Chet Brewer vs. Ken Crosby — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ken Crosby
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Crosby 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 8.41 and 2.213 for Ken Crosby. 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 Ken Crosby

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
13.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.28
13.28
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
46.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.88
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.213
2.213
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
38.51
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.92
46.92

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Ken Crosby

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.21
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.66
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.66
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.28
97.28
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Ken Crosby

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
456
513.32
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
103.56
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
199
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
56.29
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.89
178.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
47.28
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.88
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA