Rudy Arias vs. Brandon Backe — Career Comparison

Rudy Arias
Silent GenerationCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Arias as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy Arias posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.727 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Rudy Arias had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Arias and Brandon Backe

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
9.83
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.08
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
5.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.091
1.091
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
40.91
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2332
39.95
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
36.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Rudy Arias and Brandon Backe

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.04
99.04
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Arias and Brandon Backe

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
5100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.42
-63.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100