Chet Brewer vs. Dick Burns — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Burns as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Burns posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.201 compared to 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Dick Burns had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Dick Burns

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.39
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.71
77.71
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.75
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.88
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
3.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.19
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Dick Burns

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3213
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1071
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.95
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.03
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.99
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
2.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.62
83.62
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Dick Burns

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
533
600
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
92
103.56
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.38
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
167.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
50
56.29
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
30
32.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
18.47
18.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA