Brandon Backe vs. Sterling Hitchcock — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sterling Hitchcock
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Sterling Hitchcock a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Sterling Hitchcock led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 81), and strikeout rate (K%+ 113 vs 95). Sterling Hitchcock was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Sterling Hitchcock

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.33
49.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.17
71.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3857
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1285.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1374
9.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
3.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
6.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5635
39.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
5.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.34
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.435
1.435
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5031
35.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Sterling Hitchcock

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3857
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1285.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.17
71.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Sterling Hitchcock

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
702.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
525
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1.44
3.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
26
65
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
14
35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.33
-20.83
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
112
280
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
2.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0