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Carlos Zambrano

43.9

354

302

1959.0

132-91

3.66

120

1637

19.5

898

10.7

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GS

IP

W-L

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2.5

145

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5.23

82

360

15.4

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Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Pitching Comparison

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	132	91	.592	3.66	354	302	11	10	5	0	1959.0	1709	879	797	161	898	41	1637	102	5	58	8389	2794	120	4.01	1.331	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.5

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	0	2	.000	4.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	35	19	14	6	8	0	27	2	0	1	132	45		4.96	1.483	10.9	1.9	2.5	8.4

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Value

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	38.3	23.0

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Totals Against

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	2794	7244	1189	319	40	53	50	51.46	16	174	100	44	.236	.327	.358	.685	82	.122	.282	854	2591	520	2709	2794

Carlos Zambrano 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											.188	.273					.226				39	39
2	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	5	29.0	45	120											.292	.346					.333				45	45

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Starting & Relieving

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	185	61	54.3	35	10	29	1	0.0	11	52

Carlos Zambrano 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									0	1
2	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008									0	0

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Ratios

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	19.5	10.7	8.8

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	5	29.0	20.5	6.1	14.4

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Pitch Summary

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	32693	105	19881	60.81

Carlos Zambrano 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
2	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	5	29.0

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	1	0	1.000	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	12	5	5	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	49	1.250	9.0	0.8	2.3	7.5
2	Brandon Backe	0	0		4.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	15	5	5	4	5	0	9	0	0	0	50	1.935	13.1	3.5	4.4	7.8

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Game Logs

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Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2008-09-02	GS-5	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	23	8	19	2	3	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	3	45	86	55	-0.1	-0.27			1.43
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	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2008-04-06	GS-7, W	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	26	7	26	4	2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	3	62	106	72	0.2	1.82			1.15

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Carlos Zambrano (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Carlos Zambrano (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	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Carlos Zambrano (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Carlos Zambrano (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-04-06	HOU	CHC	down 1-0	t3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Double to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF Line)
2	2008	2008-04-06	HOU	CHC	tied 1-1	t5	---	1	6 (3-2)	Groundout: P-1B
3	2008	2008-09-02	HOU	CHC	tied 1-1	t3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
4	2008	2008-09-02	HOU	CHC	down 3-1	t5	-2-	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Short 3B Line); H. Quintero to 3B

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Zambrano (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Zambrano (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	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	2
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	2

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Zambrano (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Zambrano (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-04-06	CHC	HOU	tied 0-0	b2	123	0	1 (0-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; M. DeRosa Scores/No RBI; R. Theriot to 3B
2	2008	2008-04-06	CHC	HOU	tied 1-1	b4	1--	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2008	2008-04-06	CHC	HOU	ahead 1-2	b6	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2008	2008-09-02	CHC	HOU	tied 1-1	b2	1--	1	3 (1-1)	Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B)
5	2008	2008-09-02	CHC	HOU	ahead 1-3	b4	1--	1	6 (2-2)	Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B); R. Theriot to 2B

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Comparison

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Totals

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	693	75	165	26	3	24	71	1	0	10	240	.238	.248	.388	.636	62	269	14	0	37	4	0

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	11	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.200	.382	2	0	0	0	0	0

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Value

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	5.6	5.3	5.6	0.0	-42	1	-2	0

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Sabermetric

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	53	175	180	583	66	.326	122	-43	-4.1	.150	2.9	100.00	1

Carlos Zambrano 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		.000	0			.000	2.2		0
2	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	11	1	2	2	9		.250	0			.100	1.7		0

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Win Probability

Carlos Zambrano 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		-1.48	0.96
2	Carlos Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	-4.0	-3.8	-0.7	-48.09		-43.85	0.90

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Batting

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0	0
2	Brandon Backe	2	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Carlos Zambrano vs. Brandon Backe: Game Logs

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Carlos Zambrano 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	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2008-09-02	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.067	0.05	0.00%	-0.79			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	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2008-04-06	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.117	1.09	-0.06%	-1.44			P

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