Brandon Backe vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Salisbury as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Salisbury posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.55 and WHIP 1.099 compared to 5.23 and 1.563 for Brandon Backe. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Salisbury

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
6.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2048
35.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Salisbury

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Harry Salisbury

Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
581.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
48
182.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA