Harry Arundel vs. Brandon Backe — Career Comparison

Harry Arundel
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Arundel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Arundel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Harry Arundel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Arundel and Brandon Backe

Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
11.84
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
9.83
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.84
11.84
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
3.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
0.615
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
41.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2332
39.95
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
8.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.36
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
39.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.44
7.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.61
41.61
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Harry Arundel and Brandon Backe

Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.18
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.81
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
4.47
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.65
92.65
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Arundel and Brandon Backe

Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
16
147.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
544.62
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
101.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
101.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.01
27.81
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
101.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
17
156.92
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
8
73.85
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
9
83.08
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.74
34.48
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.97
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Arundel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Harry Arundel
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100