Jim Brewer

Seasons 1973-74–1981-82 · 9 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1951

2× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Brew, Papa
Position	PF
Number	#52 (also #42, #40, #8)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-9
Weight	210 lb
Born	1951-12-03
College	Minnesota
Drafted	1973 · Round 1, Pick 2 · Cleveland Cavaliers
Seasons	1973-74–1981-82 (9)

5.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.5 APG · 703 games · .448 FG% · .077 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1973-74	CLE	22	82	22.7	.383	—	.650	6.4	1.8	0.6	0.4	6.1	10.9	.415
1974-75	CLE	23	82	24.3	.455	—	.648	6.2	1.6	0.9	0.5	8.4	14.6	.483
1975-76	CLE	24	82	35.5	.458	—	.654	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	11.5	14.9	.485
1976-77	CLE	25	81	33.0	.451	—	.545	9.4	2.4	1.2	1.0	8.5	12.7	.469
1977-78	CLE	26	80	22.5	.449	—	.460	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	5.0	10.5	.456
1978-79	2TM	27	80	20.1	.442	—	.413	5.9	1.1	0.8	0.8	3.9	9.9	.444
	CLE	27	55	23.7	.440	—	.479	6.7	1.3	0.9	1.0	4.6	10.1	.448
	DET	27	25	12.4	.450	—	.200	4.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.3	9.2	.428
1979-80	POR	28	67	15.2	.489	0.000	.483	3.8	1.1	0.6	0.6	2.9	11.3	.493
1980-81	LAL	29	78	14.2	.513	0.000	.375	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.8	10.6	.506
1981-82	LAL	30	71	13.6	.463	.167	.368	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.4	10.1	.464

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1973-74	CLE	82	—	1,862	210	548	.383	—	—	80	123	524	149	46	35	—	500
1974-75	CLE	82	—	1,991	291	639	.455	—	—	103	159	509	128	77	43	—	685
1975-76	CLE	82	82	2,913	400	874	.458	—	—	140	214	891	209	94	89	—	940
1976-77	CLE	81	78	2,672	296	657	.451	—	—	97	178	762	195	94	82	—	689
1977-78	CLE	80	—	1,798	175	390	.449	—	—	46	100	495	98	60	48	103	396
1978-79	2TM	80	—	1,611	141	319	.442	—	—	26	63	475	87	61	66	97	308
	CLE	55	—	1,301	114	259	.440	—	—	23	48	370	74	48	56	78	251
	DET	25	—	310	27	60	.450	—	—	3	15	105	13	13	10	19	57
1979-80	POR	67	—	1,016	90	184	.489	0	5	14	29	257	75	42	43	47	194
1980-81	LAL	78	—	1,107	101	197	.513	0	2	15	40	281	55	43	58	48	217
1981-82	LAL	71	9	966	81	175	.463	1	6	7	19	264	42	39	46	37	170
Career		703	—	—	1,785	3,983	.448	1	13	528	925	4458	1038	556	510	332	4,099

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1973-74	CLE	82	22.7	4.1	10.6	.383	—	—	1.5	2.4	10.1	2.9	0.9	0.7	—	9.7
1974-75	CLE	82	24.3	5.3	11.6	.455	—	—	1.9	2.9	9.2	2.3	1.4	0.8	—	12.4
1975-76	CLE	82	35.5	4.9	10.8	.458	—	—	1.7	2.6	11.0	2.6	1.2	1.1	—	11.6
1976-77	CLE	81	33.0	4.0	8.9	.451	—	—	1.3	2.4	10.3	2.6	1.3	1.1	—	9.3
1977-78	CLE	80	22.5	3.5	7.8	.449	—	—	0.9	2.0	9.9	2.0	1.2	1.0	2.1	7.9
1978-79	2TM	80	20.1	3.2	7.1	.442	—	—	0.6	1.4	10.6	1.9	1.4	1.5	2.2	6.9
	CLE	55	23.7	3.2	7.2	.440	—	—	0.6	1.3	10.2	2.0	1.3	1.5	2.2	6.9
	DET	25	12.4	3.1	7.0	.450	—	—	0.3	1.7	12.2	1.5	1.5	1.2	2.2	6.6
1979-80	POR	67	15.2	3.2	6.5	.489	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	9.1	2.7	1.5	1.5	1.7	6.9
1980-81	LAL	78	14.2	3.3	6.4	.513	0.0	0.1	0.5	1.3	9.1	1.8	1.4	1.9	1.6	7.1
1981-82	LAL	71	13.6	3.0	6.5	.463	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.7	9.8	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.4	6.3

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1973-74	CLE	82	1,862	10.9	.415	—	-0.3	1.5	1.3	.032	-1.9	-0.5	-2.3	-0.1
1974-75	CLE	82	1,991	14.6	.483	—	2.0	2.4	4.4	.107	+0.8	+0.2	+0.9	+1.5
1975-76	CLE	82	2,913	14.9	.485	—	3.4	4.5	7.9	.130	+1.0	+0.9	+1.9	+2.8
1976-77	CLE	81	2,672	12.7	.469	—	2.0	3.9	5.8	.105	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+2.2
1977-78	CLE	80	1,798	10.5	.456	11.9	0.2	2.5	2.6	.070	-1.6	+0.8	-0.8	+0.6
1978-79	2TM	80	1,611	9.9	.444	10.9	-0.5	1.8	1.3	.038	-2.1	+0.6	-1.5	+0.2
	CLE	55	1,301	10.1	.448	10.9	-0.3	1.3	1.0	.038	-1.9	+0.6	-1.2	+0.3
	DET	25	310	9.2	.428	10.5	-0.2	0.4	0.3	.040	-2.8	+0.4	-2.4	+0.0
1979-80	POR	67	1,016	11.3	.493	9.8	0.5	1.5	2.0	.096	-1.2	+1.9	+0.7	+0.7
1980-81	LAL	78	1,107	10.6	.506	9.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	.097	-1.6	+1.1	-0.5	+0.4
1981-82	LAL	71	966	10.1	.464	9.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	.088	-1.8	+1.0	-0.8	+0.3
Career		703	—	—	—	—	—	—	29.3	—	—	—	—	+8.6

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1975-76	13	37.6	8.8	10.8	2.8	1.0	0.9	.436	—	.467
1976-77	3	37.7	7.7	12.0	1.7	1.3	1.3	.407	—	.419
1977-78	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.000	—	0.000
1979-80	3	22.3	7.0	5.3	1.0	1.7	0.7	1.000	—	.928
1980-81	3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
1981-82	8	7.1	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	.500	—	.500
Career	31	23.9	5.3	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.8	.469	—	.486

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	359	6.1	6.3	1.6	239–120
Away	352	5.8	5.9	1.2	137–215
In wins	376	6.1	6.3	1.4	376–0
In losses	335	5.7	5.9	1.4	0–335

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	38	7.6	6.6	1.6	21–17
BOS Boston Celtics	32	5.7	6.3	1.7	14–18
BKN Brooklyn Nets	19	6.5	6.0	1.8	14–5
CHI Chicago Bulls	34	6.4	6.0	1.6	13–21
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	6	2.0	2.8	0.8	6–0
DAL Dallas Mavericks	9	2.9	3.7	0.8	9–0
DEN Denver Nuggets	27	3.7	5.0	1.0	15–12
DET Detroit Pistons	30	5.7	6.7	1.5	16–14
GSW Golden State Warriors	40	5.0	6.0	1.1	20–20
HOU Houston Rockets	44	5.6	5.1	1.0	24–20
IND Indiana Pacers	14	3.9	5.6	0.9	9–5
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	19	3.5	4.0	0.8	14–5
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	30	7.3	8.3	1.7	16–14
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	33	7.0	6.7	1.8	15–18
NYK New York Knicks	33	4.8	6.7	1.2	14–19
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	32	6.2	5.9	1.5	17–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	38	5.9	5.5	1.3	15–23
POR Portland Trail Blazers	32	5.7	5.8	1.4	18–14
SAC Sacramento Kings	38	6.3	6.3	1.6	21–17
SAS San Antonio Spurs	22	4.0	5.2	1.0	8–14
UTA Utah Jazz	42	7.2	8.1	1.3	29–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Jim Brewer plays PF for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jim Brewer has averaged 5.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.5 APG over 9 seasons (1973-74–1981-82).

Jim Brewer is 6-9 (210 lb).

Jim Brewer was drafted in 1973, round 1, pick 2, by the Cleveland Cavaliers.