Chet Brewer vs. Joe Ostrowski — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Ostrowski
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Ostrowski 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 4.54 and 1.442 for Joe Ostrowski. 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 Joe Ostrowski

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.96
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.92
47.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.67
24.67
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
4.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
455.2
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
11.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.04
11.04
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.88
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.94
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.46
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
2.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.503
0.503
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1989
39.29
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.19
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.38
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
5.35
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.442
1.442
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1889
37.31
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Ostrowski

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.49
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3615
27
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.08
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Joe Ostrowski

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
608.11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
148
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
456
513.32
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
118
478.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
19
77.03
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
14
56.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Joe Ostrowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
8.55
34.68
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
24
97.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
173.36
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
174.32
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
11
44.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.59
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
87.8
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
89.19
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
9.16
37.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
47.28
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.3
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
31
125.68
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
4.77
4.77
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.77
0.77
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.11
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Ostrowski
Career
Per 600 PA