Backstop
# Backstop

Backstop may refer to:

## Sport

* Backstop (baseball), a screen behind a field's home plate
   * Catcher, a defensive baseball position behind home plate
* Backstop, a player position in rounders similar to the catcher in baseball
* Backstop, in the glossary of rowing terms
* Backstop (shooting), a construction of sand or other materials used to stop and contain bullets, for example at shooting ranges

## Fictional characters

* Back-Stop (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
* Backstop (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers: Cybertron animated series and toy line

## Other uses

* Backstop (geology), a tectonic feature
* Backstopping markets, a financial term related to the use of the Greenspan put
* Backstop resources, an economic theory
* Operation Backstop, United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) military plan during the Croatian War of Independence
* Irish backstop, a familiar name for the concept of a temporary EU/UK common customs area, proposed in the (failed) 2018 draft Brexit withdrawal agreement
