Jose Alvarez vs. Brandon Backe — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Alvarez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Alvarez led in run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 81), strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 73). Brandon Backe held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 80 vs 76). Role difference aside, Jose Alvarez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Brandon Backe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Brandon Backe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.04
99.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Brandon Backe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
505.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
40.93
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.44
57.76
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100