Brandon Backe vs. Jack Horner — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Horner
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Horner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brandon Backe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.23 and WHIP 1.563 compared to 9 and 2.000 for Jack Horner. By the career numbers, Brandon Backe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Jack Horner

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.23
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
9.83
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.08
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2332
39.95
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.36
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
38.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Jack Horner

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Horner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Jack Horner

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
44.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
208.86
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
83.54
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
59.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Jack Horner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jack Horner
Career
Per 600 PA