Brandon Backe stats

Last played for the Houston Astros, 2009

Starting Pitcher · #41

Age 48 · 6' 0"

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Brandon Backe played 8 MLB seasons, 2002 to 2009.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
145
W
31
L
29
ERA
5.23
IP
525.1
K
360
BB
238
WHIP
1.55
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2002TB9006.9213.0671.69
2003TB28115.4444.236251.46
2004HOU33534.3067.054271.52
2005HOU261084.76149.197671.46
2006HOU8323.7743.019181.42
2007HOU5313.7728.211111.33
2008HOU319146.05166.2127771.67
2009HOU50010.3813.01062.08

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
7
W
1
L
0
ERA
2.95
IP
36.2
K
32
BB
12
WHIP
0.98

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
32
CG
1
SHO
1
K/9
6.2
GB
631
FB
910
G/F
0.70
WP
15

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2002TB0004.20000
2003TB0007.30003
2004HOU3007.3901210.71
2005HOU11115.82082770.85
2006HOU4004.057920.62
2007HOU3003.543560.80
2008HOU11006.92153330.62
2009HOU0006.918310.62

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
48 yearsApr 5, 1978
Height
6' 0"
Debut
2002
Birthplace
Galveston, TX
Draft
1998Rd 18, Pk 552

Latest performance

Brandon Backe

Jun 18 · @ TEX · W 5-3

IP
4.0
H
4
R
3
ER
3
BB
1
K
0
HR
2
ERA
10.38

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Thu, Jun 18atTEXW 5-344330
Fri, Jun 12atARIL 8-135555
Tue, Jun 09vsCHCL 7-136224
Thu, Jun 04vsCOLL 10-323330
Sat, May 30atPITL 7-413221
Sat, Sep 27vsATLL 11-51.18881

What were Brandon Backe's career stats?

Brandon Backe played 8 seasons for the Rays and the Astros. He had 31 wins and 360 strikeouts with a 5.23 ERA over 525.1 innings. His best season was 2005: 10 wins, a 4.76 ERA and 97 strikeouts.

More on Brandon Backe

Playoff series

Brandon Backe played 7 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 2 won, 3 lost.

Brandon Backe's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2005ATLLost 1-125.1653
2005STLWon 1-015.2217
2005CHWLost 0-117.0507
2004ATLWon 1-016.0525
2004STLLost 1-1212.26410

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Brandon Backe’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.