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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 TBD AL 24 P 9 0 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.66 0.48
2003 TBD AL 25 P 28 0 44.2 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.21 0.21 .950 1.73 0.49
2004 HOU NL 26 P 33 9 67.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.88 0.42 .964 1.84 0.47
2005 HOU NL 27 P 26 25 149.1 27 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.63 1.04 .959 1.75 0.46
2006 HOU NL 28 P 8 8 43.0 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.93 1.75 .957 1.72 0.42
2007 HOU NL 29 P 5 5 28.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.51 1.60 .962 1.70 0.40
2008 HOU NL 30 P 31 31 166.2 33 15 17 1 2 .970 1.73 1.03 .958 1.73 0.43
2009 HOU NL 31 P 5 1 13.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.40 .950 1.73 0.42
8 Seasons P 145 79 525.1 104 37 66 1 7 .990 1.76 0.71 .959 1.74 0.46
8 Seasons TOT 145 79 525.1 104 37 66 1 7 .990 1.76 0.71 .949 1.74 0.46

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2002 TBD AL 24 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TBD AL 25 29 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 HOU NL 26 34 9 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 HOU NL 27 28 22 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 HOU NL 28 9 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 HOU NL 29 7 5 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2008 HOU NL 30 32 28 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 HOU NL 31 5 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 153 73 109 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2002 TBD AL 24 63 76% 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TBD AL 25 200 69% 22% 5 80% 0 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2004 HOU NL 26 301 73% 28% 11 100% 0 4 0 3 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 100%
2005 HOU NL 27 670 75% 29% 25 84% 0 8 2 4 19 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 67%
2006 HOU NL 28 192 79% 27% 11 91% 0 5 0 3 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 75%
2007 HOU NL 29 124 81% 33% 6 100% 1 2 0 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
2008 HOU NL 30 768 73% 27% 21 76% 0 15 0 14 17 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 100%
2009 HOU NL 31 68 76% 26% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2386 74% 27% 82 85% 1 37 3 28 66 52 8 1 0 0 1 1 7 3 7 0 22 86%
MLB Averages 74% 31% 88% 81%

* 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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