Brandon Backe vs. Mike Krukow — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Krukow
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mike Krukow a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Mike Krukow led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 103 vs 80), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 81), and strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 95). Mike Krukow was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Mike Krukow

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
1.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.48
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.45
51.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
949
3.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6572
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2190.2
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2188
8.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
3.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1478
6.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.19
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9393
38.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1069
4.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.41
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8410
34.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.59
38.59

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Mike Krukow

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
1.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.35
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6572
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2190.2
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.86
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
94.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.165
1.165
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Mike Krukow

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
271.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
819
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
722
528.94
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
101.83
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
82.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
16.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.66
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
19.78
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.84
27.72
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
128.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
117.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
32.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
39.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
68.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.35
25.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.93
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
12.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
142.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
51.28
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Mike Krukow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.66
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Krukow
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60