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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 24 TBD AL 0 0 6.92 9 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 15 10 10 3 7 0 6 2 0 0 61 64 1.692 10.4 2.1 4.8 4.2 0.86
2003 25 TBD AL 1 1 .500 5.44 28 0 8 0 0 0 44.2 40 28 27 6 25 1 36 2 0 3 192 81 1.455 8.1 1.2 5.0 7.3 1.44
2004 26 HOU NL 5 3 .625 4.30 33 9 8 0 0 0 67.0 75 33 32 10 27 4 54 1 0 1 293 101 1.522 10.1 1.3 3.6 7.3 2.00
2005 27 HOU NL 10 8 .556 4.76 26 25 0 1 1 0 149.1 151 82 79 19 67 1 97 4 2 5 653 89 1.460 9.1 1.1 4.0 5.8 1.45
2006 28 HOU NL 3 2 .600 3.77 8 8 0 0 0 0 43.0 43 18 18 4 18 0 19 3 0 2 189 118 1.419 9.0 0.8 3.8 4.0 1.06
2007 29 HOU NL 3 1 .750 3.77 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.2 27 13 12 4 11 0 11 2 0 0 123 118 1.326 8.5 1.3 3.5 3.5 1.00
2008 30 HOU NL 9 14 .391 6.05 31 31 0 0 0 0 166.2 202 114 112 36 77 2 127 4 0 2 756 70 1.674 10.9 1.9 4.2 6.9 1.65
2009 31 HOU NL 0 0 10.38 5 1 3 0 0 0 13.0 21 15 15 5 6 1 10 0 0 2 65 40 2.077 14.5 3.5 4.2 6.9 1.67
8 Seasons 31 29 .517 5.23 145 79 23 1 1 0 525.1 574 313 305 87 238 9 360 18 2 15 2332 82 1.546 9.8 1.5 4.1 6.2 1.51
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .517 5.23 44 24 7 0 0 0 159 174 95 93 26 72 3 109 5 1 5 708 82 1.546 9.8 1.5 4.1 6.2 1.51
HOU (6 yrs) 30 28 .517 5.16 108 79 11 1 1 0 467.2 519 275 268 78 206 8 318 14 2 12 2079 83 1.550 10.0 1.5 4.0 6.1 1.54
TBD (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 5.77 37 0 12 0 0 0 57.2 55 38 37 9 32 1 42 4 0 3 253 76 1.509 8.6 1.4 5.0 6.6 1.31
NL (6 yrs) 30 28 .517 5.16 108 79 11 1 1 0 467.2 519 275 268 78 206 8 318 14 2 12 2079 83 1.550 10.0 1.5 4.0 6.1 1.54
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 5.77 37 0 12 0 0 0 57.2 55 38 37 9 32 1 42 4 0 3 253 76 1.509 8.6 1.4 5.0 6.6 1.31

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2004 26 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 25 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 7.5 2.50
2004 26 HOU NL NLCS L STL 0 0 2.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 10 1 0 0 48 0.789 4.3 0.7 2.8 7.1 2.50
2005 27 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 8.44 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 5 5 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 25 1.688 10.1 1.7 5.1 5.1 1.00
2005 27 HOU NL NLCS W STL 0 0 1.59 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 2 1 1 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 21 0.882 3.2 0.0 4.8 11.1 2.33
2005 27 HOU NL WS L CHW 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 26 0.714 6.4 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 Seasons (5 Series) 1 0 1.000 2.95 7 6 0 0 0 0 36.2 24 12 12 3 12 1 32 3 0 1 145 0.982 5.9 0.7 2.9 7.9 2.67
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 5.56 3 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 11 7 7 2 5 1 8 2 0 1 50 1.412 8.7 1.6 4.0 6.4 1.60
2 NLCS 0 0 2.45 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 8 5 5 1 7 0 17 1 0 0 69 0.818 3.9 0.5 3.4 8.3 2.43
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 26 0.714 6.4 0.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 24 TBD AL 9 61 52 10 15 2 0 3 2 0 7 6 .288 .393 .500 .893 .279 26 1 2 0 0 0
2003 25 TBD AL 28 192 162 28 40 5 1 6 0 4 25 36 .247 .353 .401 .754 .281 65 5 2 2 1 1
2004 26 HOU NL 33 293 259 33 75 16 1 10 2 3 27 54 .290 .358 .475 .833 .332 123 7 1 5 1 4
2005 27 HOU NL 26 653 574 82 151 34 3 19 4 4 67 97 .263 .344 .432 .776 .288 248 13 4 7 1 1
2006 28 HOU NL 8 189 165 18 43 12 0 4 0 1 18 19 .261 .340 .406 .746 .271 67 3 3 1 2 0
2007 29 HOU NL 5 123 109 13 27 7 0 4 0 1 11 11 .248 .325 .422 .747 .242 46 1 2 0 1 0
2008 30 HOU NL 31 756 669 114 202 46 4 36 4 6 77 127 .302 .376 .544 .920 .327 364 17 4 4 2 2
2009 31 HOU NL 5 65 58 15 21 5 0 5 1 0 6 10 .362 .415 .707 1.122 .364 41 0 0 0 1 1
8 Seasons 145 2332 2048 313 574 127 9 87 13 19 238 360 .280 .359 .479 .837 .302 980 47 18 19 9 9
162 Game Avg. 44 708 622 95 174 39 3 26 4 6 72 109 .280 .359 .479 .837 .302 298 14 5 6 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 26 HOU NL 33 9 4 2 3 2 0 7 2 .778 1 1 0 0 3 33% 50 70 16 20 7 0 3 5.8 6.6 5.0 83 3 5 1 0 101
2005 27 HOU NL 26 25 10 8 7 2 0 14 10 .583 1 3 1 1 11 44% 48 83 11 22 9 1 8 4.9 4.8 5.9 91 3 15 7 0 114
2006 28 HOU NL 8 8 3 2 3 0 0 3 5 .375 0 2 0 0 4 50% 50 65 24 3 0 0 5 4.1 4.6 5.4 83 2 5 1 0 101
2007 29 HOU NL 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 .800 0 1 0 0 3 60% 50 64 36 1 0 0 3 6.5 7.3 5.7 91 0 5 0 0 97
2008 30 HOU NL 31 31 9 14 8 2 1 13 18 .419 4 1 0 0 11 35% 43 68 -8 28 5 0 14 4.3 4.7 5.4 90 5 16 10 0 119
2009 31 HOU NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 0 0 0 1 5.0 0.0 4.0 60 1 0 0 0 60
6 Seasons 108 79 29 27 23 6 1 42 36 .538 6 9 1 1 32 41% 47 83 -8 74 21 1 34 4.8 5.0 5.5 88 14 46 19 0 119
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 24 TBD AL 9 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 0.123 0 0 8 0 0 9 2 7 5 0 5 1 4.3 23
2003 25 TBD AL 28 28 8 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 26 3 12% 6 0.743 7 10 9 7 2 19 14 14 13 7 14 3 4.8 25
2004 26 HOU NL 33 24 8 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 14 2 14% 6 0.816 3 8 12 12 3 9 9 15 5 10 6 6 2.8 15
2005 27 HOU NL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.925 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 41
2009 31 HOU NL 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.345 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 6.8 43
5 Seasons 101 66 23 2 2 0 0 0 8 8 43 6 14% 0.804 10 18 34 19 5 42 25 41 27 17 29 10 4.1 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 24 TBD AL 61 44% 4.9% 9.8% 11.5% 8.2% 33% 0.39 0.43 70% 24% 12.5% 23% 14 1 7%
2003 25 TBD AL 192 35% 3.1% 18.8% 13.0% 6.3% 30% 0.51 0.74 63% 25% 8.2% 13% 45 5 11%
2004 26 HOU NL 293 39% 3.4% 18.4% 9.2% 9.2% 36% 0.69 1.07 67% 23% 9.3% 12% 61 7 11%
2005 27 HOU NL 653 47% 2.9% 14.9% 10.3% 8.6% 37% 0.71 0.93 70% 19% 7.7% 10% 126 13 10%
2006 28 HOU NL 189 50% 2.1% 10.1% 9.5% 8.5% 37% 0.57 0.79 76% 19% 4.8% 9% 41 3 7%
2007 29 HOU NL 123 44% 3.3% 8.9% 8.9% 8.9% 41% 0.73 0.72 77% 10% 8.7% 18% 22 1 5%
2008 30 HOU NL 756 47% 4.8% 16.8% 10.2% 11.4% 43% 0.63 0.88 67% 18% 12.7% 14% 137 17 12%
2009 31 HOU NL 65 46% 7.7% 15.4% 9.2% 15.4% 48% 0.58 0.53 68% 10% 20.0% 19% 11 0 0%
8 Seasons 2332 45% 3.7% 15.4% 10.2% 9.6% 39% 0.64 0.86 69% 19% 9.8% 13% 457 47 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 24 TBD AL 61 207 3.39 121 58% 21% 10% 31% 38% 79% 0% 46% 88% 48% 7% 4 3 10% 6 3 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0
2003 25 TBD AL 192 709 3.69 424 60% 30% 17% 23% 30% 70% 1% 42% 76% 52% 7% 13 6 17% 32 24 3 25% 11 6 0 0 0
2004 26 HOU NL 293 1099 3.75 680 62% 27% 16% 25% 31% 73% 4% 45% 78% 58% 8% 22 14 24% 69 43 8 24% 15 4 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL 653 2315 3.55 1437 62% 27% 16% 24% 34% 73% 0% 45% 79% 62% 6% 38 21 21% 137 88 7 26% 24 16 0 0 0
2006 28 HOU NL 189 665 3.52 403 61% 31% 12% 21% 37% 69% 0% 42% 83% 60% 4% 8 3 23% 44 22 3 21% 3 5 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 123 454 3.69 270 59% 28% 9% 26% 37% 72% 0% 43% 87% 58% 8% 10 6 22% 27 16 2 36% 2 4 0 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL 756 2781 3.68 1762 63% 27% 16% 25% 31% 73% 0% 46% 77% 61% 5% 37 22 25% 191 111 13 20% 30 13 0 0 0
2009 31 HOU NL 65 232 3.57 137 59% 28% 12% 24% 36% 72% 4% 43% 83% 57% 9% 6 2 18% 12 5 0 40% 2 3 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2332 8462 3.63 5234 62% 28% 15% 24% 33% 72% 1% 45% 79% 59% 6% 138 77 22% 518 312 37 24% 88 52 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 24 TBD AL 61 15 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 29 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 TBD AL 192 40 4 0 6 0 11 4 2 3 3 10 3 4 30% 1 3 1 73 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2004 26 HOU NL 293 75 4 0 10 0 4 6 4 4 6 10 5 3 50% 1 1 1 118 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0
2005 27 HOU NL 653 151 19 4 19 0 9 11 8 9 10 24 10 6 42% 5 5 0 256 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
2006 28 HOU NL 189 43 4 1 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 12 6 1 50% 1 2 0 79 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2007 29 HOU NL 123 27 4 1 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 4 0 100% 0 0 0 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 30 HOU NL 756 202 12 1 36 3 14 20 16 15 21 28 12 5 43% 4 2 1 275 4 6 40% 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
2009 31 HOU NL 65 21 3 0 5 0 4 3 2 0 5 3 2 0 67% 0 2 0 20 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 2332 574 51 7 87 4 49 54 33 36 51 94 44 19 47% 13 15 3 898 13 19 41% 10 17 3 2 0 0 6 1 30 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 24 0 0 6.92 9 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 15 10 10 3 7 0 6 2 0 0 61 64 1.692 10.4 2.1 4.8 4.2 0.86 64
2003 25 1 1 .500 5.77 37 0 12 0 0 0 57.2 55 38 37 9 32 1 42 4 0 3 253 76 1.509 8.6 1.4 5.0 6.6 1.31 76
2004 26 6 4 .600 4.98 70 9 20 0 0 0 124.2 130 71 69 19 59 5 96 5 0 4 546 88 1.516 9.4 1.4 4.3 6.9 1.63 88
2005 27 16 12 .571 4.86 96 34 20 1 1 0 274.0 281 153 148 38 126 6 193 9 2 9 1199 88 1.485 9.2 1.2 4.1 6.3 1.53 88
2006 28 19 14 .576 4.71 104 42 20 1 1 0 317.0 324 171 166 42 144 6 212 12 2 11 1388 92 1.476 9.2 1.2 4.1 6.0 1.47 92
2007 29 22 15 .595 4.63 109 47 20 1 1 0 345.2 351 184 178 46 155 6 223 14 2 11 1511 93 1.464 9.1 1.2 4.0 5.8 1.44 93
2008 30 31 29 .517 5.09 140 78 20 1 1 0 512.1 553 298 290 82 232 8 350 18 2 13 2267 84 1.532 9.7 1.4 4.1 6.1 1.51 84
2009 31 31 29 .517 5.23 145 79 23 1 1 0 525.1 574 313 305 87 238 9 360 18 2 15 2332 82 1.546 9.8 1.5 4.1 6.2 1.51 82

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 24 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 15 11 10 3 7 6 2 1.833 11.3 5.3 4.5 0.86 2.3 9
2003 25 1 3 .250 5.79 42.0 40 30 27 6 25 34 2 1.548 8.6 5.4 7.3 1.36 1.3 28
2004 26 3 4 .429 4.22 64.0 73 33 30 10 26 52 1 1.547 10.3 3.7 7.3 2.00 1.4 33
2005 27 6 9 .400 4.97 143.0 152 88 79 19 67 93 4 1.531 9.6 4.2 5.9 1.39 1.2 26
2006 28 2 2 .500 3.64 42.0 42 19 17 4 18 19 3 1.429 9.0 3.9 4.1 1.06 0.9 8
2007 29 2 1 .667 3.54 28.0 26 12 11 4 11 11 2 1.321 8.4 3.5 3.5 1.00 1.3 5
2008 30 5 12 .294 6.36 157.0 203 123 111 36 77 120 4 1.783 11.6 4.4 6.9 1.56 2.1 31
2009 31 0 1 .000 10.38 13.0 21 17 15 5 6 10 0 2.077 14.5 4.2 6.9 1.67 3.5 5
8 Seasons 19 33 .365 5.39 501.0 572 333 300 87 237 345 18 1.615 10.3 6.2 1.46 1.6 145

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2005 NL--1--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 NL--36--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL--77--9th

Losses s c a p y
2008 NL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2008 NL--112--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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