Brandon Backe vs. Jim Konstanty — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Konstanty
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherMVPAll-Star

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Konstanty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Konstanty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.300 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Jim Konstanty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Jim Konstanty

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
4.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.34
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.67
51.67
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2837
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
945.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
957
9.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.11
9.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.84
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
2.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.568
0.568
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3931
37.41
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3657
34.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.41
37.41

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Jim Konstanty

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
20.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
192.2
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.85
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
8.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
11.96
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
11.49
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.09
96.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.568
0.568
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Jim Konstanty

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
433
1165.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
223
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
543.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
33
88.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
83.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
5.43
14.61
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
35
94.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
37
99.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.83
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
14
37.67
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
21
56.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
8.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
110.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.44
5.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
43.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Konstanty
Career
Per 600 PA