Brandon Backe vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Darold Knowles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darold Knowles led in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 81), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 73), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 90 vs 80). Brandon Backe held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 67). Role difference aside, Darold Knowles holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Darold Knowles

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Darold Knowles

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Darold Knowles

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA