Brandon Backe vs. Jay Hughes — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jay Hughes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Hughes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.02 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Jay Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Jay Hughes

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.48
67.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3264
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1088
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
8.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
3.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4539
37.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4111
34.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Jay Hughes

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
1.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3576
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1192
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.19
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.647
2.647
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Jay Hughes

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
149
177.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
452
538.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.627
0.627
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
117.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
83.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
20.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
34.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44.14
52.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
170.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
166.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.527
0.527
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
79.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
16
60.76
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
65.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
141.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.8
55.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
10
37.97
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
11
13.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100