Brandon Backe
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2002–2003; Houston Astros 2004–2009
Percentile snapshot
2008 season — qualified pitchers
of 88 qualified 2008 pitchers (min 161 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 |
| 2003 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .389 | .500 | .889 | 134.1 | 128.2 | .392 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 28 | 53 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .271 | .356 | .626 | 60.2 | 63.3 | .280 | 0.9 |
| 2006 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | -13.3 | -8.6 | .169 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .455 | .800 | 1.255 | 224.5 | 217.4 | .528 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 32 | 56 | 47 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .333 | .447 | .780 | 106.7 | 104.9 | .346 | -1.2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 123.2 | 49.2 | .369 | -0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13.0 | 6.92 | 1.692 | 4.15 | 7.21 | 163.8 | 63.6 | -0.2 |
| 2003 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 27 | 25 | 36 | 6 | 44.7 | 5.44 | 1.455 | 7.25 | 5.04 | 112.3 | 82.5 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 32 | 27 | 54 | 10 | 67.0 | 4.30 | 1.522 | 7.25 | 4.54 | 105.0 | 100.5 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 79 | 67 | 97 | 19 | 149.3 | 4.76 | 1.460 | 5.85 | 4.77 | 113.1 | 88.6 | 0.9 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 43.0 | 3.77 | 1.419 | 3.98 | 4.90 | 110.8 | 117.3 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 28.7 | 3.77 | 1.326 | 3.45 | 5.58 | 126.7 | 117.0 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 112 | 77 | 127 | 36 | 166.7 | 6.05 | 1.674 | 6.86 | 5.85 | 138.5 | 69.8 | -1.2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 13.0 | 10.38 | 2.077 | 6.92 | 7.90 | 192.5 | 39.5 | -0.8 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-09-06 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005-07-18 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005-04-14 | HOU @ NYM Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007-09-29 | ATL @ HOU Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008-05-03 | MIL @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-05-08 | WSH @ HOU Gameday | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2004-09-06 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2005-04-19 | ATL @ HOU Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 2005-04-30 | CHC @ HOU Gameday | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2008-07-03 | LAD @ HOU Gameday | 6.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.