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Backman, Brandon
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Jersey Number 44
Brandon Backman
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- RHP
- Hometown:
- Danbury, Conn.
- High School:
- Danbury
- Prev School:
- Monroe CC
Bio
As a Graduate Student (2022):
Returned from injury to make 11 appearances, all of which were starts… went 2-3 with a 4.41 ERA… struck out 38 batters and walked 18 in 51.0 innings… held opponents to a .234 batting average… struck out three batters in 3.0 innings in his season debut against LIU (March 15)… allowed one run over 4.0 frames against Hofstra (March 22)… picked up his first win of 2022 with 5.2 shutout innings and a career-high eight strikeouts at Rider (April 2)… tossed the first complete game by a Johnnie in three seasons in a shutout at Seton Hall (May 8).
As a Redshirt Junior (2021):
Missed the entire season due to injury.
As a Junior (2020):
Made four appearances, all in relief, during the Red Storm’s shortened season… went 1-0 with a 5.87 ERA… struck out 12 and walked four in 7.2 innings of work… held opponents to a .222 batting average… made his Division I debut at Kennesaw State, striking out four in 1.2 innings of work (Feb. 14)… registered his first Division I win at California, striking out four and walking one over 2.1 frames of no-hit action (Feb. 21)… struck out three at UNLV (March 7)… tossed a scoreless frame against Saint Peter’s (March 10).
At Monroe:
Member of the 2019 JUCO World Series All-Tournament Team… threw a complete game and picked up the win in his lone JUCO Division I World Series appearance… struck out eight, walked seven and surrendered five hits in those nine innings of two-run work… made 14 appearances, 12 of which were starts, as a sophomore… went 9-2 with a 2.56 ERA… threw two complete games… struck out 100 batters and walked 51 in 70.1 innings of work… held opponents to a .158 batting average… spent his freshman year at Western Connecticut State University.
Before College:
Played four years at Danbury High School… an All-FCIAC West selection in 2016.
Personal:
Brandon Terrence Backman… son of Bart and Mary Backman… chose St. John’s for the reputation of the University and the baseball program… lists his parents as the people he admires most and Zlatan Ibrahimovic as his favorite athlete… a criminal justice major… aspires to become a professional baseball player or a lawyer
Returned from injury to make 11 appearances, all of which were starts… went 2-3 with a 4.41 ERA… struck out 38 batters and walked 18 in 51.0 innings… held opponents to a .234 batting average… struck out three batters in 3.0 innings in his season debut against LIU (March 15)… allowed one run over 4.0 frames against Hofstra (March 22)… picked up his first win of 2022 with 5.2 shutout innings and a career-high eight strikeouts at Rider (April 2)… tossed the first complete game by a Johnnie in three seasons in a shutout at Seton Hall (May 8).
As a Redshirt Junior (2021):
Missed the entire season due to injury.
As a Junior (2020):
Made four appearances, all in relief, during the Red Storm’s shortened season… went 1-0 with a 5.87 ERA… struck out 12 and walked four in 7.2 innings of work… held opponents to a .222 batting average… made his Division I debut at Kennesaw State, striking out four in 1.2 innings of work (Feb. 14)… registered his first Division I win at California, striking out four and walking one over 2.1 frames of no-hit action (Feb. 21)… struck out three at UNLV (March 7)… tossed a scoreless frame against Saint Peter’s (March 10).
At Monroe:
Member of the 2019 JUCO World Series All-Tournament Team… threw a complete game and picked up the win in his lone JUCO Division I World Series appearance… struck out eight, walked seven and surrendered five hits in those nine innings of two-run work… made 14 appearances, 12 of which were starts, as a sophomore… went 9-2 with a 2.56 ERA… threw two complete games… struck out 100 batters and walked 51 in 70.1 innings of work… held opponents to a .158 batting average… spent his freshman year at Western Connecticut State University.
Before College:
Played four years at Danbury High School… an All-FCIAC West selection in 2016.
Personal:
Brandon Terrence Backman… son of Bart and Mary Backman… chose St. John’s for the reputation of the University and the baseball program… lists his parents as the people he admires most and Zlatan Ibrahimovic as his favorite athlete… a criminal justice major… aspires to become a professional baseball player or a lawyer