Elmer Bliss vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Elmer Bliss
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican 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 Elmer Bliss as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elmer Bliss posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 0.571 compared to 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Elmer Bliss had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Bliss and Chet Brewer

Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.39
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.55
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
8.32
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.88
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
30.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4634
36.73
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.571
0.571
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
30.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4107
32.56
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.191
0.191
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.86
30.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Elmer Bliss and Chet Brewer

Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Bliss and Chet Brewer

Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Elmer Bliss
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100