26.95
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
29.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
102.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
5.87
5.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100