Brandon Backe vs. Joe Gibbon — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Gibbon
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Joe Gibbon a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Joe Gibbon led in home run suppression (HR9+ 145 vs 73), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 81), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 81). Joe Gibbon was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Joe Gibbon

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
1.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.41
48.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.31
30.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.26
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3359
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1053
8.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
3.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
743
5.97
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.033
1.033
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4765
38.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.96
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
505
4.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4297
34.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.3
38.3

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Joe Gibbon

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
1.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3356
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118.2
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.04
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
2.51
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
2.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
93.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.697
0.697
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.31
30.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Joe Gibbon

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
424
839.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
303
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
520.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
75.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
67.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.94
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.92
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
7.23
14.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
43
85.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
95.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.84
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
33.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
6.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
10
19.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
99
196.04
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
57.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.96
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Gibbon
Career
Per 600 PA