Chet Brewer vs. Harry Imlay — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Imlay
Lost GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Imlay 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 7.24 and 1.902 for Harry Imlay. 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 Harry Imlay

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.93
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.2
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
12.51
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.51
12.51
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.61
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.61
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
41.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.63
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
8.56
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.902
1.902
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36.88
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.49
41.49

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Harry Imlay

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3615
27
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Harry Imlay

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1800
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Harry Imlay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Imlay
Career
Per 600 PA