Brandon Backe vs. Matt Herges — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Herges
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Herges as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Herges led in home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 73), walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 81). Brandon Backe held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 78). Role difference aside, Matt Herges holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Matt Herges

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.56
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.13
55.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
3.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
9.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
6.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.056
1.056
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3023
39.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.58
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.81
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2668
34.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.37
39.37

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Matt Herges

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.56
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Matt Herges

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
567
8723.08
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
553.85
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
16.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
10.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
338.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.77
1.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA