Chet Brewer vs. Neal Cotts — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Neal Cotts
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Neal Cotts 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 3.96 and 1.398 for Neal Cotts. 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 Neal Cotts

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
3.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
8.32
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
8.22
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
8.55
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.53
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1918
38.94
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.22
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.351
1.351
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
33.98
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Neal Cotts

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.62
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.25
96.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Neal Cotts

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
144900
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA