Brandon Backe vs. Ken Johnson — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Ken Johnson a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Ken Johnson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 139 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 100 vs 81), and home run suppression (HR9+ 91 vs 73). Brandon Backe held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 83). Ken Johnson was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Ken Johnson

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.47
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.19
46.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
8.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
5.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
34.93
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Ken Johnson

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.29
96.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Ken Johnson

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
338.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
539.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
61.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
49.49
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11.18
11.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
75.76
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
24.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
45.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.43
-7.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
250
252.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
45.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA