Chet Brewer vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Lefferts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.296 compared to 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Craig Lefferts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Craig Lefferts

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1108
8.7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.88
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4754
37.35
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.61
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4304
33.81
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Craig Lefferts

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.21
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
1.65
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Craig Lefferts

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
538.78
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
16
65.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.06
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
13.1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
21
85.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-4.95
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
64
261.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA