Brandon Backe vs. Harry Gardner — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Gardner
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Gardner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Gardner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.46 and WHIP 1.488 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Harry Gardner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Gardner

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
8.93
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.08
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
5.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2332
39.95
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
40.18
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.36
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.488
1.488
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
35.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Gardner

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1576
27
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525.1
9
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Gardner

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
128.57
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
35.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
128.57
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
34.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA