How Brandon Backe's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Brandon Backe posted a career Component ERA of 5.49, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2007, posting 4.26, near the starting pitcher average of 4.5 that year. The highest point came in 2009 at 10.5, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.28 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.26 in 2007 to 6.67 in 2008 and 10.5 in 2009. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Component ERA profile — ranging from 4.26 to 10.5 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Brandon Backe Lifetime Component ERA

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Brandon Backe
Component ERA
Career5.49
Season Avg.5.49
162 Game Avg.5.49
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Brandon Backe Component ERA Per Season

Brandon Backe's Component ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Brandon Backe Component ERA per season line chart

Brandon Backe Component ERA by Team

Brandon Backe's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brandon Backe career Component ERA by team bar chart

Brandon Backe Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brandon Backe's career Component ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Brandon Backe Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Brandon Backe Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brandon Backe's seasonal Component ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Brandon Backe Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brandon Backe Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brandon Backe's MLB career with Component ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Brandon Backe Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table