Brandon Backe vs. Trader Horne — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Trader Horne
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Trader Horne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Trader Horne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.09 and WHIP 1.957 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Trader Horne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Trader Horne

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
9.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.08
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
8.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.174
1.174
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2332
39.95
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
43.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.36
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
7.83
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.957
1.957
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
35.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.43
43.43

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Trader Horne

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1576
27
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525.1
9
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.727
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Trader Horne

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
1100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
505.06
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.764
0.764
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.07
68.62
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
73.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
174.68
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.731
0.731
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
83.54
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.07
72.42
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
96.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Trader Horne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Trader Horne
Career
Per 600 PA