Bill Blair vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Bill Blair
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Blair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Blair posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.61 and WHIP 1.194 compared to 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Bill Blair had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Blair and Chet Brewer

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.39
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.08
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.71
77.71
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.75
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.61
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
8.42
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.88
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.65
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.774
0.774
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
38.03
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.19
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
35.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Bill Blair and Chet Brewer

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
410
3.06
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
4.12
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.685
2.685
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Blair and Chet Brewer

Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
103.56
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
78.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
84.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100