Chet Brewer vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus McGinnis 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 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. 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 Gus McGinnis

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Gus McGinnis

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.632
1.632
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Gus McGinnis

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
230.77
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
456
513.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
56.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
47.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
12.25
12.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA