Brandon Backe Notable

b. April 5, 1978 · Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2002–2003, Houston Astros 2004–2009

Brandon Backe divided eight seasons between two clubs as a pitcher: the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2002, then the Houston Astros through 2009.

He went 31 and 29 with a 5.23 earned run average, pitching 525 innings in 145 games. He struck out 360 and threw 1 shutouts. Across 153 games he batted .256, with 34 hits and 22 runs. He finished with 4 home runs, 5 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in Galveston, TX, USA on April 5, 1978. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
2002	TBD	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2003	TBD	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2004	HOU	34	16	3	5	0	0	1	6	1	8	0	.313
2005	HOU	28	45	5	10	2	2	0	6	3	12	1	.222
2006	HOU	9	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	.143
2007	HOU	7	10	5	4	1	0	1	1	1	3	0	.400
2008	HOU	32	47	8	13	2	0	2	3	3	18	0	.277
2009	HOU	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Career	—	153	133	22	34	5	2	4	16	10	48	1	.256

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2002	TBD	0	0	9	0	13.0	15	10	7	6	6.92
2003	TBD	1	1	28	0	44.2	40	27	25	36	5.44
2004	HOU	5	3	33	9	67.0	75	32	27	54	4.30
2005	HOU	10	8	26	25	149.1	151	79	67	97	4.76
2006	HOU	3	2	8	8	43.0	43	18	18	19	3.77
2007	HOU	3	1	5	5	28.2	27	12	11	11	3.77
2008	HOU	9	14	31	31	166.2	202	112	77	127	6.05
2009	HOU	0	0	5	1	13.0	21	15	6	10	10.38
Career	—	31	29	145	79	525.1	574	305	238	360	5.23

On this day & linked events

1978

Born April 5, 1978

Galveston, TX, USA