Brandon Backe vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Smith led in home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 73), strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 81). Role difference aside, Lee Smith holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Lee Smith

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Lee Smith

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.78
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.6
97.6
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Lee Smith

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA