How Brandon Backe's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Brandon Backe posted a career WHIP of 1.55, above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest WHIP season came in 2007, posting 1.33, near the starting pitcher average of 1.41 that year. The highest point came in 2009 at 2.08, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.38 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.33 in 2007 to 1.67 in 2008 and 2.08 in 2009. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 8 seasons.
Brandon Backe Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Brandon Backe
| Brandon Backe
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.546 |
| Season Avg. | 1.546 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.546 |
| More Info | See More |
Brandon Backe WHIP Per Season
Brandon Backe's WHIP 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 WHIP by Team
Brandon Backe's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brandon Backe WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Brandon Backe's career WHIP 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 WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Brandon Backe's seasonal WHIP 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 WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Brandon Backe's MLB career with WHIP 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.
