Brandon Backe vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Thornton Lee posted a stronger line than Brandon Backe. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 5.23) and WHIP (1.358 vs 1.563). By the career numbers, Thornton Lee 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 Thornton Lee

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Thornton Lee

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1576
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Thornton Lee

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA