Jackson Kowar or Kyle Backhus
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Kyle Backhus RP - PHI  | Jackson Kowar RP - BAL  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 10 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 1 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 9.2 | ‐ |
| Wins | 0 | ‐ |
| Losses | 0 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 11 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 5 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 10 | ‐ |
| Walks | 1 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.66 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.24 | ‐ |
| Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | Jackson Kowar RP - BAL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 45 | 26 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 42.4 | 27.3 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 7 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 41 | 27 |
| Earned Runs | 23 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 41 | 26 |
| Walks | 17 | 13 |
| ERA | 4.79 | 5.64 |
| WHIP | 1.36 | 1.47 |
| Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | Jackson Kowar RP - BAL | |
| News | ||
| The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th | |
| The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th | Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th | |
| The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th | |
| Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd | ||
| The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | Jackson Kowar RP - BAL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TEX | Jacob Latz (1-1) | #109 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #66 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #86 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #257 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #250 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 | @ CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 | @ CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #202 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #98 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #120 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #290 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CHC | Riley Martin | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #94 | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #200 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #96 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #138 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #106 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #78 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #42 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #143 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #100 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #98 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #178 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #70 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #322 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #70 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #315 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #190 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #184 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #177 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 | @ WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #216 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #61 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #90 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #69 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #149 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #137 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #90 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #219 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | vs TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #131 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #100 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #88 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #162 | @ BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #179 | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #131 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #144 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CWS | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TOR | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ TOR | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ TOR | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs SEA | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIL | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIL | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIL | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs MIA | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs MIA | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs NYM | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ LAD | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs NYM | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs NYM | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ WSH | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ WSH | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ WSH | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ NYM | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ NYM | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ NYM | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs PIT | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs PIT | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs PIT | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ KC | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ KC | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ CIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ CIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ CIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ DET | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ DET | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ DET | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ HOU | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs NYM | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs NYM | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs LAD | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs LAD | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs LAD | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ MIA | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIA | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIA | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs TOR | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs TOR | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs TOR | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ TB | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ MIN | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ MIN | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs MIA | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs NYY | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SEA | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SEA | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ STL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ LAA | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ LAA | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ LAA | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs BOS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ATL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ATL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ATL | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ATL | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ ATL | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ ATL | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ ATL | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ NYM | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ NYM | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ NYM | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | vs TOR | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIL | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIL | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TB | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TB | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TB | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ WSH | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs PIT | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs WSH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SEA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ NYM | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIL | |||||
