Brandon Backe vs. Yusei Kikuchi — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Yusei Kikuchi
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Yusei Kikuchi a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Yusei Kikuchi led in run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 81), strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 83 vs 73). Yusei Kikuchi was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Yusei Kikuchi

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.28
45.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.97
93.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
4.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2964
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
8.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.49
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
3.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
9.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4243
38.65
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
4.87
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.76
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3830
34.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.65
38.65

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Yusei Kikuchi

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2964
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.68
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
1.04
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.8
95.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.97
93.97
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Yusei Kikuchi

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
29850
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
505.06
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-45.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Yusei Kikuchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Yusei Kikuchi
Career
Per 600 PA