Brandon Backe vs. Gio Gonzalez — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gio Gonzalez
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Gio Gonzalez a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Gio Gonzalez led in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 113 vs 81), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 81). Gio Gonzalez was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Gio Gonzalez

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
1.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.47
56.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.35
95.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
795
3.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5799
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1744
8.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
3.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
8.66
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8242
38.37
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.28
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7271
33.85
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.37
38.37

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Gio Gonzalez

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
1.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5799
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
1.58
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
1.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.05
97.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.956
0.956
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.35
95.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Gio Gonzalez

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
344
434.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
475
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
410
517.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
46.74
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
34.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
8.84
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
12.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
8.1
10.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
53
66.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
63.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
16
20.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
21.47
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
30
37.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
-10.03
-12.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
9
11.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
190
240
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
63.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA