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Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Pitching Comparison

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	86	75	.534	3.67	446	178	138	11	5	63	1380.0	1083	599	563	148	666	22	1582	99	6	64	5863	1889	117	3.83	1.267	7.1	1.0	4.3	10.3

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-33	1998	2010	2	2	.500	3.43	15	5	2	0	0	0	44.2	35	18	17	3	23	3	45	0	0	2	190	61		3.47	1.299	7.1	0.6	4.6	9.1

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Value

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	446	178	1380.0	26.8	15.9

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Totals Against

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	446	178	1380.0	1889	5000	693	210	32	109	44	71.24	19	83	54	43	.217	.318	.360	.678	81	.144	.282	580	1801	390	1848	1889

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	11	8	2	0	0		0	3	0	2	.188	.269	.352	.621		.164	.221	14	45	13	39	39
2	Kerry Wood	21-33	1998	2010	15	5	44.2	61	165	24	7	1	3	1	75.00	2	2	1	1	.212	.307	.321	.628		.109	.271	20	53	11	58	61

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Starting & Relieving

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	111	62	57.1	58	17	29	24	72.4	138	268

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	3	50	58.7	0	0				0	1
2	Kerry Wood	21-33	1998	2010	3	60	56.8	0	0		0		2	10

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Ratios

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	446	178	1380.0	27.0	11.4	15.6

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-33	1998	2010	15	5	44.2	23.7	12.1	11.6

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Pitch Summary

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	446	178	1380.0	20274	104	12425	61.29

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	532	88	334	62.78
2	Kerry Wood	21-33	1998	2010	15	5	44.2	763	112	492	64.48

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	0	1	.000	7.50	3	1	2	0	0	1	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	28	1.500	9.0	1.5	4.5	16.5
2	Brandon Backe	1	0	1.000	4.67	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.1	21	9	9	5	7	0	17	0	0	0	79	1.615	10.9	2.6	3.6	8.8

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Game Logs

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Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	2008-09-02	GS-5	4.1	9	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	11	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	4	33	91	60	-0.2	-1.50			1.05
2	Kerry Wood	CHC	2008-09-02	10-GF(11), L	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		40	28	-0.3	-0.91	0	0	1.98
3	Brandon Backe	HOU	2008-04-06	GS-6	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	28	10	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	56	100	67	0.1	1.28			1.17
4	Kerry Wood	CHC	2008-04-06	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	10	0.2	0.55	0	0	2.20
5	Brandon Backe	HOU	2005-04-30	GS-8, W	7.0	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	29	9	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	55	105	71	0.1	0.20			0.97
6	Kerry Wood	CHC	2005-04-30	GS-3	3.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	15	6	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	43	54	34	-0.2	-1.46			0.72

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kerry Wood (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kerry Wood (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	2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kerry Wood (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kerry Wood (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-04-30	CHC	HOU	down 3-0	t2	1-3	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Kerry Wood (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Kerry Wood (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	2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Kerry Wood (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Kerry Wood (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-04-30	HOU	CHC	ahead 0-3	b2	---	0	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Comparison

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Totals

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	341	404	346	23	59	6	0	7	32	0	0	11	114	.171	.196	.249	.444	15	86	1	0	46	1	0

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-33	1998	2010	15	13	11	2	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	2	.273	.250	.636	.886	7	0	0	1	1	0

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Value

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	341	404	0.8	0.8	0.8	-0.1	-48	1	0	0

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Sabermetric

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	341	404	13	70	72	335	21	.230	48	-45	-4.4	.078	3.0		0

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	0	.000	0			.000	2.2		0
2	Kerry Wood	21-33	1998	2010	15	13	2	3	3	10	2	.222	6			.364	5.5		0

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Win Probability

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	-0.1	-1.48	0.96
2	Kerry Wood	21-35	1998	2012	341	404	-4.0	-4.3	-0.2	-39.95	-3.8	-46.70	0.89

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Batting

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Kerry Wood	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brandon Backe	3	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	3	0	0

Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: Game Logs

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Kerry Wood vs. Brandon Backe: 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	2008-09-02	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.053	0.11	0.00%	-0.46			P
2	Kerry Wood	CHC	2008-09-02		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Brandon Backe	HOU	2008-04-06	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	0.045	0.85	0.02%	0.46			P
4	Kerry Wood	CHC	2008-04-06		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Brandon Backe	HOU	2005-04-30	*	8	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.81	-0.056	0.60	-0.03%	-1.16			P
6	Kerry Wood	CHC	2005-04-30	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.043	1.72	-0.03%	-0.51			P

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