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Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Pitching Comparison

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	31	29	.517	5.23	145	79	23	1	1	0	525.1	574	313	305	87	238	9	360	18	2	15	2332	843	82	5.33	1.546	9.8	1.5	4.1	6.2
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	200	117	.631	3.66	452	451	0	15	4	0	2740.0	2610	1215	1114	294	892	13	2488	90	1	63	11487	3691	117	3.78	1.278	8.6	1.0	2.9	8.2

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	1	0	1.000	2.95	7	6	0	0	0	0	36.2	24	12	12	3	12	1	32	3	0	1	145	39		3.39	0.982	5.9	0.7	2.9	7.9
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	9	7	.563	2.51	26	22	2	0	0	0	154.0	117	46	43	15	40	0	133	3	0	4	610	160		2.79	1.019	6.8	0.9	2.3	7.8

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Value

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	0.5	-4.0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	43.6	19.2

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals Against

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	843	2048	351	127	9	13	19	40.63	1	47	19	9	.280	.359	.479	.837	123	.198	.303	354	980	223	830	843
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	3691	10376	1759	517	40	246	108	69.49	28	250	61	67	.252	.314	.394	.708	90	.143	.302	1303	4089	851	3592	3691

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	7	6	36.2	39	128											.188	.273					.226				39	39
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	160	559											.209	.266					.248				160	160

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Starting & Relieving

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	32	41	46.3	43	6	14	0		23	66
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	261	58	53.9	0	0		0		0	1

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005									0	1
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018									2	4

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Ratios

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	15.4	10.2	5.2
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	21.7	7.8	13.9

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	7	6	36.2	22.1	8.3	13.8
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	21.8	6.6	15.2

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Pitch Summary

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	8488	89	5248	61.83
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	41641	101	26140	62.77

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	7	6	36.2
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Head-to-Head Pitching

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Jon Lester	0	0		10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	24	1.800	16.2	3.6	0.0	5.4
2	Brandon Backe	0	0		10.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	6	6	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	28	2.250	15.2	0.0	5.1	8.4

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Game Logs

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Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Brandon Backe	HOU	2008-06-28	GS-6	5.1	9	6	6	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	28	13	24	5	3	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	4	28	108	67	-0.3	-2.97			1.09
2	Jon Lester	BOS	2008-06-28	GS-5	5.0	9	6	6	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	24	10	23	6	1	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	3	28	76	54	-0.4	-3.53			1.01

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batter vs. Pitcher

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2008	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-06-28	BOS	HOU	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2008	2008-06-28	BOS	HOU	down 5-4	t4	---	0	3 (0-2)	Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2008	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	1	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	1	0

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-06-28	HOU	BOS	down 4-0	b3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Hit By Pitch
2	2008	2008-06-28	HOU	BOS	ahead 4-5	b4	---	1	4 (1-2)	Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Comparison

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Totals

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	133	22	34	5	2	4	16	1	0	10	48	.256	.317	.414	.731	90	55	1	2	13	0	0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	366	27	42	10	0	4	31	1	0	21	162	.115	.162	.175	.337	-10	64	6	0	34	2	0

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	8	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.048	.130	.048	.178	1	0	0	1	0	0

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Value

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	-1	0	1	0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-60	0	-2	0

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Sabermetric

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	11	46	48	113	19	.370	34	-2	-0.2	.158	2.8	100.00	1
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	14	63	67	366	14	.188	54	-59	-5.9	.060	2.3	100.00	1

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	8	12	0	0	0	12		.000	0			.000	2.2		0
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	24	0	3	3	21		.100	0			.000	1.9		0

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Win Probability

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	0.2	-0.1	0.2	-1.58		-1.48	0.96
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-4.9	-5.4	0.0	-59.67		-56.61	0.92

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Head-to-Head Batting

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Jon Lester	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brandon Backe	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	1	0	0	0

Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Game Logs

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Brandon Backe vs. Jon Lester: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Brandon Backe	HOU	2008-06-28	*	6	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.68	0.055	0.26	0.01%	0.64			P
2	Jon Lester	BOS	2008-06-28	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.054	1.43	-0.04%	-0.47			P

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