Brandon Backe vs. Joe Horlen — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Horlen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Joe Horlen a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Joe Horlen led in home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 73), walk avoidance (BB%+ 112 vs 80), and run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 81). Brandon Backe held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 80). Joe Horlen was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Joe Horlen

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.79
49.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
3.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6006
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1829
8.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
2.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065
4.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.809
0.809
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8234
37.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7606
34.19
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Joe Horlen

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6001
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2000.1
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
2.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
2.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.32
97.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.607
1.607
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Joe Horlen

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
356.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
618
534.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
71.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
67.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
12.24
10.58
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
76.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
88.18
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
25.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
22.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
47.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-0.65
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
15.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
109.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
46.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50