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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 Pitching

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 66 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 2 189 119 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 0 123 119 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 41 2.077 14.5 3.5 4.2 6.9 1.67
8 Yrs 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 77 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 77 1.509 8.6 1.4 5.0 6.6 1.31

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2002 24 TBD AL 13.0 9 0 10 6.92 4.96 -0.05 -0.38 102.6 4.75 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .466 .498 $
2003 25 TBD AL 44.2 28 0 28 5.64 5.04 0.13 -0.38 98.7 4.48 -6 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .480 .497 $
2004 26 HOU NL 67.0 33 9 33 4.43 4.77 0.20 0.01 100.0 4.57 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.5 8 .502 .500 $
2005 27 HOU NL 149.1 26 25 82 4.94 4.66 0.32 0.16 99.7 4.49 -8 -0.8 .0 -0.1 0.2 7 .470 .495 $350,000
2006 28 HOU NL 43.0 8 8 18 3.77 4.80 0.30 0.19 95.3 4.46 3 0.3 -0.0 0.6 8 .544 .502 $442,500
2007 29 HOU NL 28.2 5 5 13 4.08 4.77 -0.35 0.19 99.6 5.29 4 0.4 -0.0 0.6 7 .584 .503 $545,000
2008 30 HOU NL 166.2 31 31 114 6.16 4.67 0.09 0.19 98.3 4.70 -26 -2.4 -0.1 -1.3 -11 .421 .485 $800,000
2009 31 HOU NL 13.0 5 1 15 10.38 4.42 -0.01 -0.17 102.6 4.37 -9 -0.8 .2 0.2 -0.5 -7 .345 .495 $1,550,000
8 Seasons 525.1 145 79 313 5.36 4.73 0.16 0.09 99.0 4.61 -43 -4.0 .8 -0.2 -0.2 9 .472 .497 $3,687,500
HOU (6 yrs) 467.2 108 79 275 5.29 4.69 0.17 0.14 98.9 4.62 -34 -3.1 .7 -0.1 0.1 11 .471 .497 $3,687,500
TBD (2 yrs) 57.2 37 0 38 5.93 5.02 0.09 -0.38 99.6 4.54 -9 -0.9 .8 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .477 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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*

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 ROE
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 1
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 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 1
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 5
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 1
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 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 4
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 0
8 Yrs 145 2332 2048 313 574 127 9 87 13 19 238 360 .280 .359 .479 .837 .302 980 47 18 19 9 9 13
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 4
MLB Averages .265 .333 .422 .755 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2002 24 TBD AL -3.1 -0.3 63 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .12 -0.5 -0.0 -3.4 -0.3 0.12 -4.0 0 0 7
2003 25 TBD AL -4.5 -0.4 200 0.5 2.7 -2.1 .73 0.1 0.7 2.2 0.2 0.73 2.1 7 9 10
2004 26 HOU NL 1.4 0.1 301 0.1 4.4 -4.3 .81 -0.2 0.3 2.7 0.3 0.81 -1.6 3 7 12
2005 27 HOU NL -7.1 -0.7 670 -0.6 10.7 -11.3 .92 -0.6 0.0 -2.7 -0.3 0.92 -5.9 0 0 1
2006 28 HOU NL 4.2 0.4 192 0.3 3.8 -3.5 1.12 0.2 0.1 4.0 0.4 1.12 2.4 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 2.3 0.2 124 0.1 2.0 -1.8 .88 -0.2 0.3 2.0 0.2 0.89 -2.7 0 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL -31.0 -2.9 768 -2.8 12.0 -14.8 .91 -3.3 0.3 -33.3 -3.1 0.91 -34.8 0 0 0
2009 31 HOU NL -8.5 -0.8 68 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .32 -0.9 0.0 -8.2 -0.8 0.32 -9.1 0 0 4
8 Yrs -46.4 -4.3 2386 -2.6 36.0 -38.7 .87 -5.5 2.5 -36.8 -3.4 0.87 -53.7 10 16 34

Starting Pitching*

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% 49.9 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 2 3 1 1 11 44% 47.8 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% 49.5 65 24 3 0 0 5 4.1 4.6 5.4 84 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% 49.6 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% 43.0 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% 41.0 41 41 0 0 0 1 5.0 0.0 4.0 60 1 0 0 0 60
6 Yrs 108 79 29 27 23 6 1 42 36 .538 7 9 1 1 32 41% 46 83 -8 74 21 1 34 4.8 5.0 5.5 89 14 46 19 0 119
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .122 0 0 7 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 .730 7 9 10 7 2 19 14 14 13 7 14 3 4.8 26
2004 26 HOU NL 33 24 8 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 14 2 14% 6 .811 3 7 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 .924 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 .322 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 6.8 43
5 Yrs 101 66 23 2 2 0 0 0 8 8 43 6 14% .799 10 16 34 19 5 42 25 41 27 17 29 10 4.1 23

Ratio Pitching*

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 56% 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 65% 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 61% 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 53% 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 56% 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 53% 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 54% 7.7% 15.4% 9.2% 15.4% 48% 0.58 0.53 68% 10% 20.0% 19% 11 0 0%
8 Yrs 2332 55% 3.7% 15.4% 10.2% 9.6% 39% 0.64 0.86 69% 19% 9.8% 13% 457 47 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.0% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.8% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 195 720 3.69 429 60% 31% 17% 22% 30% 69% 1% 41% 76% 51% 7% 13 6 16% 32 24 3 25% 11 6 -3 0 0
2004 26 HOU NL 294 1102 3.75 682 62% 27% 16% 25% 31% 73% 4% 45% 77% 58% 7% 22 14 24% 70 43 8 24% 15 4 -1 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 190 668 3.52 405 61% 31% 12% 21% 37% 69% 0% 42% 83% 59% 4% 8 3 23% 44 22 3 21% 3 5 -1 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 124 457 3.69 272 60% 28% 10% 26% 36% 72% 0% 43% 87% 58% 8% 10 6 22% 27 16 2 36% 2 4 -1 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL 758 2787 3.68 1765 63% 27% 16% 25% 31% 73% 0% 46% 77% 61% 5% 37 22 25% 192 111 13 20% 30 13 -2 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 Yrs 2340 8488 3.63 5248 62% 28% 15% 24% 33% 72% 1% 45% 79% 59% 6% 138 77 22% 520 312 37 24% 88 52 -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 22% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 1 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 1 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 0 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 Yrs 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 3 1 30 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

Cumulative Pitching

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 66 1.692 10.4 2.1 4.8 4.2 0.86 66
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 77 1.509 8.6 1.4 5.0 6.6 1.31 77
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 89 1.485 9.2 1.2 4.1 6.3 1.53 89
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 94 1.464 9.1 1.2 4.0 5.8 1.44 94
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 4.36 64.0 74 34 31 10 27 51 1 1.578 10.4 3.8 7.2 1.89 1.4 33
2005 27 6 9 .400 4.94 144.0 151 88 79 19 67 93 4 1.514 9.4 4.2 5.8 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 3.86 28.0 26 13 12 4 11 11 2 1.321 8.4 3.5 3.5 1.00 1.3 5
2008 30 5 12 .294 6.32 158.0 201 123 111 36 77 120 4 1.759 11.4 4.4 6.8 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 Yrs 19 33 .365 5.40 503.0 570 335 302 87 238 344 18 1.606 10.2 6.2 1.45 1.6 145

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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