Brandon Backe
Brandon Allen Backe
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: April 5, 1978 in Galveston, TX
High School: Ball (Galveston, CA)
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
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Standard Batting

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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
2003 25 TBD AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 26 HOU NL 34 21 16 3 5 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 8 .313 .389 .500 .889 126 8 0 1 3 0 0 1
2005 27 HOU NL 25 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 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 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 29 56 47 8 13 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 18 .277 .333 .447 .780 105 21 0 1 5 0 0 1
2009 31 HOU NL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Seasons 109 158 133 22 34 5 2 4 16 1 0 10 48 .256 .317 .414 .731 90 55 1 2 13 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 235 198 33 51 7 3 6 24 1 0 15 71 .256 .317 .414 .731 90 82 1 3 19 0 0
HOU (6 yrs) 108 158 133 21 34 5 2 4 16 1 0 10 48 .256 .317 .414 .731 90 55 1 2 13 0 0
TBD (2 yrs) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 108 158 133 21 34 5 2 4 16 1 0 10 48 .256 .317 .414 .731 90 55 1 2 13 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 5.7 113 .571 .313 .272 .389 .344 .500 .441 .889 .785 126 .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 .337 -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 4.8 106 .407 .277 .265 .333 .336 .447 .423 .780 .759 105 .492 0.2 0.0 .735 .234 .170 .0
2009 31 HOU NL 2 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .265 .500 .338 .000 .420 .500 .758 48 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
8 Seasons 158 113 19 4.5 109 .370 .256 .269 .317 .340 .414 .430 .731 .770 90 .459 -2.7 -0.2 .680 .241 .158 1.6
162 Game Avg. 235 168 28 4.5 109 .370 .256 .269 .317 .340 .414 .430 .731 .770 90 .459 -2.7 -0.2 .680 .241 .158 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 26 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2004 26 HOU NL NLCS STL L 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL NLCS STL W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL WS CHW L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (5 Series) 8 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLDS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 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% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 26 HOU NL 0 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2005 27 HOU NL 2 0 39% 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 4 4 0 1 0 1 3 1 2
2006 28 HOU NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 0 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2008 30 HOU NL 0 0 40% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2009 31 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2 0 43% 63 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 35% 9 9 0 2 1 1 6 1 5
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.45 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% 4 2 50% 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 1 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% 3 2 67% 0
2009 31 HOU NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 158 27% 34 7 2 4 0 0 0 1.61 4 0 6 3 1 4 0 0 16 13 81% 20 1 5% 26 5 19% 99 13 13% 6 1 17% 9 5 56% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons 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 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 26 35 21 16 4 5 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 8 .313 .389 .500 .889 126 8 0 1 3 0 0
2005 27 60 74 61 9 15 2 2 1 12 1 0 4 20 .246 .303 .393 .696 80 24 0 1 8 0 0
2006 28 69 89 75 9 17 2 2 1 12 1 0 5 26 .227 .284 .347 .631 63 26 1 1 8 0 0
2007 29 76 100 85 14 21 3 2 2 13 1 0 6 29 .247 .304 .400 .704 81 34 1 1 8 0 0
2008 30 105 156 132 22 34 5 2 4 16 1 0 9 47 .258 .315 .417 .731 89 55 1 2 13 0 0
2009 31 109 158 133 22 34 5 2 4 16 1 0 10 48 .256 .317 .414 .731 90 55 1 2 13 0 0

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 18 16 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 1 8 .313 .389 .500 .889 3 34
2005 27 25 49 46 5 11 2 2 0 6 1 3 12 .239 .286 .370 .655 5 25
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 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 .400 .455 .800 1.255 4 7
2008 30 29 51 47 7 13 2 0 2 3 0 3 18 .277 .333 .447 .780 7 29
2009 31 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 4
6 Seasons 108 146 134 20 33 5 2 4 15 1 10 48 .246 .308 .403 .711 19 108
162 Game Avg. 162 219 201 30 50 8 3 6 23 2 15 72 .246 .308 .403 .711 29 108

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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