Brandon Backe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 182lb (183cm, 82kg)

Born: April 5, 1978 in Galveston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 36th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ball HS (Galveston, TX) and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 18th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Galveston College (Galveston, TX).

High School: Ball HS (Galveston, TX)

School: Galveston College (Galveston, TX)

Debut: July 19, 2002 (Age 24-105d, 18,113th in major league history)
vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 18, 2009 (Age 31-074d)
vs. TEX 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Full Name: Brandon Allen Backe

Pronunciation: \BACK-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

5.23

145

525.1

360

WHIP

1.546

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-18 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	110	2	Apr 1	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.60	6.33	22	82	49	12	5	5	11	2	2	0	49			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.040	.70	-0.02%	0.22	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2	111	7	Apr 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.27	5.31	28	100	67	22	12	8	10	1	1	0	56			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.080	1.04	0.04%	1.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	112	12	Apr 12	HOU		FLA	W,5-0	GS-5	W(1-1)	5	5.0	5	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.25	5.32	24	105	58	14	6	10	8	3	0	0	54			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.172	.53	0.07%	2.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
4	113	16	Apr 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	3.0	10	6	5	2	2	1	0	4.26	5.76	21	61	39	8	4	7	10	7	0	0	17			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	2	.92	-0.324	.66	-0.14%	-4.44	1b start tie	4b --- 0 out d5
5	114	21	Apr 22	HOU		SDP	W,11-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.15	5.48	26	93	64	12	19	5	15	3	4	0	59			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.021	.74	-0.01%	0.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
6	115	26	Apr 27	HOU	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	5.0	5	4	4	5	4	1	0	4.65	5.74	25	83	48	19	8	5	11	4	3	0	40			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.227	1.29	-0.14%	-1.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	116	31	May 3	HOU		MIL	W,6-2	GS-6	W(2-3)	5	5.2	5	2	2	5	3	1	0	4.42	5.94	25	92	57	19	4	8	9	3	2	0	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.104	1.04	0.06%	0.20	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a4
8	117	35	May 8	HOU		WSN	L,3-8	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	6.0	6	4	4	3	9	1	0	4.64	5.64	26	98	61	17	14	5	9	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.163	.99	-0.11%	-1.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
9	118	40	May 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	6.0	7	4	3	1	3	1	0	4.62	5.54	26	86	57	14	7	13	9	1	0	0	46			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.162	.70	-0.12%	-0.88	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
10	119	45	May 18	HOU	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-7	W(3-5)	4	6.1	5	3	3	0	5	2	0	4.58	5.55	23	91	57	15	12	7	11	4	2	0	56			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.123	.83	0.09%	0.49	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a2
11	120	50	May 23	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.1	6	1	1	1	6	1	0	4.19	5.33	28	105	72	16	16	9	12	3	3	0	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.196	1.31	0.16%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a2
12	121	56	May 30	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(4-6)	6	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	3	1	4.54	5.72	23	96	65	17	6	6	11	2	1	0	38			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.244	.98	-0.21%	-2.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	122	61	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-7)	5	6.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.66	5.71	29	104	69	20	6	11	14	7	1	0	38			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.149	1.09	-0.10%	-1.06	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
14	123	66	Jun 11	HOU		MIL	L,6-10	GS-4	L(4-8)	5	4.0	7	5	5	2	2	3	0	5.00	6.11	21	76	47	14	4	4	13	1	1	0	28			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.386	1.02	-0.24%	-3.02	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
15	124	71	Jun 17	HOU	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.2	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.99	6.11	27	97	67	20	7	8	16	3	6	0	40			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.074	.49	-0.02%	-0.39	1b start a 1	6b -23 2 out a2
16	125	76	Jun 22	HOU	@	TBR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-8)	4	6.2	6	2	2	4	5	1	1	4.82	6.09	28	85	48	11	8	6	12	5	3	0	55			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.127	.29	0.02%	1.32	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
17	126	81	Jun 28	HOU		BOS	W,11-10	GS-6		5	5.1	9	6	6	3	5	0	1	5.12	5.94	28	108	67	25	8	6	13	5	1	0	28			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.309	.41	-0.07%	-2.97	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	127	86	Jul 3	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-9)	4	6.2	7	5	5	2	8	2	0	5.22	5.92	29	100	62	15	13	7	12	4	1	0	46			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.52	-0.270	.17	-0.05%	-1.86	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d3
19	128	91	Jul 8	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-3		4	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.07	5.78	12	48	31	13	3	5	4	2	0	0	56			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.153	.20	0.02%	1.47	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
20	129	95	Jul 13	HOU	@	WSN	W,5-0	GS-8	W(6-9)	4	7.0	5	0	0	4	5	0	0	4.76	5.63	28	107	65	15	7	6	13	7	2	0	68			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.314	.21	0.04%	3.12	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a5
21	130	98	Jul 20	HOU		CHC	L,0-9	GS-7	L(6-10)	6	6.2	8	4	4	0	8	1	0	4.79	5.46	28	93	68	17	13	9	11	0	2	0	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.116	.16	-0.02%	-0.86	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d4
22	131	103	Jul 26	HOU	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.1	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.73	5.38	23	91	53	18	8	4	10	3	3	0	53			0	1	0	17	3	0	0	0	2	0	1.13	0.051	.13	0.00%	0.48	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	132	108	Aug 1	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	GS-7		5	6.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.72	5.26	28	96	64	17	10	12	10	2	0	0	42			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.268	.14	-0.02%	-1.87	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out tie
24	133	113	Aug 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-11	GS-4	L(6-11)	4	3.1	9	11	11	6	0	2	0	5.35	5.54	25	99	56	14	7	5	14	5	2	0	-8			0	0	0	19	4	0	1	0	0	0	.91	-0.708	.16	-0.07%	-9.44	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d6
25	134	118	Aug 11	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	GS-7	W(7-11)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	1	5.14	5.42	26	103	69	16	14	10	6	1	1	0	68			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.283	.23	0.04%	2.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
26	135	123	Aug 16	HOU		ARI	L,5-11	GS-6	L(7-12)	4	5.2	9	11	11	5	6	3	0	5.62	5.62	29	119	69	20	15	6	12	1	1	0	8			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.395	.14	-0.06%	-8.14	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d10
27	136	129	Aug 23	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	GS-8	W(8-12)	6	7.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	5.54	5.56	26	102	65	22	10	13	8	2	1	0	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.151	.02	0.01%	0.50	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a5
28	137	134	Aug 28	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-12)	4	6.2	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	5.42	5.40	25	89	58	20	9	10	8	0	2	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	.94	0.162	.02	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	138	139	Sep 2	HOU	@	CHC	W,9-7	GS-5		4	4.1	9	3	3	2	2	3	0	5.44	5.59	22	91	60	11	11	7	11	4	1	0	33			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	-0.206	.08	-0.01%	-1.50	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out tie
30	139	151	Sep 17	HOU	@	FLA	L,2-14	GS-2	L(9-13)	14	1.2	6	5	5	2	2	2	0	5.66	5.73	12	45	26	8	3	0	8	6	0	0	23			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.340	.78	-0.24%	-4.21	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d4
31	140	160	Sep 27	HOU		ATL	L,5-11	GS-2	L(9-14)	9	1.1	8	8	8	1	1	2	0	6.05	5.87	13	42	27	4	7	0	11	4	1	0	6			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.382	.00	0.00%	-5.58	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d5
							13-18		W-L:9-14	4.7	166.2	202	114	112	77	127	36	4	6.05	5.87	756	2787	63%	17%	10%	0.65		18%	9%	0	43		---%	4	6	0	669	46	4	2	17	2	4	.91	-2.868	.53	-1.08%	-34.00

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