Tom Brewer vs. Jay Ritchie — Career Comparison

Tom Brewer
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jay Ritchie
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Brewer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Ritchie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Ritchie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 4 and 1.442 for Tom Brewer. By the career numbers, Jay Ritchie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Brewer and Jay Ritchie

Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
5.16
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.54
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.49
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.4
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.45
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.49
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
874
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
291.1
9
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1478
8.81
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
9.3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.99
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.9
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.74
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
4.37
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
6.55
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
0.929
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.26
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6574
39.2
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
38.86
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.79
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
4.54
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.08
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.356
1.356
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
34.95
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
35.77
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Tom Brewer and Jay Ritchie

Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.44
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
5.16
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.29
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
874
27
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
291.1
9
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
2.05
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.48
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.89
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.07
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2.79
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.95
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.942
1.942
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Brewer and Jay Ritchie

Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
308.6
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
167
2708.11
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
593
600
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
551
557.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
567.57
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
115.35
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
7
113.51
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
101.18
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
6
97.3
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.08
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.05
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.17
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.43
29.78
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
1.58
25.58
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
139.63
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
131.53
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
8
129.73
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
72.85
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
40.47
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
110.29
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.77
30.13
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
23.13
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
15.18
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
126.48
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
129.73
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.74
4.74
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
4.63
4.63
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.27
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.14
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.04
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA