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Kyle Backhus

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Team: Philadelphia Phillies (minors, 40-man)

Born: January 31, 1998 in New Waverly, TX us

School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2025 season

2026 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2026): 0.113 • Arb Eligible: 2029 • Free Agent: 2032

Full Name: Kyle Jordan Backhus

Pronunciation: \BACK-us\

Instagram: @kylebackhus

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

0.0

-0.1

ERA

5.87

5.09

15.1

40.2

WHIP

1.565

1.475

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2017	19	-1.9	Sam Houston State	SLC	NCAA		4	4	.500	4.19	4.81	28	6		0	0	2	58.0	56	31	27	3	28	1	64	12	0	3	262	1.448	8.7	0.5	4.3	9.9	2.29
2018	20	-1.1	Sam Houston State	SLC	NCAA		3	1	.750	5.60	6.62	13	3		0	0	0	17.2	11	13	11	1	23	0	20	5	0	5	90	1.925	5.6	0.5	11.7	10.2	0.87
2018	20	0.2	Victoria	TXCL	Smr		0	2	.000	5.91	9.00	9	8	1	0	0	0	32.0	24	32	21	3	41	0	43	8	1	6	166	2.031	6.8	0.8	11.5	12.1	1.05
2019	21	-0.2	Sam Houston State	SLC	NCAA		0	1	.000	10.57	11.15	14	1		0	0	1	15.1	22	19	18	3	13	0	12	2	0	4	82	2.283	12.9	1.8	7.6	7.0	0.92
2020	22	1.0	Sam Houston State	SLC	NCAA		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0		0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	9	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.0
2021	23	1.5	Sam Houston State	SLC	NCAA		4	2	.667	3.49	4.45	13	12		2	0	0	56.2	41	28	22	3	26	0	60	10	0	3	248	1.182	6.5	0.5	4.1	9.5	2.31
2021	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	ARI	2	0	1.000	4.50	5.88	7	7	0	0	0	0	26.0	25	17	13	1	9	0	24	1	0	2	114	1.308	8.7	0.3	3.1	8.3	2.67
2021	23	-0.2	Hillsboro	HAW	A+	ARI	0	0		5.79	5.79	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	10	6	6	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	41	1.286	9.6	0.0	1.9	8.7	4.50
2021	23	1.1	Visalia	LAW	A	ARI	2	0	1.000	3.78	5.94	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.2	15	11	7	1	7	0	15	1	0	2	73	1.320	8.1	0.5	3.8	8.1	2.14
2022	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	ARI	3	5	.375	3.27	3.96	40	0	18	0	0	6	52.1	45	23	19	1	26	1	78	5	0	1	226	1.357	7.7	0.2	4.5	13.4	3.00
2022	24	-0.5	Amarillo	TL	AA	ARI	2	2	.500	4.05	5.40	11	0	6	0	0	3	13.1	9	8	6	0	8	0	17	3	0	1	60	1.275	6.1	0.0	5.4	11.5	2.13
2022	24	0.8	Hillsboro	NORW	A+	ARI	1	3	.250	3.00	3.46	29	0	12	0	0	3	39.0	36	15	13	1	18	1	61	2	0	0	166	1.385	8.3	0.2	4.2	14.1	3.39
2022	24	0.8	Salt River	AZFL	Fal		0	0		2.08	2.08	4	0	2	0	0	1	4.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.385	6.2	0.0	6.2	10.4	1.67
2023	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	ARI	5	5	.500	3.67	3.93	51	0	27	0	0	10	68.2	67	30	28	7	32	0	76	2	1	1	303	1.442	8.8	0.9	4.2	10.0	2.38
2023	25	-2.3	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	1	.000	3.29	3.29	11	0	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	5	5	1	6	0	12	0	0	0	57	1.244	7.2	0.7	4.0	7.9	2.00
2023	25	0.4	Amarillo	TL	AA	ARI	5	4	.556	3.76	4.09	40	0	27	0	0	10	55.0	56	25	23	6	26	0	64	2	1	1	246	1.491	9.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	2.46
2024	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	ARI	2	3	.400	3.79	4.79	38	1	9	0	0	1	35.2	26	19	15	4	18	1	44	6	0	3	159	1.234	6.6	1.0	4.5	11.1	2.44
2024	26	-1.5	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	2	3	.400	3.94	4.78	35	0	9	0	0	1	32.0	25	17	14	4	18	1	38	5	0	2	146	1.344	7.0	1.1	5.1	10.7	2.11
2024	26	4.9	Diamondbacks	ACL	Rk	ARI	0	0		2.45	4.91	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	13	0.273	2.5	0.0	0.0	14.7
2025	27	-0.1	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	4	4	.500	2.05	3.08	26	0	11	0	0	0	26.1	28	9	6	1	10	2	37	4	0	1	117	1.443	9.6	0.3	3.4	12.6	3.70
2025	27	-2.1	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	3	.000	4.62	4.97	32	0	10	0	0	2	25.1	28	14	13	3	8	0	22	3	0	1	115	1.421	9.9	1.1	2.8	7.8	2.75
2026	28	0.7	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	0	0		0.90	0.90	9	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	15	1	0	0	39	1.000	7.2	0.9	1.8	13.5	7.50
2026	28	-1.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	0	1.000	5.87	6.46	17	1	5	0	0	0	15.1	22	11	10	3	2	0	15	2	0	0	72	1.565	12.9	1.8	1.2	8.8	7.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (2 seasons)					Majors		1	3	.250	5.09	5.53	49	1	15	0	0	2	40.2	50	25	23	6	10	0	37	5	0	1	187	1.475	11.1	1.3	2.2	8.2	3.70
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		16	17	.485	3.37	4.07	171	8	65	0	0	17	219.0	199	99	82	15	97	4	274	19	1	8	958	1.352	8.2	0.6	4.0	11.3	2.82
College (5 seasons)					College		11	8	.579	4.66	5.44	71	22		2	0	3	150.2	130	91	78	10	90	1	161	29	0	15	691	1.460	7.8	0.6	5.4	9.6	1.79
Other (2 seasons)					Other		0	2	.000	5.45	8.17	13	8	3	0	0	1	36.1	27	33	22	3	44	0	48	8	1	6	186	1.954	6.7	0.7	10.9	11.9	1.09
All Levels (10 Seasons)							28	30	.483	4.13	5.00	304	39	83	2	0	23	446.2	406	248	205	34	241	5	520	61	2	30	2022	1.449	8.2	0.7	4.9	10.5	2.16

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		6	8	.429	2.85	3.51	81	0	20	0	0	1	82.0	72	32	26	7	36	3	102	10	0	3	359	1.317	7.9	0.8	4.0	11.2	2.83
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		7	6	.538	3.82	4.35	51	0	33	0	0	13	68.1	65	33	29	6	34	0	81	5	1	2	306	1.449	8.6	0.8	4.5	10.7	2.38
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		1	3	.250	3.54	3.91	31	2	12	0	0	3	48.1	46	21	19	1	20	1	70	2	0	0	207	1.366	8.6	0.2	3.7	13.0	3.50
A (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	3.78	5.94	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.2	15	11	7	1	7	0	15	1	0	2	73	1.320	8.1	0.5	3.8	8.1	2.14
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		2.45	4.91	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	13	0.273	2.5	0.0	0.0	14.7
Fal (1 season)					Other		0	0		2.08	2.08	4	0	2	0	0	1	4.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.385	6.2	0.0	6.2	10.4	1.67
Smr (1 season)					Other		0	2	.000	5.91	9.00	9	8	1	0	0	0	32.0	24	32	21	3	41	0	43	8	1	6	166	2.031	6.8	0.8	11.5	12.1	1.05