Varney Anderson vs. Brandon Backe — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Varney Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brandon Backe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.23 and WHIP 1.563 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Brandon Backe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Brandon Backe

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
9.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.08
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2332
39.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Brandon Backe

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Brandon Backe

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.752
0.752
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.07
68.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
203.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
174.68
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.731
0.731
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.675
0.675
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
22
83.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
16
60.76
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.07
72.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.72
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
10
37.97
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100