Brandon Backe vs. Steve Hargan — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Steve Hargan
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Steve Hargan a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Steve Hargan led in home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 73), walk avoidance (BB%+ 86 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 87 vs 81). Brandon Backe held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 80). Steve Hargan was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Steve Hargan

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
1.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.48
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.85
44.85
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.73
60.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
3.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4896
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1632
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1593
8.78
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
891
4.91
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6984
38.51
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
4.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6261
34.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Steve Hargan

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
1.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4896
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1632
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
2.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
2.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.71
93.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.136
1.136
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.73
60.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Steve Hargan

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
606.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
546.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
70.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
65.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.68
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.68
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.68
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.04
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
6.8
11.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
48
80.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
85.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
20
33.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
15.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
47.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.02
-3.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.68
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
114
191.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
3.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
38.66
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.72
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Steve Hargan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.36
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Steve Hargan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0