Tom Brewer vs. Al McBean — Career Comparison

Tom Brewer
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Al McBean
Silent GenerationU.S. Virgin IslandsThrows RightBats RightPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Al McBean as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al McBean led in run prevention (ERA+ 113 vs 87), home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 97), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 94). Tom Brewer held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 81 vs 78). Role difference aside, Al McBean holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tom Brewer and Al McBean

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
3.43
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.54
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.56
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.49
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.42
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.6
52.6
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.26
57.26
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.58
18.58
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.45
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.13
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3217
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072.1
9
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1478
8.81
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1058
8.88
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.99
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
4.37
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.83
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.29
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.26
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6574
39.2
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4518
37.92
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.56
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
4.54
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.61
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5862
34.95
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4123
34.6
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Tom Brewer and Al McBean

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.44
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3218
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072.2
9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.75
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.61
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
2.05
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
2.11
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.89
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
2.93
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2.79
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
2.73
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.12
93.12
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.942
1.942
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.54
18.54
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Brewer and Al McBean

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
305
308.6
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
897.89
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
593
600
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
284
600
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
551
557.5
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
557.75
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
115.35
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
52
109.86
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
101.18
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
43
90.85
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7.08
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.45
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.05
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.23
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.34
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.17
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.01
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.43
29.78
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.39
32.52
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
139.63
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
145.77
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
131.53
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
59
124.65
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
72.85
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
21
44.37
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
40.47
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
52.82
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
110.29
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
43
90.85
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.77
30.13
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.27
30.16
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.01
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.11
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.18
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.68
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
126.48
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
223.94
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.74
4.74
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2.68
2.68
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.27
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
27.46
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.14
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.23
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA