Brandon Backe vs. Pud Galvin — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pud Galvin
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBuffalo BisonsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Pud Galvin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pud Galvin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Pud Galvin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Pud Galvin

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
1.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
1.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
0.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
0.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.07
54.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.59
97.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
0.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1903
2.85
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18010
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6003.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6405
9.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.6
9.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
1.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1807
2.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25415
38.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3352
5.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24609
36.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Pud Galvin

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
1.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19008
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6336
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
0.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1419
2.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1978
2.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
2.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.352
2.352
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Pud Galvin

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
731
157.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2788
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2748
591.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
552
118.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
92.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
18.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
6.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
26.47
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154.09
33.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
716
154.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
592
127.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
59.83
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
47.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
493
106.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148.41
31.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
8.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
631
135.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100