Brandon Backe vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hoffer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Hoffer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Bill Hoffer

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Bill Hoffer

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Bill Hoffer

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
79.61
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
125.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100