Tom Brewer
Thomas Austin Brewer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 3, 1931 in Wadesboro, NC
School: Elon University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: September 27, 1961
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 22 BOS AL 10 9 .526 4.65 33 23 3 7 0 0 162.2 152 90 84 15 95 69 7 0 6 727 89 1.518 8.4 0.8 5.3 3.8 0.73
1955 23 BOS AL 11 10 .524 4.20 31 28 1 9 2 0 192.2 198 101 90 21 87 3 91 8 0 7 856 103 1.479 9.2 1.0 4.1 4.3 1.05
1956 24 BOS AL 19 9 .679 3.50 32 32 0 15 4 0 244.1 200 103 95 14 112 6 127 5 0 5 1039 132 1.277 7.4 0.5 4.1 4.7 1.13 AS,MVP-22
1957 25 BOS AL 16 13 .552 3.85 32 32 0 15 2 0 238.1 225 113 102 24 93 9 128 7 0 7 1013 103 1.334 8.5 0.9 3.5 4.8 1.38
1958 26 BOS AL 12 12 .500 3.72 33 32 1 10 1 0 227.1 227 122 94 21 93 2 124 8 0 4 992 107 1.408 9.0 0.8 3.7 4.9 1.33
1959 27 BOS AL 10 12 .455 3.76 36 32 2 11 3 2 215.1 219 96 90 14 88 5 121 2 0 11 927 107 1.426 9.2 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.38
1960 28 BOS AL 10 15 .400 4.82 34 29 2 8 1 1 186.2 220 115 100 13 72 5 60 6 0 9 831 83 1.564 10.6 0.6 3.5 2.9 0.83
1961 29 BOS AL 3 2 .600 3.43 10 9 1 0 0 0 42.0 37 21 16 4 29 0 13 0 0 4 189 121 1.571 7.9 0.9 6.2 2.8 0.45
8 Seasons 91 82 .526 4.00 241 217 10 75 13 3 1509.1 1478 761 671 126 669 30 733 43 0 53 6574 104 1.422 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.10
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .526 4.00 36 32 1 11 2 0 224 219 113 100 19 99 109 6 0 8 976 104 1.422 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.10

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1956 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 11 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 22 BOS AL 33 727 611 90 152 20 5 15 11 4 95 69 .249 .355 .372 .726 .258 227 17 7 11 3
1955 23 BOS AL 31 856 752 101 198 29 1 21 3 6 87 91 .263 .344 .388 .733 .275 292 14 8 5 4 3
1956 24 BOS AL 32 1035 904 103 200 34 2 14 8 4 112 127 .221 .309 .310 .618 .242 280 23 5 8 6 6
1957 25 BOS AL 32 1013 900 113 225 40 5 24 4 5 93 128 .250 .324 .386 .709 .267 347 24 7 9 4 9
1958 26 BOS AL 33 992 878 122 227 43 1 21 5 6 93 124 .259 .333 .382 .715 .279 335 28 8 8 5 2
1959 27 BOS AL 36 927 825 96 219 28 5 14 4 4 88 121 .265 .336 .362 .699 .295 299 31 2 8 4 5
1960 28 BOS AL 34 828 729 115 220 40 2 13 6 4 72 60 .302 .366 .416 .781 .312 303 28 6 13 8 5
1961 29 BOS AL 10 191 155 21 37 9 0 4 1 0 29 13 .239 .353 .374 .727 .234 58 5 0 4 3 0
8 Seasons 241 6569 5754 761 1478 243 21 126 42 33 669 733 .257 .337 .372 .709 .274 2141 170 43 66 37 30
162 Game Avg. 36 975 854 113 219 36 3 19 6 5 99 109 .257 .337 .372 .709 .274 318 25 6 10 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 22 BOS AL 33 23 10 9 4 4 3 12 10 .545 1 3 7 0 10 43% 49 75 14 31 16 6 9 5.8 5.5 6.2
1955 23 BOS AL 31 28 10 10 8 3 5 14 14 .500 0 4 9 2 13 46% 48 81 16 33 15 3 12 5.9 5.7 6.5
1956 24 BOS AL 32 32 19 9 4 3 2 21 11 .656 1 1 15 4 20 63% 56 85 25 16 7 4 4 5.2 5.4 7.6
1957 25 BOS AL 32 32 16 13 3 4 5 19 13 .594 1 1 15 2 19 59% 53 86 20 21 10 3 9 5.4 5.3 7.4
1958 26 BOS AL 33 32 11 12 9 3 8 17 15 .531 3 4 10 1 20 63% 50 76 24 24 8 9 9 5.1 4.5 7.0
1959 27 BOS AL 36 32 10 12 10 1 4 17 15 .531 1 6 11 3 17 53% 51 86 19 21 9 9 6 4.9 3.9 6.6
1960 28 BOS AL 34 29 9 14 6 1 3 12 17 .414 2 3 8 1 12 41% 44 83 4 28 10 5 9 4.3 3.4 6.2
1961 29 BOS AL 10 9 3 2 4 0 0 4 5 .444 0 1 0 0 3 33% 48 66 20 7 1 0 6 4.1 3.2 4.6
8 Seasons 241 217 88 81 48 19 30 116 100 .537 9 23 75 13 114 53% 50 86 4 181 76 39 64 5.2 4.8 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 22 BOS AL 33 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 6 100% 5 1.064 0 3 7 1 0 9 4 6 6 3 6 1 5.9
1955 23 BOS AL 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0.991 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 10.3
1958 26 BOS AL 33 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 1.077 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0
1959 27 BOS AL 36 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 5 0 0% 9 1.158 3 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 3.8
1960 28 BOS AL 34 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 5 3 60% 8 1.124 3 0 2 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 2 0 4.0
1961 29 BOS AL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.171 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
6 Seasons 177 24 10 3 1 5 3 2 60% 6 1 19 11 58% 1.088 7 6 11 6 2 16 14 10 14 7 14 1 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 22 BOS AL 728 32% 2.1% 9.5% 13.1% 5.5% 26% 1.23 73% 159 17 11%
1955 23 BOS AL 856 33% 2.5% 10.6% 10.2% 6.0% 26% 1.08 75% 163 14 9%
1956 24 BOS AL 1035 41% 1.4% 12.3% 10.8% 4.8% 25% 1.27 74% 219 23 11%
1957 25 BOS AL 1014 36% 2.4% 12.6% 9.2% 6.8% 31% 1.64 74% 195 24 12%
1958 26 BOS AL 992 35% 2.1% 12.5% 9.4% 6.6% 29% 1.67 74% 204 28 14%
1959 27 BOS AL 927 37% 1.5% 13.1% 9.5% 5.1% 22% 1.90 75% 201 31 15%
1960 28 BOS AL 828 32% 1.6% 7.3% 8.7% 6.6% 25% 1.63 80% 185 28 15%
1961 29 BOS AL 191 35% 2.1% 6.8% 15.2% 6.8% 35% 1.87 74% 43 5 12%
8 Seasons 6571 35% 1.9% 11.2% 10.2% 5.9% 26% 1.48 75% 1369 170 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 22 BOS AL 728 152 15 0 24 8 7 9 6 39 22 6 56% 10 6 0 282 11 4 73% 9 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 11 0
1955 23 BOS AL 856 198 21 0 22 13 8 13 8 32 18 3 56% 11 7 0 339 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1956 24 BOS AL 1007 200 14 0 22 6 7 5 8 35 18 7 51% 19 5 2 391 8 4 67% 7 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 16 28
1957 25 BOS AL 981 225 24 0 32 13 8 15 6 57 23 12 40% 15 7 2 344 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 33
1958 26 BOS AL 968 227 21 0 26 14 7 15 6 37 24 2 65% 26 4 2 381 5 6 45% 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 18 24
1959 27 BOS AL 922 219 14 1 20 11 3 6 8 48 23 6 48% 14 11 2 356 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 5
1960 28 BOS AL 828 220 13 0 19 6 7 8 5 58 35 3 60% 12 9 2 322 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1961 29 BOS AL 191 37 4 1 5 4 0 0 4 12 7 1 58% 7 4 0 86 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
8 Seasons 6481 1478 126 2 170 75 47 71 51 318 170 40 53% 114 53 10 2501 42 33 56% 37 27 4 5 1 1 9 0 138 90
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 22 10 9 .526 4.65 33 23 3 7 0 0 162.2 152 90 84 15 95 69 7 0 6 727 89 1.518 8.4 0.8 5.3 3.8 0.73 89
1955 23 21 19 .525 4.41 64 51 4 16 2 0 355.1 350 191 174 36 182 3 160 15 0 13 1583 96 1.497 8.9 0.9 4.6 4.1 0.88 96
1956 24 40 28 .588 4.04 96 83 4 31 6 0 599.2 550 294 269 50 294 9 287 20 0 18 2622 109 1.407 8.3 0.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 109
1957 25 56 41 .577 3.98 128 115 4 46 8 0 838.0 775 407 371 74 387 18 415 27 0 25 3635 107 1.387 8.3 0.8 4.2 4.5 1.07 107
1958 26 68 53 .562 3.93 161 147 5 56 9 0 1065.1 1002 529 465 95 480 20 539 35 0 29 4627 107 1.391 8.5 0.8 4.1 4.6 1.12 107
1959 27 78 65 .545 3.90 197 179 7 67 12 2 1280.2 1221 625 555 109 568 25 660 37 0 40 5554 107 1.397 8.6 0.8 4.0 4.6 1.16 107
1960 28 88 80 .524 4.02 231 208 9 75 13 3 1467.1 1441 740 655 122 640 30 720 43 0 49 6385 103 1.418 8.8 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.13 103
1961 29 91 82 .526 4.00 241 217 10 75 13 3 1509.1 1478 761 671 126 669 30 733 43 0 53 6574 104 1.422 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.10 104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 22 8 10 .444 4.47 167.0 155 92 83 15 97 71 7 1.509 8.4 5.2 3.8 0.73 0.8 33
1955 23 12 10 .545 3.82 200.0 199 94 85 21 87 94 8 1.430 9.0 3.9 4.2 1.08 0.9 31
1956 24 18 10 .643 2.95 259.0 194 94 85 14 109 135 5 1.170 6.7 3.8 4.7 1.24 0.5 32
1957 25 13 13 .500 4.00 241.0 237 119 107 25 98 129 7 1.390 8.9 3.7 4.8 1.32 0.9 32
1958 26 13 12 .520 3.82 231.0 239 109 98 22 98 126 8 1.459 9.3 3.8 4.9 1.29 0.9 33
1959 27 13 11 .542 3.82 217.0 225 102 92 14 90 122 2 1.452 9.3 3.7 5.1 1.36 0.6 36
1960 28 8 13 .381 4.90 189.0 227 114 103 13 74 61 6 1.593 10.8 3.5 2.9 0.82 0.6 34
1961 29 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 36 17 15 4 28 13 0 1.524 7.7 6.0 2.8 0.46 0.9 10
8 Seasons 87 81 .518 3.89 1546.0 1512 741 668 128 681 751 43 1.418 8.8 4.4 1.10 0.7 241

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1956 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-AL-22-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Wins s c a p y
1956 AL--19--7th
1957 AL--16--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL--.679--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1956 AL--1.277--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--7.367--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1956 AL--244.3--9th
1957 AL--238.3--6th
1958 AL--227.3--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL--128--6th
1959 AL--121--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1957 AL--32--4th
1958 AL--32--8th
1959 AL--32--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1956 AL--15--9th
1957 AL--15--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 AL--4--2nd
1957 AL--2--7th
1959 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 AL--21--4th
1957 AL--24--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 AL--95--7th
1955 AL--87--9th
1956 AL--112--4th
1957 AL--93--4th
1958 AL--93--4th
1959 AL--88--6th

Hits s c a p y
1955 AL--198--9th
1957 AL--225--6th
1958 AL--227--5th
1959 AL--219--7th
1960 AL--220--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--.516--2nd
1958 AL--.831--10th
1959 AL--.585--5th
1960 AL--.627--5th

Losses s c a p y
1957 AL--13--7th
1958 AL--12--9th
1959 AL--12--8th
1960 AL--15--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 AL--84--10th
1955 AL--90--6th
1956 AL--95--10th
1957 AL--102--5th
1958 AL--94--5th
1959 AL--90--8th
1960 AL--100--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 AL--6--3rd
1955 AL--7--4th
1957 AL--7--2nd
1959 AL--11--3rd
1960 AL--9--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL--7--5th
1955 AL--8--5th
1957 AL--7--7th
1958 AL--8--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1956 AL--1039--9th
1957 AL--1013--4th
1958 AL--992--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1956 AL--132--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 40 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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