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Brandon Backe	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 202   Born: April 5, 1978 in Usa, TX, GALVESTON

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
2004	26	HOU	NL	$ 300,000	4			7		7		7		4		3		3		7		7		7
2005	27	HOU	NL	$ 300,000	4			7		7		7		4		3		3		7		7		7
2006	28	HOU	NL	$ 350,000	4			6		6		6		3		3		3		6		6		6
2007	29	HOU	NL	$ 350,000	4			5		6		6		2		2		2		6		6		6
2008	30	HOU	NL	$ 350,000	4			6		6		6		2		2		2		6		6		6
2009	31	HOU	NL	$ 350,000	4			6		6		6		2		2		2		6		6		6
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	4			5		6		6		2		2		2		6		6		6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 350,000	4			7		7		7		4		3		3		7		7		7

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
2004	26	HOU	NL	$ 300,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5
2005	27	HOU	NL	$ 300,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5
2006	28	HOU	NL	$ 350,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5
2007	29	HOU	NL	$ 350,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5
2008	30	HOU	NL	$ 350,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5
2009	31	HOU	NL	$ 350,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 350,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	5

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
2004	26	HOU	NL	2	1	.667	39	0	0	0	1	47.0	36	19	7	25	45	3.64	.214	.318	.369	.687	3.9
		AAA		0	0	.000	7	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	3	0.00	.091	.167	.091	.258
2005	27	HOU	NL	2	2	.500	36	1	0	0	4	45.0	54	34	10	33	38	6.80	.289	.397	.503	.900	0.0
2006	28	AAA		2	3	.400	53	0	0	0	6	47.3	58	23	5	32	36	4.37	.307	.407	.418	.825
2007	29	AAA		0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	1	1	1	0	2	13.64	.333	.333	1.333	1.667
2008	30	AA		0	1	.000	21	0	0	0	1	29.7	24	14	3	16	23	4.25	.222	.323	.352	.674
2009	31	AA		0	0	.000	12	0	0	0	0	19.0	24	8	3	14	14	3.79	.304	.409	.443	.852
		A		0	0	.000	6	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	1	1	7	3.00	.194	.219	.387	.606
2010	32	AA		2	3	.400	13	0	0	0	0	20.0	11	10	3	9	16	4.50	.159	.256	.362	.619
2 Years Sim				4	3	.571	75	1	0	0	5	92.0	90	53	17	58	83	5.18	.254	.360	.439	.800	3.9
3 Years AAA				2	3	.400	61	0	0	0	6	56.0	61	24	6	34	41	3.86	.285	.383	.397	.780
3 Years AA				2	4	.333	46	0	0	0	1	68.7	59	32	9	39	53	4.19	.230	.332	.383	.715
1 Years A				0	0	.000	6	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	1	1	7	3.00	.194	.219	.387	.606
7 Years Minors				4	7	.364	113	0	0	0	7	133.7	126	59	16	74	101	3.97	.251	.348	.389	.737
Season Average				2	1	.667	37	0	0	0	2	46.0	45	26	8	29	41	5.18	.254	.360	.439	.800
Career Highs				2	2	.667	39	1	0	0	4	47.0	54	34	10	33	45	6.80	.289	.397	.503	.900

Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										40	24	6	29	47		.221	.329	.337	.666
vs LH										50	29	11	29	36		.287	.389	.546	.935
Home	3	2	.600	39	1	0	0	2	50.0	43	31	13	31	47	5.58	.232	.343	.481	.824
Away	1	1	.500	36	0	0	0	3	42.0	47	22	4	27	36	4.71	.276	.376	.394	.770
Mar/Apr	1	1	.500	11	1	0	0	2	11.7	9	7	2	9	10	5.40	.200	.333	.356	.689
May	0	0	.000	9	0	0	0	0	9.7	6	4	0	9	9	3.73	.176	.349	.176	.525
June	0	1	.000	6	0	0	0	1	10.3	10	5	1	4	10	4.36	.244	.311	.341	.653
July	1	0	1.000	21	0	0	0	0	24.7	21	13	7	14	21	4.74	.228	.330	.478	.808
August	2	1	.667	21	0	0	0	1	26.3	33	19	5	15	24	6.49	.311	.397	.538	.934
Sep/Oct	0	0	.000	7	0	0	0	1	9.3	11	5	2	7	9	4.82	.297	.409	.514	.923

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
2004	26	HOU	NL	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
2005	27	HOU	NL	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0
2 Years Sim				75	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0
162 Game Average					6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3
Career Highs				39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3
Home	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
Away	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
RISP		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Close/Late		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Mar/Apr	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
August	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Sep/Oct	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
2004	26	HOU	NL	P	39	0	47.0	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.15
2005	27	HOU	NL	P	36	1	45.0	2	6	1	1	.889	1.60
Career Totals					75	1	92.0	3	11	1	2	.933	1.37
Career Highs					39	1	47.0	2	6	1	1	1.000	1.60

History

Injured on 5/12/2004 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks

Earned first career win on 7/31/2004

1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

Released by Houston on 7/17/2010

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