Chet Brewer vs. Joe Gannon — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Gannon
Pre-GenerationalMissouriNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Gannon 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 11 and 2.000 for Joe Gannon. 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 Joe Gannon

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.39
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.71
77.71
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.75
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.99
6.99
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.19
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Gannon

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.28
97.28
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Gannon

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.88
Joe Gannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Gannon
Career
Per 600 PA