#82 Brandon Backe, Closer, 31 yrs, Houston Astros
Tuesday, 9/15/2009 |
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| Brandon Backe
4/5/1978
31
USA,TX,GALVESTON
6"0
182
Closer
R
R
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| Big League Contract
$ 1,542,857
2009
Minimal
Average
None at all
Very inconsistent
Normal
Normal
4.0 Stars
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| Pitching | Runs | Hits | Doubles | Homeruns | Walks | Strikeouts | Velocity |
| Overall | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| vs. LHP | | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | |
| vs. RHP | | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | |
| Talent | | Good | Average | Brilliant | Good | Brilliant | |
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Pitching Ratings
Duration Starter :
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D
B
58
C
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Fastball
Changeup
Slider
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| Batting | Hits | Doubles | Triples | Homeruns | Walks | Strikeouts |
| Overall | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| vs. LHP | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| vs. RHP | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Talent | Fair | Fair | Average | Fair | Fair | Poor |
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Running & Bunting Ratings
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E
E
D
E
Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : C (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : -
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 7/18 | @KCA | L 5-6 | * | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
| 7/24 | BAL | W 2-1 | * | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | | PoG | | | |
| 7/29 | MIL | L 4-9 | * | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8/3 | STL | W 9-4 | * | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8/9 | @PIT | W 6-1 | * | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8/17 | @COL | W 6-1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
| 8/19 | @FLA | L 3-4 | | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | L | | | | |
| 9/3 | @PHI | W 6-3 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 9/8 | @WSH | W 9-6 | | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
| 9/12 | SDN | W 5-3 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SV | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3.75 | 136.2 | 126 | 58 | 57 | 43 | 141 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 13 | 59.1 |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 4 | 1 | 75.0 | 5 | 4 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3.16 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 257 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 37 | 24 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .288 | .350 | .436 | .785 |
| vs. RHB | 257 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .202 | .263 | .284 | .547 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3.11 | 72.1 | 58 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 74 |
| Road | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.48 | 64.1 | 68 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 67 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 22.0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| May | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 33.2 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| June | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.64 | 30.2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 39 |
| July | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.90 | 32.1 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
| August | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.02 | 14.1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Sept./Oct. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO | Teams |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | 109.1 | 145 | 90 | 85 | 71 | 108 | 0 | 0 | CHA BAL |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 5.38 | 164.0 | 173 | 102 | 98 | 77 | 144 | 0 | 0 | BAL NYN |
| 2006 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4.77 | 103.2 | 98 | 63 | 55 | 52 | 99 | 0 | 0 | NYN |
| 2007 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.88 | 72.0 | 59 | 24 | 23 | 36 | 54 | 0 | 0 | NYN |
| 2008 | 81 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3.57 | 108.1 | 108 | 49 | 43 | 55 | 97 | 0 | 0 | NYN |
| 2009 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3.75 | 136.2 | 126 | 58 | 57 | 43 | 141 | 0 | 0 | NYN HOU,NL |
| Total | 269 | 93 | 36 | 49 | 6 | 4.68 | 694.0 | 709 | 386 | 361 | 334 | 643 | 0 | 0 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1998, A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999, A | 45 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2.79 | 67.2 | 64 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000, AA | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.61 | 38.0 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001, AA | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3.15 | 151.1 | 129 | 60 | 53 | 66 | 230 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002, AAA | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6.66 | 73.0 | 73 | 55 | 54 | 48 | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003, AAA | 24 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3.05 | 150.1 | 133 | 62 | 51 | 57 | 254 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004, AAA | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.57 | 53.0 | 47 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2004 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHA BAL |
| 2005 | 31 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .137 | .180 | .317 | BAL NYN |
| 2006 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | NYN |
| 2007 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | NYN |
| 2008 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | NYN |
| 2009 | 25 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .026 | .119 | .026 | .145 | NYN HOU,NL |
| Total | 267 | 119 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .084 | .135 | .109 | .244 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 27 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 1.000 | 136.2 | 2.30 | | | | |
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Drafted in 5th round, 123rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1998...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Houston on 7/31/1999 (Going to PIT: 2B O. Vizquel. Going to HOU: P V. Nunez, P B. Backe)...
Traded from Houston to Chicago (A) on 2/8/2001 (Going to HOU: 2B E. Sprague Jr., P L. Hawkins. Going to CHA: P B. Backe, P E. Santana, P J. Parque)...
Injured on 6/23/2001 with a Concussion, out for 6 days...
Injured on 6/12/2002 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 9 weeks...
Traded from Chicago (A) to Baltimore on 5/5/2004 (Going to BAL: P B. Backe, P T. Clippard, 1B C. Pena, C J. Fox. Going to CHA: SS J. Rollins, P J. Thomson)...
Earned first career win on 6/16/2004...
Traded from Baltimore to New York (N) on 4/1/2005 (Going to BAL: P J. Niemann. Going to NYN: P B. Backe)...
Had first career hit on 5/21/2005, off John Hope (SF)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/26/2005, off Angel Miranda (SDN)...
Traded from New York (N) to Houston on 3/2/2009 (Going to HOU: RF K. Garcia, C M. Ojeda, P B. Backe. Going to NYN: P J. Ruppert, P Z. Spruill, RF D. Hood)...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
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