Ron Blackburn vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Ron Blackburn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows 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 Ron Blackburn 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 3.5 and 1.500 for Ron Blackburn. By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blackburn and Chet Brewer

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
9.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
4.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
39.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
4.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
35.83
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Ron Blackburn and Chet Brewer

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blackburn and Chet Brewer

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
2953.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100