Tom Brewer vs. Ed Farmer — Career Comparison

Tom Brewer
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ed Farmer
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tom Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Farmer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Brewer led in home run suppression (HR9+ 97 vs 74), run prevention (ERA+ 87 vs 74), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 94 vs 85). Ed Farmer held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 81). Role difference aside, Tom Brewer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tom Brewer and Ed Farmer

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.34
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.54
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.49
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.45
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.08
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
4
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
4.3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1478
8.81
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
611
8.81
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.75
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.75
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
3.99
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
4.98
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.72
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
4.37
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
5.7
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
0.929
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.32
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.26
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6574
39.2
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2789
40.23
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.97
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.54
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
4.95
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.56
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.423
1.423
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5862
34.95
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2373
34.23
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23

Fielding Stats for Tom Brewer and Ed Farmer

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.34
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.75
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.49
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
2.05
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.3
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.89
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
1.83
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2.79
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.79
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.69
96.69
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.942
1.942
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Brewer and Ed Farmer

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
305
308.6
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
4188.68
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
593
600
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
551
557.5
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
47
532.08
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
115.35
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
101.18
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.08
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.05
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.17
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.43
29.78
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
4.41
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
139.63
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
131.53
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
72.85
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
40.47
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
110.29
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.77
30.13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.73
-19.58
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.18
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
126.48
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
249.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.74
4.74
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.27
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.14
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA