Brandon Backe vs. Harry Keener — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Keener
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Keener 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 5.88 and 1.615 for Harry Keener. 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 Harry Keener

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.87
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.23
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.88
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
9.83
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
11.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.44
11.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2332
39.95
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
41.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.36
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
8.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
37.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.06
41.06

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Keener

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Keener

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
16
184.62
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
588.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.764
0.764
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.764
0.764
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
184.62
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.07
68.62
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.8
78.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
208.86
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
230.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
174.68
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
196.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.719
0.719
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
0.68
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.686
0.686
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
6
69.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
60.76
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
129.11
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.07
72.42
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.52
86.79
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100