Jim Brewer

Full Name: James Thomas Brewer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/186	First Game: July 17, 1960
Birthdate: November 14, 1937	Final Game: May 24, 1976
Birthplace: Merced, California	MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: November 16, 1987
Deathplace: Tyler, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on November 14, 1937 in Merced, California, Jim Brewer (James Thomas Brewer) played for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels over the course of his 17 year career. Brewer broke into the bigs on July 17, 1960 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 5.82 ERA in 86.2 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Jim Brewer's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 3.13 ERA, notched 24 saves and struck out 91 batters. However, others believe that it was 1972, when he posted a 1.26 ERA, notched 17 saves and struck out 69 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1960	CHI	N	5	4	0	3	5.82	7	14	14	0	0	0	21.2	25	2	6	2	0	1
1961	CHI	N	36	11	1	7	5.82	57	65	56	0	0	0	86.2	116	17	21	2	4	1
1962	CHI	N	6	1	0	1	9.53	1	6	6	0	0	0	5.2	10	2	3	0	0	0
1963	CHI	N	29	1	3	2	4.89	35	32	27	0	0	0	49.2	59	10	15	0	0	0
1964	LA	N	34	5	4	3	3.00	63	33	31	1	1	1	93	79	5	25	5	3	0
1965	LA	N	19	2	3	2	1.82	31	13	10	0	0	2	49.1	33	1	28	4	2	0
1966	LA	N	13	0	0	2	3.68	8	9	9	0	0	2	22	17	0	11	0	3	0
1967	LA	N	30	11	5	4	2.68	74	32	30	0	0	1	100.2	78	8	31	7	3	1
1968	LA	N	54	0	8	3	2.48	75	22	21	0	0	14	76.1	59	5	33	13	2	0
1969	LA	N	59	0	7	6	2.55	92	30	25	0	0	20	88.1	71	5	41	6	3	4
1970	LA	N	58	0	7	6	3.13	91	36	31	0	0	24	89	66	10	33	9	8	0
1971	LA	N	55	0	6	5	1.88	66	17	17	0	0	22	81.1	55	4	24	5	3	0
1972	LA	N	51	0	8	7	1.26	69	16	11	0	0	17	78.1	41	6	25	11	1	2
1973	LA	N	56	0	6	8	3.01	56	26	24	0	0	20	71.2	58	8	25	9	4	0
1974	LA	N	24	0	4	4	2.52	26	14	11	0	0	0	39.1	29	5	10	1	2	0
1975	LA	N	21	0	3	1	5.18	21	20	19	0	0	2	33	44	2	12	2	1	1
1975	CAL	A	21	0	1	0	1.82	22	9	7	0	0	5	34.2	38	2	11	1	2	0
1975	Total		42	0	4	1	3.46	43	29	26	0	0	7	67.2	82	4	23	3	3	1
1976	CAL	A	13	0	3	1	2.70	16	7	6	0	0	2	20	20	0	6	0	0	0
Total	NL		550	35	65	64	3.12	772	385	342	1	1	125	986	840	90	343	76	39	10
Total	AL		34	0	4	1	2.14	38	16	13	0	0	7	54.2	58	2	17	1	2	0
Total			584	35	69	65	3.07	810	401	355	1	1	132	1040.2	898	92	360	77	41	10

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1960	CHI	N	P	5	4	21.2	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.875
1961	CHI	N	P	36	11	86.2	4	8	1	0	1	3	4	0	.923
1962	CHI	N	P	6	1	5.2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1963	CHI	N	P	29	1	49.2	2	3	1	0	1	3	2	0	.833
1964	LA	N	P	34	5	93	3	11	0	0	0	4	3	0	1.000
1965	LA	N	P	19	2	49.1	1	11	0	1	0	4	1	2	1.000
1966	LA	N	P	13	0	22	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1967	LA	N	P	30	11	100.2	1	14	0	0	0	2	8	0	1.000
1968	LA	N	P	54	0	76	4	11	1	1	1	3	4	0	.938
1969	LA	N	P	59	0	88.1	6	13	1	1	1	7	3	1	.950
1970	LA	N	P	58	0	89	0	14	1	0	0	4	0	2	.933
1971	LA	N	P	55	0	81.1	2	15	2	1	0	8	2	0	.895
1972	LA	N	P	51	0	78.1	1	11	1	1	0	4	1	0	.923
1973	LA	N	P	56	0	71.2	0	12	1	1	1	5	0	0	.923
1974	LA	N	P	24	0	39.1	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
1975	LA	N	P	21	0	33	0	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.000
1975	CAL	A	P	21	0	34.2	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
1975	Total		P	42	0	67.2	0	10	0	2	2	3	0	0	1.000
1976	CAL	A	P	13	0	20	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.000
Total			P	584	35	1040.1	30	150	10	10	7	61	29	5	.947

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1960	CHI	N	6	6	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
1961	CHI	N	36	22	1	4	0	.182	.250	.182	0	2	10	0	1	0	0
1962	CHI	N	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	CHI	N	29	6	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	0	3	4	0	1	0	0
1964	LA	N	34	22	0	6	3	.273	.304	.273	0	1	10	0	0	0	0
1965	LA	N	20	10	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
1966	LA	N	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	LA	N	30	22	0	1	1	.045	.045	.091	1	0	8	0	1	0	1
1968	LA	N	54	9	0	2	2	.222	.222	.222	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1969	LA	N	59	11	0	1	0	.091	.167	.182	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
1970	LA	N	58	12	0	1	1	.083	.154	.083	0	1	6	0	1	1	0
1971	LA	N	55	9	0	3	1	.333	.333	.333	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1972	LA	N	51	1	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1973	LA	N	56	5	0	2	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
1974	LA	N	24	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1975	LA	N	21	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CAL	A	21	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	Total		42	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CAL	A	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		552	140	2	21	9	.150	.212	.164	2	10	52	1	7	1	1
Total	AL		34	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			586	140	2	21	9	.150	.212	.164	2	10	52	1	7	1	1

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (June 6, 1956).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Cuno Barragan to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Dick Scott (December 13, 1963).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to California Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (July 15, 1975); Los Angeles Dodgers received Dave Sells (July 22, 1975).

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