Brandon Backe vs. Fred Goldsmith — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Goldsmith
Pre-GenerationalConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Goldsmith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Goldsmith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.73 and WHIP 1.153 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Fred Goldsmith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Fred Goldsmith

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.22
62.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.88
97.88
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4829
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.96
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
2.42
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6765
37.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
4.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.153
1.153
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6593
36.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.82
37.82

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Fred Goldsmith

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5856
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1952
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.89
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
1.68
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
2.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
2.58
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.8
86.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Fred Goldsmith

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
219
149.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
881
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
855
582.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.553
0.553
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
131.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
100.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
22.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
6.81
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
31.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63.62
43.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
173.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
219
149.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.547
0.547
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
22
83.54
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
87.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
51.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
200
136.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68.32
46.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
17.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
85.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Fred Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fred Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA