Brandon Backe

Brandon Allen Backe

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

Born: April 5, 1978 in Galveston, TX
High School: Ball HS (Galveston, TX)
School: Galveston College (Galveston, TX)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 2002
Teams (by GP): Astros/DevilRays 2002-2009

Final Game: June 18, 2009
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1998	20	TBD-min	Rk,A-	38	135	118	17	29	7	1	0	8	1	1	14	38	.246	.333	.322	.655		38	1	2	0	1	0		PRI,HDV · APPY,NYPL
1999	21	TBD-min	A,A+	125	486	404	64	89	17	3	10	51	3	8	56	115	.220	.325	.351	.676		142	12	9	12	5	1		CHS,SPT · SALL,FLOR
2000	22	TBD-min	A+,AA	116	436	384	39	95	25	6	1	34	3	8	33	100	.247	.319	.352	.671		135	8	10	4	5	2		SPT,ORL · FLOR,SOUL
2001	23	TBD-min	AA,A,A+	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ORL,CHS,BAK · SOUL,SALL,CALL
2002	24	TBD-min	AA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ORL · SOUL
2002	24	TBD	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2003	25	TBD-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DHM · IL
2003	25	TBD	AL	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	26	HOU-min	AAA	19	10	9	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.444	.667		4	0	0	1	0	0		NOR · PCL
2004	26	HOU	NL	34	21	16	3	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	8	.313	.389	.500	.889	127	8	0	1	3	0	0	1
2005	27	HOU-min	AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CPC · TL
2005	27	HOU	NL	28	53	45	5	10	2	2	0	6	1	0	3	12	.222	.271	.356	.626	62	16	0	0	5	0	0	1
2006	28	HOU-min	AAA	4	7	5	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	.600	.714	1.000	1.714		5	0	0	0	0	0		RRK · PCL
2006	28	HOU	NL	9	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.143	.200	.143	.343	-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	/1
2007	29	HOU-min	AAA,AA	6	9	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.429	.500	.929		3	0	1	2	0	0		RRK,CPC · PCL,TL
2007	29	HOU	NL	7	11	10	5	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.400	.455	.800	1.255	216	8	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2008	30	HOU	NL	32	56	47	8	13	2	0	2	3	0	0	3	18	.277	.333	.447	.780	106	21	0	1	5	0	0	1
2009	31	HOU-min	AA,AAA	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	0	0	0	0		CPC,RRK · TL,PCL
2009	31	HOU	NL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Yrs				153	158	133	22	34	5	2	4	16	1	0	10	48	.256	.317	.414	.731	90	55	1	2	13	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	167	141	23	36	5	2	4	17	1	0	11	51	.256	.317	.414	.731	90	58	1	2	14	0	0

HOU (6 yrs)				115	158	133	21	34	5	2	4	16	1	0	10	48	.256	.317	.414	.731	90	55	1	2	13	0	0
TBD (2 yrs)				38	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				115	158	133	21	34	5	2	4	16	1	0	10	48	.256	.317	.414	.731	90	55	1	2	13	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				38	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2002	24	TBD	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2003	25	TBD	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2004	26	HOU	NL	34	21	1	0	0	0	3	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.512	.502	0.4	0.0	5	$	1
2005	27	HOU	NL	28	53	-2	0	0	0	7	6	0.6	1	7	0.6	.521	.504	0.6	0.0	7	$350,000	1
2006	28	HOU	NL	9	15	-2	-0	-0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$442,500	/1
2007	29	HOU	NL	7	11	2	0	0	0	2	4	0.3	0	4	0.3	.550	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$545,000	/1
2008	30	HOU	NL	32	56	0	0	0	0	8	8	0.8	2	9	0.8	.525	.505	0.8	0.0	9	$800,000	1
2009	31	HOU	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,550,000	/1
8 Seasons				153	158	-1	1	-0	0	23	22	2.1	4	26	2.1	.514	.502	2.1	0.0	26	$3,687,500

HOU (6 yrs)				115	158	-1	1	-0	0	23	22	2.1	4	26	2.1	.519	.502	2.1	0.0	26	$3,687,500
TBD (2 yrs)				38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2004	26	HOU	NL	21	14	3	5.7	112	.571	.313	.271	.389	.343	.500	.439	.889	.781	127	.561	0.6	0.1	.909	.250	.188	.0
2005	27	HOU	NL	53	40	5	3.3	109	.303	.222	.270	.271	.340	.356	.430	.626	.770	62	.336	-2.8	-0.3	.571	.222	.133	.0
2006	28	HOU	NL	15	13	0	0.0	113	.250	.143	.272	.200	.343	.143	.442	.343	.785	-9	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.231	.071	.000
2007	29	HOU	NL	11	6	4	17.9	111	.500	.400	.273	.455	.342	.800	.436	1.255	.778	216	.909	1.7	0.2	1.500	.500	.400	.0
2008	30	HOU	NL	56	39	7	4.8	105	.407	.277	.264	.333	.335	.447	.421	.780	.756	106	.492	0.3	0.0	.735	.234	.170	.0
2009	31	HOU	NL	2	1	0	0.0	105		.000	.263	.500	.336	.000	.418	.500	.754	49	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
8 Yrs				158	113	19	4.5	109	.370	.256	.268	.317	.339	.414	.429	.731	.768	90	.459	-2.6	-0.3	.680	.241	.158	1.6
162 Game Avg.				167	120	20	4.5	109	.370	.256	.268	.317	.339	.414	.429	.731	.768	90	.459	-2.6	-0.3	.680	.241	.158	2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH
2004	26	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	2	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2004	26	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	L	3	5	5	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	W	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	WS	CHW	L	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (5 Series)							8	12	11	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2 NLDS							3	3	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2 NLCS							4	7	7	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2004	26	HOU	NL	21	4.8%	38.1%	4.8%	4.8%	20%	8.00	2.0	16.0	2.7	1.67	5.00	33%	9%	33.3%	0%
2005	27	HOU	NL	53	0.0%	22.6%	5.7%	7.6%	40%	4.00	3.8		7.5	1.06	1.89	62%	18%	0.0%	0%
2006	28	HOU	NL	15	0.0%	40.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.3			1.33	1.00	53%	13%	0.0%	0%
2007	29	HOU	NL	11	9.1%	27.3%	9.1%	18.2%	50%	3.00	3.3	10.0	10.0	0.40	0.50	55%	0%	25.0%	20%
2008	30	HOU	NL	56	3.6%	32.1%	5.4%	7.1%	31%	6.00	2.6	23.5	15.7	1.25	3.20	48%	12%	18.2%	8%
2009	31	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0					0%
8 Yrs				158	2.5%	30.4%	6.3%	7.0%	32%	4.80	2.8	33.3	8.3	1.10	2.10	51%	13%	10.8%	5%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.0%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.5	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	24	TBD	AL	0.0	0.0
2003	25	TBD	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2004	26	HOU	NL	0.6	0.1	22	0.3	0.6	-0.3	1.05	0.1	0.1	2.9	0.3	1.10	1.4	0.43	1
2005	27	HOU	NL	-2.8	-0.3	54	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.96	-0.2	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.93	-2.2	2.32	2
2006	28	HOU	NL	-2.4	-0.2	15	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.85	-0.1	0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.86	-1.6		0
2007	29	HOU	NL	1.7	0.2	11	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.72	0.3	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.88	2.7		0
2008	30	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	57	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	1.02	-0.2	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.97	-2.0	1.35	1
2009	31	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.20	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.50	0.1	0.37	0
8 Yrs				-2.7	-0.3	161	0.1	2.6	-2.5	.96	-0.1	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.95	-1.6	1.60	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	26	HOU	NL	0	33%	9	0		0	1	33%	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
2005	27	HOU	NL	2	39%	20	1	100%	1	1	38%	4	4	1	0	1	3	1	2
2006	28	HOU	NL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	29	HOU	NL	0	100%	6	0		0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2008	30	HOU	NL	0	40%	21	0		0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
2009	31	HOU	NL	0	0%	2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				2	43%	63	1	100%	1	4	35%	9	9	2	1	1	6	1	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2004	26	HOU	NL	21	5%	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.43	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	19	5	26%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	53	32%	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.32	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	5	0	0%	9	2	22%	32	6	19%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
2006	28	HOU	NL	15	13%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	29	HOU	NL	11	18%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	30	HOU	NL	56	34%	13	4	2	1	0	0	0	1.35	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	7	5	71%	9	0	0%	10	2	20%	35	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				158	27%	34	7	2	4	0	0	0	1.60	4	0	6	3	1	4	0	0	16	13	81%	20	1	5%	26	5	19%	99	13	13%	6	1	17%	4	4	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2004	26	HOU	NL	21	76	3.62	56	74%	27%	30%	23%	20%	73%	0%	54%	59%	52%	5%	1	0	5%	1	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	53	208	3.92	138	66%	25%	17%	31%	28%	75%	0%	50%	78%	40%	2%	1	0	9%	5	2	4%	2	2	17%	0	0	0
2006	28	HOU	NL	15	69	4.60	42	61%	38%	19%	24%	19%	62%	0%	38%	69%	27%	7%	1	0	20%	3	0	20%	3	2	33%	0	0	0
2007	29	HOU	NL	11	45	4.09	28	62%	36%	7%	32%	25%	64%	0%	40%	89%	27%	18%	2	0	18%	2	0	9%	1	1	67%	0	0	0
2008	30	HOU	NL	56	228	4.07	142	62%	35%	20%	20%	24%	65%	0%	40%	68%	30%	2%	1	0	13%	7	2	11%	6	1	33%	0	0	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	2	10	5.00	4	40%	75%	25%	0%	0%	25%	0%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				158	636	4.03	410	64%	31%	20%	25%	24%	69%	0%	44%	72%	35%	4%	6	0	11%	18	4	8%	13	6	31%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
2004	26	72	21	16	4	5	0	0	1	6	0	1	8	.313	.389	.500	.889	127	8	0	1	3
2005	27	100	74	61	9	15	2	2	1	12	1	4	20	.246	.303	.393	.696	80	24	0	1	8
2006	28	109	89	75	9	17	2	2	1	12	1	5	26	.227	.284	.347	.631	63	26	1	1	8
2007	29	116	100	85	14	21	3	2	2	13	1	6	29	.247	.304	.400	.704	81	34	1	1	8
2008	30	148	156	132	22	34	5	2	4	16	1	9	47	.258	.315	.417	.731	90	55	1	2	13
2009	31	153	158	133	22	34	5	2	4	16	1	10	48	.256	.317	.414	.731	90	55	1	2	13

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	26	34	21	16	3	5	0	0	1	6	0	1	8	.313	.389	.500	.889	3	34
2005	27	28	53	45	5	10	2	2	0	6	1	3	12	.222	.271	.356	.626	4	28
2006	28	9	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	9
2007	29	7	11	10	4	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	.400	.455	.800	1.255	3	7
2008	30	32	56	47	8	13	2	0	2	3	0	3	18	.277	.333	.447	.780	7	32
2009	31	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	5
6 Yrs		115	158	133	20	32	5	2	4	16	1	10	48	.241	.303	.398	.702	17	115
162 Game Avg.		162	223	187	28	45	7	3	6	23	1	14	68	.241	.303	.398	.702	24	115

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