Brandon Backe vs. Fergie Jenkins — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fergie Jenkins
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Fergie Jenkins a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Fergie Jenkins led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 95), and run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 81). Brandon Backe held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 73 vs 65). Fergie Jenkins was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Fergie Jenkins

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
1.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
0.57
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.69
55.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
0.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1669
3.34
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13502
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4142
8.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
0.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
1.99
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3192
6.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.931
0.931
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18400
36.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
3.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.26
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17082
34.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.79
36.79

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Fergie Jenkins

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
1.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13501
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.1
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
1.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
2.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.43
95.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.541
1.541
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Fergie Jenkins

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
665
395.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1010
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
896
532.28
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.503
0.503
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148
87.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
60.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
16.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
7.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
27.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.04
29.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
134.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
112.28
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
32.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
50.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
74.85
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.27
22.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
24.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
326
193.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
39.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0