Chet Brewer vs. Sparky Lyle — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Sparky Lyle
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Sparky Lyle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sparky Lyle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Sparky Lyle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Sparky Lyle

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
899
5.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.55
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.49
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.88
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4171
27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1292
8.36
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
3.11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.52
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
873
5.65
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5794
37.51
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
4.1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
3.36
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.61
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5169
33.46
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Sparky Lyle

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
899
5.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4170
27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
1.77
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
1.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Sparky Lyle

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
899
6129.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
88
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
531.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
15
102.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
13
88.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.64
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4.41
30.07
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
17
115.91
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
20
136.36
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
8
54.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
12
81.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4.58
31.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
26
177.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.82
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.82
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100