Chet Brewer vs. Jake Buchanan — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jake Buchanan
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Buchanan 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 4.73 and 1.546 for Jake Buchanan. By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Jake Buchanan

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
10.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.59
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
40.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.95
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
35.21
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Jake Buchanan

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.39
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.95
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.483
0.483
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Jake Buchanan

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
3480
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
456
513.32
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
103.56
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
56.29
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
47.28
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA