Chet Brewer vs. Ed Cole — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Cole 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 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. 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 Ed Cole

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Ed Cole

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3615
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Ed Cole

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA