Brandon Backe vs. Johnny Kucks — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johnny Kucks
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Johnny Kucks a clear advantage over Brandon Backe across the core pitching metrics. Johnny Kucks led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 73), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 81). Brandon Backe held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 64). Johnny Kucks was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Johnny Kucks

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.09
49.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.42
59.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.29
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
4.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2815
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
938.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
9.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.87
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
2.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
3.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4030
38.65
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.37
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
4.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3683
35.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.65
38.65

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Johnny Kucks

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.99
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2813
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937.2
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
2.43
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
2.29
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.47
94.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.42
59.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Johnny Kucks

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
363.16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
342
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
510.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
32
56.14
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
47.37
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6.32
11.08
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
37
64.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
91.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
21
36.84
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.53
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
47.37
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-1.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
33.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
166.67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
13
49.37
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
54.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA