Brandon Backe vs. Johnny Gorsica — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johnny Gorsica
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Johnny Gorsica posted a stronger line than Brandon Backe. Johnny Gorsica posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.18 vs 5.23) and WHIP (1.416 vs 1.563). By the career numbers, Johnny Gorsica had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Johnny Gorsica

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.29
44.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.37
31.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
4.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2171
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
9.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
3.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3136
39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.99
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
4.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2872
35.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Johnny Gorsica

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1576
27
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525.1
9
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.412
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Johnny Gorsica

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
541.77
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
549.37
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.568
0.568
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
113.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
86.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.66
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.85
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
15.04
38.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
159.49
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
146.84
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
58.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
14
35.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
91.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
15.18
38.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
106.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.64
5.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Johnny Gorsica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.72
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johnny Gorsica
Career
Per 600 PA