Chet Brewer vs. Gregg Olson — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Gregg Olson
Gen XNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Gregg Olson 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 3.46 and 1.442 for Gregg Olson. 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 Gregg Olson

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.52
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.63
50.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.91
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2016
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
8.32
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
8.01
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
4.42
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
588
7.88
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.58
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2889
38.69
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
5.99
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3.68
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.31
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.72
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2504
33.54
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Gregg Olson

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2016
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.07
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.74
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.66
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Gregg Olson

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
622
74640
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
456
513.32
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
1.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
119.32
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.46
48.92
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
172.2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
140.71
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
56.29
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.07
57.49
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
165.6
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
47.28
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA