Brandon Backe vs. Fred Green — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Green
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Green as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Green posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.574 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Fred Green had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Fred Green

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
5.56
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
142.1
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
8.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
4.87
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.984
0.984
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
39.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
35.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Fred Green

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
5.56
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
142.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.29
94.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Fred Green

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
2933.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.19
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.07
68.62
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
85.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
208.86
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
300
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.731
0.731
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
0.68
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
83.54
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
60.76
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1.38
1.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA