Get Keypad sketch working?

I can read the output from the keypad and have it stored as an integer and then mapped it to the 0-255 range if an analogOutput, why won't the 0-9 of the keypad be consistent with the brightness of the LED?

#include <Keypad.h>

const byte numRows= 4; //number of rows on the keypad
const byte numCols= 4; //number of columns on the keypad
int button = 1;
//keymap defines the key pressed according to the row and columns just as appears on the keypad
char keymap[numRows][numCols]= 
{
{'1', '2', '3', 'A'}, 
{'4', '5', '6', 'B'}, 
{'7', '8', '9', 'C'},
{'*', '0', '#', 'D'}
};

//Code that shows the the keypad connections to the arduino terminals
byte rowPins[numRows] = {9,8,7,6}; //Rows 0 to 3
byte colPins[numCols]= {5,4,3,2}; //Columns 0 to 3

//initializes an instance of the Keypad class
Keypad myKeypad= Keypad(makeKeymap(keymap), rowPins, colPins, numRows, numCols);

void setup()
{
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
}


//If key is pressed, this key is stored in 'keypressed' variable
//If key is not equal to 'NO_KEY', then this key is printed out
//if count=17, then count is reset back to 0 (this means no key is pressed during the whole keypad scan process
void loop()
{
char keypressed = myKeypad.getKey();
if (keypressed != NO_KEY)
{
Serial.print(keypressed);
button = keypressed;
button = map(button, 0, 9, 255, 0);
  analogWrite(13, button);
}
}

Is myKeypad.getKey() returning a value between 0 - 9 or 48 - 56? In the serial it shows 0 - 9, but in reality it is just showing the character '0' - '9' and if you look at an Ascii table, those characters correspond to 48(0) - 56(9)