Tom Brewer vs. Roger McDowell — Career Comparison

Tom Brewer
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Roger McDowell
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Roger McDowell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roger McDowell led in home run suppression (HR9+ 174 vs 97), run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 87), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 94). Tom Brewer held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 81 vs 62). Role difference aside, Roger McDowell holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tom Brewer and Roger McDowell

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
6.2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.54
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.49
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.6
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.45
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.36
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.3
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3150
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1050
9
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1478
8.81
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
8.96
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.75
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.43
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.99
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.51
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.84
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
4.37
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
4.49
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.26
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.24
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6574
39.2
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4517
38.72
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.69
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
4.54
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
3.89
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.64
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.28
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.13
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5862
34.95
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3971
34.04
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.72
38.72

Fielding Stats for Tom Brewer and Roger McDowell

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
6.21
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3158
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1052.2
9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.75
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.01
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
2.05
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
2.16
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.21
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.89
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
3.38
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468
2.79
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
3.17
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.92
93.92
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.942
1.942
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.511
0.511
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.2
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Brewer and Roger McDowell

Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
305
308.6
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
5240.96
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
593
600
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
83
600
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
551
557.5
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
72
520.48
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.511
0.511
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
115.35
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
115.66
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
101.18
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
11
79.52
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7.08
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.14
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.05
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.17
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.14
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.43
29.78
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.29
45.5
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
139.63
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
151.81
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
131.53
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
159.04
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
72.85
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.37
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
40.47
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.37
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
110.29
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
86.75
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.77
30.13
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.52
47.13
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.01
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.23
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
15.18
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.14
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
126.48
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
202.41
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.74
4.74
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.27
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.14
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.14
Roger McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Roger McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA