Tom Brewer vs. Alex Pearson — Career Comparison

Tom Brewer
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Alex Pearson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Pearson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Pearson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 4 and 1.442 for Tom Brewer. By the career numbers, Alex Pearson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Brewer and Alex Pearson

Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.44
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.04
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.54
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.49
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.8
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.85
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1478
8.81
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9.93
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.75
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.99
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.18
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
4.37
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.543
0.543
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.26
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6574
39.2
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
37.9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.54
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.97
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
34.95
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
35.57
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.9
37.9

Fielding Stats for Tom Brewer and Alex Pearson

Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.44
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.21
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.75
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
2.05
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.57
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.89
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.97
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2.79
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.73
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.942
1.942
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.267
2.267
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Brewer and Alex Pearson

Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
308.6
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
191.49
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
593
600
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
47
600
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
551
557.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
587.23
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
115.35
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
101.18
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.08
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.05
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.17
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.43
29.78
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
27.86
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
139.63
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
127.66
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
131.53
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
140.43
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
72.85
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
38.3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
40.47
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25.53
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
110.29
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
63.83
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.77
30.13
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.62
33.4
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.01
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.18
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
125
126.48
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
102.13
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
4.74
4.74
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.14
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA