Joe Boever vs. Chet Brewer — Career Comparison

Joe Boever
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational 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 Joe Boever 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 3.93 and 1.543 for Joe Boever. By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Boever and Chet Brewer

Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.04
43.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.93
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
8.96
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
4.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.84
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
6.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.36
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3301
39.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
4.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.52
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2867
34.21
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73

Fielding Stats for Joe Boever and Chet Brewer

Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Boever and Chet Brewer

Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
516
18211.76
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
7.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-13.37
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100