Ian Anderson vs. Brandon Backe — Career Comparison

Ian Anderson
Gen ZNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Ian Anderson a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Ian Anderson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 81), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 81). Brandon Backe held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 80 vs 76). Ian Anderson was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ian Anderson and Brandon Backe

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
8.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.08
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
8.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1217
38.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1077
34.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Ian Anderson and Brandon Backe

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ian Anderson and Brandon Backe

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
863.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
541.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
3.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.13
-31.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
424.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.41
1.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100