Brandon Backe vs. Lee Guetterman — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Guetterman
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Guetterman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Guetterman led in home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 73), walk avoidance (BB%+ 123 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 81). Brandon Backe held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 55). Role difference aside, Lee Guetterman holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Lee Guetterman

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
5.81
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.35
51.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
4.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1975
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
658.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
9.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
3.92
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836
38.77
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
4.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.36
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.81
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2545
34.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Lee Guetterman

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
5.81
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1975
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
658.1
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.19
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.02
93.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Lee Guetterman

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
63750
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
66.97
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
208.86
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.731
0.731
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
60.76
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
61.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Lee Guetterman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Guetterman
Career
Per 600 PA