Chet Brewer vs. Lou North — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lou North
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou North 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 4.43 and 1.531 for Lou North. 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 Lou North

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.48
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.31
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.76
56.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.53
14.53
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
4.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
1389
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
463
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509
9.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.89
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
3.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2031
39.48
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
5.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.531
1.531
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1819
35.36
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Lou North

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3615
27
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.756
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Lou North

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
725
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
144
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
137
570.83
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
27
112.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
24
100
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.38
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.76
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
7.45
31.05
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
33
137.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
31
129.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
12
50
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
21
87.5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
7.58
31.58
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.67
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
25
104.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
5.76
5.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.5
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA