Chet Brewer vs. Joe Niekro — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Niekro
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Chet Brewer posted a stronger line than Joe Niekro. Chet Brewer posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.44 vs 3.59) and WHIP (1.244 vs 1.339). By the career numbers, Chet Brewer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Niekro

Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
1.76
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.08
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.26
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.55
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.51
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.23
71.23
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
3.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10752
27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3584
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3466
8.7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
0.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1262
3.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.18
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747
4.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
0.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15166
38.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
4.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.24
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.319
1.319
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13637
34.24
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Niekro

Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
1.76
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.07
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.26
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10752
27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3584
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
0.64
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
532
1.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.06
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
810
2.03
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785
1.97
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.91
96.91
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.118
1.118
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.23
71.23
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Niekro

Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
706
363.61
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
533
600
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1165
600
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
456
513.32
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
973
501.12
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
78.28
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
63.86
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
13.39
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
14.42
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
32.52
16.75
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
94.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
98.37
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
28.33
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
37.08
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
64.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
21.46
11.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
38
19.57
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
262
134.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
4.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
75.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
17
8.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100