Chet Brewer vs. Buttons Briggs — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Buttons Briggs
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Chet Brewer and Buttons Briggs are fairly close on the surface numbers. Chet Brewer had the edge in WHIP (1.244 vs 1.415). By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Buttons Briggs

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.39
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.35
48.35
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.71
77.71
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.51
91.51
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.75
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.88
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
3.41
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2567
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
855.2
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
879
9.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
3.49
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
3.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.18
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.41
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3656
38.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.19
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
5.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.415
1.415
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3285
34.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Buttons Briggs

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.53
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2568
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
856
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.68
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
2.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
2.12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.906
1.906
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.17
47.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Buttons Briggs

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
106
181.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
350
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
324
555.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
48
82.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
42
72
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.38
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
12.62
21.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
59
101.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
67
114.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
32.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
17
29.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
35
60
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
9.07
15.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
32.57
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
66
113.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
5.3
5.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100