What years did Jim Brewer play?

Jim Brewer played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1976.

Was Jim Brewer a pitcher?

Yes. Jim Brewer pitched in the major leagues, recording 69 wins and 810 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jim Brewer hit?

Jim Brewer hit 0 career home runs with 21 hits.

What teams did Jim Brewer play for?

Jim Brewer played for 3 teams: the Chicago Cubs (1960–1963), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–1975), and the California Angels (1975–1976).

Did Jim Brewer win a Cy Young Award?

No. Jim Brewer did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Jim Brewer win?

Jim Brewer was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Jim Brewer's career stats?

In 584 games, Jim Brewer went 69-65 with a 3.07 ERA, 810 strikeouts, 1,040.2 innings pitched, and 132 saves.

What position did Jim Brewer play?

Jim Brewer played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jim Brewer and how much did he weigh?

Jim Brewer was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 186 pounds.

What was Jim Brewer's career ERA?

Jim Brewer finished with a 3.07 career ERA, going 69-65 with 810 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jim Brewer have?

Jim Brewer recorded 810 career strikeouts.

Is Jim Brewer in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jim Brewer has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Jim Brewer make?

Jim Brewer was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

Jim Brewer

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1960-1976)

Jim Brewer was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1976 for the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the California Angels, a span of 17 seasons. Across 584 career appearances, he went 69-65 with a 3.07 ERA, 810 strikeouts, and 132 saves. Jim Brewer was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 10481.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 69–65

ERA 3.07

WHIP 1.21

SO 810

Pitcher PIV 10481.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 186 lb
Born: 11/14/1937 in Merced, CA, USA
Died: 11/16/1987 in Tyler, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1960-07-17
Last Game: 1976-05-24
Awards: All-Star

Full name: James Thomas Brewer

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jim Brewer — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
69	65	584	35	1	1	132	1040.2	898	355	92	360	810	3.07	10481.1

Career ERA 3.07 vs. league average 3.58 across their career seasons — 14.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jim Brewer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1960	CHN	NL	0	3	5	4	0	0	0	21.2	25	14	6	7	5.82	3.82 (-52%)	-126.2
1961	CHN	NL	1	7	36	11	0	0	0	86.2	116	56	21	57	5.82	4.03 (-44%)	-1178.2
1962	CHN	NL	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	5.2	10	6	3	1	9.53	—	0.0
1963	CHN	NL	3	2	29	1	0	0	0	49.2	59	27	15	35	4.89	3.46 (-41%)	-1408.3
1964	LAN	NL	4	3	34	5	1	1	1	93.0	79	31	25	63	3.00	3.58 (+16%)	1955.0
1965	LAN	NL	3	2	19	2	0	0	2	49.1	33	10	28	31	1.82	3.50 (+48%)	339.1
1966	LAN	NL	0	2	13	0	0	0	2	22.0	17	9	11	8	3.68	3.52 (-5%)	106.8
1967	LAN	NL	5	4	30	11	0	0	1	100.2	78	30	31	74	2.68	3.30 (+19%)	636.7
1968	LAN	NL	8	3	54	0	0	0	14	76.1	59	21	33	75	2.48	2.98 (+17%)	801.5
1969	LAN	NL	7	6	59	0	0	0	20	88.1	71	25	41	92	2.55	3.61 (+30%)	2075.6
1970	LAN	NL	7	6	58	0	0	0	24	89.0	66	31	33	91	3.13	3.89 (+19%)	1629.9
1971	LAN	NL	6	5	55	0	0	0	22	81.1	55	17	24	66	1.88	3.47 (+46%)	2307.0
1972	LAN	NL	8	7	51	0	0	0	17	78.1	41	11	25	69	1.26	3.26 (+61%)	1187.8
1973	LAN	NL	6	8	56	0	0	0	20	71.2	58	24	25	56	3.01	3.75 (+20%)	446.3
1974	LAN	NL	4	4	24	0	0	0	0	39.1	29	11	10	26	2.52	3.63 (+31%)	-43.4
1975	LAN	NL	3	1	21	0	0	0	2	33.0	44	19	12	21	5.18	3.71 (-40%)	354.4
1975	CAL	AL	1	0	21	0	0	0	5	34.2	38	7	11	22	1.82	3.71 (+51%)	603.1
1976	CAL	AL	3	1	13	0	0	0	2	20.0	20	6	6	16	2.70	3.51 (+23%)	794.0
Career · 18 seasons			69	65	584	35	1	1	132	1,040.2	898	355	360	810	3.07	—	10,481

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jim Brewer — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
586	140	2	21	2	0	0	9	1	10	52	.150	.212	.164	.376	0

Career AVG .150 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 40.2% below league average.

Career OBP .212 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 33.3% below league average.

Career SLG .164 vs. league average .372 across their career seasons — 55.8% below league average.

Career OPS .376 vs. league average .690 across their career seasons — 45.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jim Brewer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1960	CHN	NL	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1961	CHN	NL	36	22	1	4	0	0	0	2	10	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
1962	CHN	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1963	CHN	NL	29	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1964	LAN	NL	34	22	0	6	0	3	0	1	10	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	LAN	NL	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	LAN	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	LAN	NL	30	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	8	.045	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	LAN	NL	54	9	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	LAN	NL	59	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	LAN	NL	58	12	0	1	0	1	1	1	6	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	LAN	NL	55	9	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	LAN	NL	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	LAN	NL	56	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	LAN	NL	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	LAN	NL	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	CAL	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	CAL	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			586	140	2	21	2	9	1	10	52	.150	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jim Brewer — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jim Brewer — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1974	WS	LAN	1	.000
1966	WS	LAN	1	.000
1965	WS	LAN	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jim Brewer — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	3	0	0	3.1	3	1	0	3	2.70

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jim Brewer — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	SO	ERA
1974	WS	LAN	1	0.1	0	0	1	0.00
1966	WS	LAN	1	1.0	0	0	1	0.00
1965	WS	LAN	1	2.0	3	1	1	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jim Brewer — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	266	53	1	11	0	4	.208
Away	320	87	1	10	0	5	.115

Pitching — Home / Away

Jim Brewer — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	265	475.0	402	164	156	353	3.11
Away	319	565.1	496	191	204	457	3.04

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jim Brewer — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1976-05-24	LAA	CHW	L	1.1	4	4	4	2	0
1976-05-20	LAA	TEX	SV	2.0	1	0	0	0	3
1976-05-15	LAA	MIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
1976-05-12	LAA	TEX	—	1.1	0	0	0	1	2
1976-05-11	LAA	OAK	—	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
1976-05-08	LAA	CLE	W	1.2	1	0	0	0	1
1976-05-06	LAA	NYY	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
1976-05-02	LAA	CLE	W	4.1	5	1	1	2	5
1976-04-23	LAA	MIL	—	0.2	1	1	0	0	1
1976-04-16	LAA	DET	W	3.2	3	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jim Brewer — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	584	35	30	150	10	10

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jim Brewer — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1960	CHN	P	5	4	2	5	1	0
1961	CHN	P	36	11	4	8	1	0
1962	CHN	P	6	1	1	1	0	1
1963	CHN	P	29	1	2	3	1	0
1964	LAN	P	34	5	3	11	0	0
1965	LAN	P	19	2	1	11	0	1
1966	LAN	P	13	0	1	5	0	1
1967	LAN	P	30	11	1	14	0	0
1968	LAN	P	54	0	4	11	1	1
1969	LAN	P	59	0	6	13	1	1
1970	LAN	P	58	0	0	14	1	0
1971	LAN	P	55	0	2	15	2	1
1972	LAN	P	51	0	1	11	1	1
1973	LAN	P	56	0	0	12	1	1
1974	LAN	P	24	0	0	4	0	0
1975	LAN	P	21	0	0	7	0	1
1975	CAL	P	21	0	0	3	0	1
1976	CAL	P	13	0	2	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Jim Brewer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	584

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Jim Brewer: the record in brief

According to the bio, Jim Brewer debuted on July 17, 1960 and played a final game on May 24, 1976. By club, Brewer's seasons break down as the Chicago Cubs (1960 to 1963), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964 through 1975), and the California Angels (1975 through 1976). Brewer, a pitcher by primary position, threw and hit left-handed. Height and weight on file: 186 pounds on a 6-foot-1 frame. The birth record reads November 14, 1937, in Merced, CA, USA. The bio records the death on November 16, 1987, in Tyler, TX, USA. Brewer's full given name, per the bio, is James Thomas Brewer.

Brewer's career pitching line is 69 wins, 65 losses and a 3.07 ERA over 584 appearances. The same table counts 810 strikeouts and 132 saves. That 3.07 ERA compares with a 3.58 league average across the same seasons, 14.3% better. No season topped the 8 wins of 1968. Brewer struck out 92 batters in 1969, a career high. Brewer saved 24 games in 1970, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jim Brewer

What years did Jim Brewer play?: Jim Brewer played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1976.
Was Jim Brewer a pitcher?: Yes. Jim Brewer pitched in the major leagues, recording 69 wins and 810 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jim Brewer hit?: Jim Brewer hit 0 career home runs with 21 hits.
What teams did Jim Brewer play for?: Jim Brewer played for 3 teams: the Chicago Cubs (1960–1963), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–1975), and the California Angels (1975–1976).
Did Jim Brewer win a Cy Young Award?: No. Jim Brewer did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Jim Brewer win?: Jim Brewer was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Jim Brewer's career stats?: In 584 games, Jim Brewer went 69-65 with a 3.07 ERA, 810 strikeouts, 1,040.2 innings pitched, and 132 saves.
What position did Jim Brewer play?: Jim Brewer played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jim Brewer and how much did he weigh?: Jim Brewer was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 186 pounds.
What was Jim Brewer's career ERA?: Jim Brewer finished with a 3.07 career ERA, going 69-65 with 810 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jim Brewer have?: Jim Brewer recorded 810 career strikeouts.
Is Jim Brewer in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jim Brewer has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Jim Brewer make?: Jim Brewer was selected to 1 All-Star Game.