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Brandon Backe
Brandon Allen Backe

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 182 lb.

Debut July 19, 2002

Born April 5, 1978 in Galveston, TX

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2002 24 TBD AL   0   0   9   0   0   0   4  0   13.0   15   10   10   3    7    6   2   0    61   0   0  6.92  4.42   64 1.692
 2003 25 TBD AL   1   1  28   0   0   0   8  0   44.7   40   28   27   6   25   36   2   3   192   1   0  5.44  4.39   81 1.455
 2004 26 HOU NL   5   3  33   9   0   0   8  0   67.0   75   33   32  10   27   54   1   1   293   4   0  4.30  4.36  101 1.522
 2005 27 HOU NL  10   8  26  25   1   1   0  0  149.3  151   82   79  19   67   97   4   5   653   1   2  4.76  4.23   89 1.460
 2006 28 HOU NL   3   2   8   8   0   0   0  0   43.0   43   18   18   4   18   19   3   2   189   0   0  3.77  4.45  118 1.419
 2007 29 HOU NL   3   1   5   5   0   0   0  0   28.7   27   13   12   4   11   11   2   0   123   0   0  3.77  4.39  117 1.326
 2008 30 HOU NL   6  10  21  21   0   0   0  0  118.3  132   65   63  23   50   91   3   1   527   1   0  4.79  4.24   89 1.538
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .528  28  25 130  68   1   1  20  0  464.0  483  249  241  69  205  314  17  12  2038   7   2  4.67  4.30   92 1.483
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   8  44  23   0   0   6  0  159.3  165   85   82  23   70  107   5   4   699   2   0  4.67  4.30   92 1.483
 Career High     10  10  33  25   1   1   8  0  149.3  151   82   79  23   67   97   4   5   653   4   2  3.77  4.45  118 1.419

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 25 TBD AL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 26 HOU NL  34   16    3    5   0  0   1    6   0  0   1   8  .313  .389  .500  126    8   3   0   0   1   0
 2005 27 HOU NL  28   45    5   10   2  2   0    6   1  0   3  12  .222  .271  .356   62   16   5   0   0   0   0
 2006 28 HOU NL   9   14    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .143  .200  .143   -9    2   0   0   0   0   1
 2007 29 HOU NL   7   10    5    4   1  0   1    1   0  0   1   3  .400  .455  .800  218    8   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 30 HOU NL  18   31    5   10   2  0   1    2   0  0   2  10  .323  .382  .484  128   15   3   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      106  116   19   31   5  2   3   15   1  0   8  39  .267  .325  .422   94   49  11   0   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        177   29   47   8  3   5   23   2  0  12  60  .267  .325  .422   94   75  17   0   0   3   2
 Career High     34   45    5   10   2  2   1    6   1  0   3  12                          16   5   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 25 TBD AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 2004 26 HOU NL   21   14    3   5.7   113| .313  .272| .389  .344| .500  .441| .889  .785| 126  .561   0.6   0.1   0%
 2005 27 HOU NL   53   40    5   3.3   109| .222  .270| .271  .340| .356  .430| .627  .770|  62  .337  -2.8  -0.3 100%
 2006 28 HOU NL   15   13    0   0.0   113| .143  .272| .200  .343| .143  .442| .343  .785|  -9  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 2007 29 HOU NL   11    6    4  17.9   110| .400  .271| .455  .341| .800  .434|1.255  .775| 218  .909   1.7   0.2   0%
 2008 30 HOU NL   37   24    6   6.7   106| .323  .264| .382  .336| .484  .423| .866  .759| 128  .641   1.3   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       137   97   18   5.0   109| .267  .269| .325  .340| .422  .431| .747  .771|  94  .504  -1.6  -0.1 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 24 TBD AL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.48 0.00 1.66 0 13.0 2003 25 TBD AL P 28 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.21 0.49 1.21 1.73 0 44.7 2004 26 HOU NL P 33 4 10 0 1 1.000 .966 0.42 0.47 1.88 1.84 9 67.0 2005 27 HOU NL P 26 8 19 0 1 1.000 .961 1.04 0.46 1.63 1.75 25 149.3 2006 28 HOU NL P 8 5 9 0 1 1.000 .959 1.75 0.42 2.93 1.72 8 43.0 2007 29 HOU NL P 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 .964 1.60 0.40 2.51 1.69 5 28.7 2008 30 HOU NL P 21 10 7 1 0 .944 .960 0.81 0.44 1.29 1.77 21 118.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 24 TBD AL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.48 0.00 1.66 0 13.0 2003 25 TBD AL P 28 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.21 0.49 1.21 1.73 0 44.7 2004 26 HOU NL P 33 4 10 0 1 1.000 .966 0.42 0.47 1.88 1.84 9 67.0 2005 27 HOU NL P 26 8 19 0 1 1.000 .961 1.04 0.46 1.63 1.75 25 149.3 2006 28 HOU NL P 8 5 9 0 1 1.000 .959 1.75 0.42 2.93 1.72 8 43.0 2007 29 HOU NL P 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 .964 1.60 0.40 2.51 1.69 5 28.7 2008 30 HOU NL P 21 10 7 1 0 .944 .960 0.81 0.44 1.29 1.77 21 118.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 130 32 54 1 5 .989 .961 0.66 0.46 1.67 1.76 68 464.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 130 32 54 1 5 .989 .961 0.66 0.46 1.67 1.76 68 464
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   1   1   3.00  1  0  0  0   6     5   2   2   5 
        NLCS  HOU STL     L   2   2   2.84  0  0  0  0  12.2   6   4   4  10 
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   2   1   8.44  0  0  0  0   5.1   6   5   3   3 
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   1   1   1.59  0  0  0  0   5.2   2   1   3   7 
        WS    HOU CHW     L   1   1   0.00  0  0  0  0   7     5   0   0   7 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   2   5.56  1  0  0  0  11.1  11   7   5   8 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   3   2.45  0  0  0  0  18.1   8   5   7  17 
  5 Postseason Ser      3-2   7   6   2.95  1  0  0  0  36.2  24  12  12  32 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
        NLCS  HOU STL     L   3   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
        WS    HOU CHW     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   7   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2   8  11   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   5  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
2005 NL-1-8

Home Runs Allow.
2008 NL-23-2

Losses
2008 NL-10-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2553) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 36th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1998.

December 14, 2003: Traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Houston Astros for Geoff Blum.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Houston Astros$350,000
2006Houston Astros$442,500
2007Houston Astros$545,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,337,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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