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Brandon Backe - Houston Astros
Birthdate:4/5/1978	Bats/Throws:R/R	Height/Weight:6-0/195	Position:P
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Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	31 1	29 0	5.23 2.95	145 7	79 6	1 0	1 0	0 0	0 0	525.1 36.2	2332 145	574 24	313 12	305 12	87 3	238 12	9 1	18 3	15 1	2 0	360 32
2002	Devil Rays	0	0	6.92	9	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	61	15	10	10	3	7	0	2	0	0	6
2003	Devil Rays	1	1	5.44	28	0	0	0	0	0	44.2	192	40	28	27	6	25	1	2	3	0	36
2004	Astros	5	3	4.30	33	9	0	0	0	0	67.0	293	75	33	32	10	27	4	1	1	0	54
2004	Astros	1	0	2.89	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	73	11	6	6	2	6	1	2	0	0	15
2005	Astros	10	8	4.76	26	25	1	1	0	0	149.1	653	151	82	79	19	67	1	4	5	2	97
2005	Astros	0	0	3.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	72	13	6	6	1	6	0	1	1	0	17
2006	Astros (AAA)	1	2	5.31	4	4	0	0	0		20.1	93	23	12	12	1	13	0	2	1	0	13
2006	Astros	3	2	3.77	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.0	189	43	18	18	4	18	0	3	2	0	19
2007	Astros (AA)	1	0	5.40	1	1	0	0	0		5.0	21	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
2007	Astros (AAA)	3	2	4.32	5	5	0	0	0		25.0	106	27	12	12	4	11	1	0	0	0	25
2007	Astros	3	1	3.77	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	123	27	13	12	4	11	0	2	0	0	11
2008	Astros	9	14	6.05	31	31	0	0	0	0	166.2	756	202	114	112	36	77	2	4	2	0	127
2009	Astros (AA)	3	0	1.38	4	4	0	0	0		26.0	98	18	4	4	0	7	0	0	0	0	17
2009	Astros (AAA)	0	1	4.50	2	2	0	0	0		10.0	45	13	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	4
2009	Astros	0	0	10.38	5	1	0	0	0	0	13.0	65	21	15	15	5	6	1	0	2	0	10

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Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	FIP
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	6.17 7.85	4.08 2.95	1.51 2.67	1.49 0.74	.279 .188	1.55 0.98	.303 .227	73.0 % 77.6 %	5.33 3.58
2002	Devil Rays	4.15	4.85	0.86	2.08	.290	1.69	.281	70.7 %	7.12
2002	Average	6.53	3.38	1.93	1.05	.262	1.38	.297	71.7 %	4.28
2003	Devil Rays	7.25	5.04	1.44	1.21	.241	1.46	.274	66.6 %	4.98
2003	Average	6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	.265	1.38	.298	71.2 %	4.40
2004	Astros	7.25	3.63	2.00	1.34	.284	1.52	.325	78.7 %	4.63
2004	Astros	7.23	2.89	2.50	0.96	.173	0.91	.193	80.3 %	4.12
2004	Average	6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	.267	1.40	.301	71.4 %	4.46
2005	Astros	5.85	4.04	1.45	1.15	.264	1.46	.289	71.7 %	4.80
2005	Astros	8.50	3.00	2.83	0.50	.204	1.06	.262	75.3 %	3.02
2005	Average	6.38	3.17	2.02	1.04	.265	1.37	.299	71.6 %	4.29
2006	Astros (AAA)	5.75	5.75	1.00	0.44	.286	1.77	.332	71.0 %	4.77
2006	Astros	3.98	3.77	1.06	0.84	.262	1.42	.276	78.8 %	4.94
2006	Average	6.59	3.30	2.00	1.12	.270	1.41	.305	70.9 %	4.53
2007	Astros (AA)	7.20	3.60	2.00	1.80	.262	1.40	.284	71.4 %	5.40
2007	Astros (AAA)	9.00	3.96	2.27	1.44	.277	1.52	.336	80.3 %	4.60
2007	Astros	3.45	3.45	1.00	1.26	.250	1.33	.248	78.5 %	5.65
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	.269	1.41	.307	70.7 %	4.47
2008	Astros	6.86	4.16	1.65	1.94	.301	1.67	.326	72.7 %	5.87
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	.265	1.39	.304	71.4 %	4.32
2009	Astros (AA)	5.88	2.42	2.43	0.00	.197	0.96	.242	84.0 %	2.70
2009	Astros (AAA)	3.60	2.70	1.33	0.00	.316	1.60	.349	68.8 %	3.30
2009	Astros	6.92	4.15	1.67	3.46	.364	2.08	.375	60.0 %	7.94
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	.263	1.39	.303	71.9 %	4.32

Batted Ball

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Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tRA
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	0.95 1.20	20.8 % 20.6 %	38.7 % 43.3 %	40.6 % 36.1 %	11.2 % 5.7 %	12.8 % 8.6 %	5.2 % 2.4 %	22.2 % 0.0 %	6.14 4.44
2002	Devil Rays	0.68	19.6 %	32.6 %	47.8 %	13.6 %	13.6 %	6.7 %	0.0 %	7.90
2003	Devil Rays	0.88	26.0 %	34.6 %	39.4 %	18.0 %	12.0 %	6.8 %	0.0 %	6.46
2004	Astros	1.08	22.9 %	40.0 %	37.1 %	13.2 %	13.2 %	4.9 %	0.0 %	5.81
2004	Astros	1.21	16.0 %	46.0 %	38.0 %	10.5 %	10.5 %	4.3 %	0.0 %	4.49
2005	Astros	1.07	20.6 %	41.1 %	38.3 %	10.6 %	10.6 %	6.2 %	35.7 %	5.72
2005	Astros	1.19	25.5 %	40.4 %	34.0 %	0.0 %	6.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	4.39
2006	Astros	0.83	20.1 %	36.1 %	43.8 %	11.1 %	6.3 %	3.8 %	20.0 %	5.60
2007	Astros	0.91	11.3 %	42.3 %	46.4 %	8.9 %	8.9 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	5.03
2008	Astros	0.92	20.9 %	37.9 %	41.2 %	9.9 %	16.1 %	4.9 %	14.3 %	6.58
2009	Astros	0.77	20.4 %	34.7 %	44.9 %	9.1 %	22.7 %	11.8 %	0.0 %	8.27

More Batted Ball

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Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	649 42	681 35	349 20	76 2	34 1	36 1	8 0	311 12	3239 199	5251 334	8490 533
2002	Devil Rays	15	22	9	3	1	0	0	3	86	121	207
2003	Devil Rays	44	50	33	9	3	2	0	22	291	428	719
2004	Astros	82	76	47	10	4	6	0	47	419	683	1102
2004	Astros	23	19	8	2	1	0	0	11	107	166	273
2005	Astros	193	180	97	19	12	14	5	96	878	1438	2316
2005	Astros	19	16	12	0	0	1	0	1	92	168	260
2006	Astros	52	63	29	7	2	5	1	25	263	405	668
2007	Astros	41	45	11	4	0	2	1	23	184	273	457
2008	Astros	205	223	113	22	10	7	1	91	1023	1766	2789
2009	Astros	17	22	10	2	2	0	0	4	95	137	232

Win Probability

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Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	Games	WPA/LI	Clutch
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	-2.91 0.88	-38.77 -1.94	35.87 2.82	-39.91 5.89	-4.01 0.59	0.86 1.02	0.80 1.03	0.83 0.78	1.03 1.25	121 7	145 7	-5.42 0.91	2.06 -0.04
2002	Devil Rays	-0.06	-0.20	0.14	-3.30	-0.34	0.12	0.10	0.15	0.01	5	9	-0.41	-0.07
2003	Devil Rays	0.58	-2.10	2.68	2.32	0.21	0.73	0.64	1.04	1.14	20	28	0.37	0.42
2004	Astros	0.09	-4.30	4.39	2.76	0.23	0.81	0.74	0.86	0.97	25	33	-0.14	0.25
2004	Astros	0.59	-0.96	1.55	4.50	0.44	1.06	1.12	0.88	1.75	3	3	0.51	0.05
2005	Astros	-0.90	-11.41	10.50	-6.90	-0.68	0.92	0.82	0.84	1.07	25	26	-1.16	0.17
2005	Astros	0.29	-0.98	1.27	1.39	0.15	0.97	0.94	0.70	0.87	4	4	0.39	-0.09
2006	Astros	0.16	-3.62	3.78	2.73	0.29	1.13	1.04	0.87	0.87	8	8	0.05	0.10
2007	Astros	0.12	-1.84	1.95	1.49	0.16	0.89	0.81	0.86	0.91	5	5	-0.20	0.33
2008	Astros	-2.60	-14.70	12.10	-30.79	-3.06	0.92	0.87	0.87	1.24	31	31	-2.93	0.09
2009	Astros	-0.29	-0.62	0.33	-8.23	-0.82	0.32	0.33	0.36	0.32	2	5	-0.99	0.10

Pitch Type

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Season	Team	FB	SL	CT	CB	CH	XX	PO
Total *	- - -	55.4% (90.0)	19.7% (81.8)	3.2% (87.0)	14.1% (74.1)	7.7% (81.1)	3.5%	0.0%
2002	Devil Rays	72.9% (90.8)	8.7% (83.2)		12.6% (73.6)	5.8% (83.3)
2003	Devil Rays	62.6% (91.0)	16.5% (81.5)		16.2% (74.4)	4.7% (80.4)	8.9%
2004	Astros	56.9% (91.2)	22.2% (82.3)		17.0% (74.7)	3.9% (82.0)	3.9%	0.1%
2005	Astros	56.6% (90.2)	19.2% (81.7)	0.1% (74.5)	14.3% (74.3)	9.8% (82.0)	4.9%
2006	Astros	58.1% (89.4)	18.3% (80.9)		16.0% (74.2)	7.6% (79.6)	0.7%	0.3%
2007	Astros	64.1% (89.1)	15.5% (82.0)		10.3% (74.0)	10.1% (80.8)
2008	Astros	48.3% (89.5)	21.5% (81.8)	9.2% (87.0)	12.8% (73.5)	8.2% (80.5)	2.4%	0.0%
2009	Astros	58.4% (88.9)	22.6% (81.8)	4.4% (87.6)	9.3% (74.8)	5.3% (82.6)	2.6%

Pitch Type Values

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Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
Total *	- - -	-65.8	16.6	-3.8	5.8	-3.2	-1.45	1.03	-1.47	0.50	-0.51
2002	Devil Rays	-1.7	0.0		-1.4	0.4	-1.13	-0.18		-5.40	3.42
2003	Devil Rays	-1.3	2.6		1.4	-1.4	-0.33	2.40		1.36	-4.45
2004	Astros	-10.3	1.1		3.9	1.4	-1.71	0.46		2.17	3.35
2005	Astros	-20.8	4.2	-0.1	8.3	2.9	-1.67	0.99	-7.13	2.63	1.36
2006	Astros	-3.9	3.1		-0.4	-0.3	-1.01	2.56		-0.35	-0.54
2007	Astros	-0.1	0.0		-1.1	1.1	-0.02	0.07		-2.29	2.41
2008	Astros	-22.7	3.8	-2.6	-3.4	-5.5	-1.73	0.65	-1.02	-0.97	-2.49
2009	Astros	-5.0	1.8	-1.1	-1.6	-1.9	-3.75	3.54	-11.42	-7.67	-15.43

Plate Discipline

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Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%
Total *	- - -	25.6 %	65.3 %	45.1 %	55.2 %	88.3 %	78.7 %	49.2 %	59.5 %
2002	Devil Rays	19.2 %	76.7 %	47.8 %	55.0 %	92.4 %	84.9 %	49.8 %	47.5 %
2002	Average	18.1 %	70.1 %	46.5 %	47.4 %	85.2 %	78.5 %	54.6 %	58.3 %
2003	Devil Rays	24.8 %	64.6 %	42.8 %	44.3 %	87.0 %	73.4 %	45.2 %	51.6 %
2003	Average	22.2 %	68.8 %	46.2 %	51.9 %	87.5 %	79.2 %	51.4 %	58.6 %
2004	Astros	22.0 %	69.3 %	46.0 %	49.1 %	85.7 %	77.1 %	50.7 %	58.0 %
2004	Average	16.6 %	69.6 %	45.8 %	53.7 %	85.1 %	80.0 %	55.1 %	58.4 %
2005	Astros	21.7 %	67.8 %	45.4 %	48.7 %	86.9 %	78.1 %	51.4 %	62.3 %
2005	Average	20.3 %	68.0 %	46.0 %	51.8 %	88.3 %	80.8 %	53.8 %	59.1 %
2006	Astros	24.1 %	61.4 %	42.9 %	57.1 %	94.0 %	83.8 %	50.5 %	59.8 %
2006	Average	23.5 %	66.6 %	46.1 %	57.4 %	88.5 %	81.0 %	52.6 %	58.8 %
2007	Astros	21.9 %	65.3 %	43.3 %	66.0 %	93.8 %	86.7 %	49.3 %	59.4 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %
2008	Astros	31.5 %	61.7 %	45.9 %	59.4 %	88.3 %	77.9 %	47.6 %	60.7 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %
2009	Astros	23.9 %	67.3 %	44.0 %	78.6 %	86.8 %	84.4 %	46.3 %	56.9 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	65.9 %	45.2 %	61.8 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %

Fielding

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Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	FP	RF/G	RF/9
Total	- - -	P	145	79	525.1	37	66	1	7	.990	0.7	0.0
2002	Devil Rays	P	9	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.0
2003	Devil Rays	P	28	0	44.2	3	3	0	1	1.000	0.2	1.2
2004	Astros	P	33	9	67.0	4	10	0	1	1.000	0.4	1.9
2005	Astros	P	26	25	149.1	8	19	0	1	1.000	1.0	1.6
2006	Astros	P	8	8	43.0	5	9	0	1	1.000	1.8	2.9
2007	Astros	P	5	5	28.2	2	6	0	1	1.000	1.6	2.5
2008	Astros	P	31	31	166.2	15	17	1	2	.970	1.0	1.7
2009	Astros	P	5	1	13.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.4	1.4

Value

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Season	Team	Starting	Start-IP	Relieving	Relief-IP	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
Total *	- - -	7.2	434.2	-6.1	90.2	1.1	0.2	($0.5)	$2.1
2002	Devil Rays			-2.0	13.0	-2.0	-0.2	($0.5)
2003	Devil Rays			-0.9	44.2	-0.9	-0.1	($0.2)
2004	Astros	5.8	45.0	-1.1	22.0	4.7	0.5	$1.5
2005	Astros	9.6	147.1	-0.5	2.0	9.1	0.9	$3.1	$0.4
2006	Astros	3.3	43.0			3.3	0.3	$1.2	$0.4
2007	Astros	-0.3	28.2			-0.3	0.0	($0.1)	$0.5
2008	Astros	-9.1	166.2			-9.1	-0.9	($3.8)	$0.8
2009	Astros	-2.2	4.0	-1.6	9.0	-3.8	-0.3	($1.5)

Friday, June 26, 2009

News: The Astros designated Backe for assignment after Friday's game, the Houston Chronicle reports.

Analysis: The Astros used Backe primarily in relief after he spent much of April and May rehabbing from ribs issues. The 'Stros mulled moving him back to the rotation on a more permanent basis, but those plans were shelved when Felipe Paulino healed from a groin injury. Paulino takes Backe's spot on the active roster. Backe said he hopes to catch on elsewhere as a starter. He will probably be remembered most in Houston for his performances in the 2005 NLCS and World Series.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

News: The Astros will activate Backe (ribs) Friday, and he will be immediately available out of the bullpen, the team's official site reports.

Analysis: He could serve as a reliever on Friday, as the weekend's starters are set. Manager Cecil Cooper said Felipe Paulino, the starter with the lowest job security, would make one more start, so it stands to reason Backe would be in the 'pen for a week.

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