Chet Brewer vs. Jim York — Career Comparison

Chet Brewer
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim York
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim York 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 3.79 and 1.565 for Jim York. 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 Jim York

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.39
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
5.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.08
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.55
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.51
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.48
48.48
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.71
77.71
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.75
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.44
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
27
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135.1
9
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1049
8.32
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
9.16
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.88
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.46
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
6.13
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.144
1.144
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.42
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4634
36.73
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
40.2
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.53
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.38
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
4.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.88
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.57
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.87
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.481
1.481
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4107
32.56
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
34.71
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.2
40.2

Fielding Stats for Chet Brewer and Jim York

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.49
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
5.49
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.07
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3615
27
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
9
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.95
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.06
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.17
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.12
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.74
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.01
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.61
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.73
92.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.685
2.685
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Brewer and Jim York

Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
230.77
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
2372.73
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
600
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
513.32
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
545.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
119.32
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
103.56
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.26
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.76
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.46
48.92
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
22.92
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
140.71
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
7
95.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
173.36
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
6
81.82
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
56.29
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.65
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
87.8
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
4
54.55
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.07
57.49
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-4.63
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.75
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.28
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.88
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
18
245.45
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.14
76.14
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.65
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.26
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA