Brandon Backe vs. Elmer Knetzer — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Elmer Knetzer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Elmer Knetzer posted a stronger line than Brandon Backe. Elmer Knetzer posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.15 vs 5.23) and WHIP (1.334 vs 1.563). By the career numbers, Elmer Knetzer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Elmer Knetzer

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.91
60.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
3.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3802
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1267.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1206
8.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
3.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5210
37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.42
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
4.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4712
33.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Elmer Knetzer

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
11.72
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
19.76
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
23.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
21.94
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.93
94.93
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.873
1.873
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Elmer Knetzer

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
303.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
386
529.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
57.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
52.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.75
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
10.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
65.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
82.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
31.58
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
13.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.17
-4.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
16.48
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
151
207.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100