Chet Brewer vs. Clark Griffith — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Clark Griffith
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Clark Griffith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clark Griffith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Clark Griffith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Clark Griffith

Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.39
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
0.99
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.55
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
0.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.39
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.88
61.88
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.71
77.71
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.12
82.12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.75
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
0.9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.31
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10157
27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3385.2
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3670
9.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
2.88
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
955
2.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.511
0.511
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14335
38.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.21
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1852
4.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13390
35.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Clark Griffith

Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
1.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10527
27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3509
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
0.52
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
879
2.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1158
2.97
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1080
2.77
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
93.26
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.259
2.259
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Clark Griffith

Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
485
184.18
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
533
600
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1580
600
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1380
524.05
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.666
0.666
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
121.9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
93.8
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
18.61
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.38
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
6.46
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
28.1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155.23
58.95
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
162.53
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
494
187.59
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.628
0.628
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
50
56.29
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
76.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
63.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
136.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169.65
64.42
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.66
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
42
47.28
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
63.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
126
47.85
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
12.54
12.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
10.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
8.35
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
8.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
95.65
95.65