Chet Brewer vs. Joe Nathan — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Nathan
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Nathan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Nathan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.87 and WHIP 1.153 compared to 3.44 and 1.244 for Chet Brewer. By the career numbers, Joe Nathan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Nathan

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
7.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.55
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.62
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.33
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.31
65.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
3.67
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
3.44
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
2.87
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.206
0.206
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2770
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
923.1
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
8.32
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
6.73
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
3.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
9.51
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.46
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3771
36.76
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
5.72
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
3.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3355
32.7
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.76
36.76

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Nathan

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
7.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2770
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
923.1
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.8
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.29
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Nathan

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
787
6132.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
77
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
456
513.32
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
63
490.91
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.578
0.578
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
77.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
38.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.58
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
4.44
34.6
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
148.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
101.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
25.12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
23.38
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
17
132.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
4.53
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
77.92
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA