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Les Backman
Lester John Backman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
School Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Debut July 3, 1909
Final Game August 28, 1910
Born March 20, 1888 in Cleves, OH
Died November 8, 1975 in Cincinnati, OH

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1909 21 STL NL   3  11  21  14   8   0   7  0  128.3  146   69   59   1   39   35   3   4   526       0  4.14  2.51   61 1.442
 1910 22 STL NL   6   7  26  11   4   0  11  2  116.0  117   55   39   4   53   41   2   3   497       0  3.03  2.96   98 1.466
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .333   9  18  47  25  12   0  18  2  244.3  263  124   98   5   92   76   5   7  1023       0  3.61  2.73   76 1.453
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  17  44  23  11   0  17  1  230.7  248  117   92   4   86   71   4   6   966   0   0  3.61  2.73   76 1.453
 Career High      6  11  26  14   8   0  11  2  128.3  146   69   59   4   53   41   3   4   526   0   0  3.03  2.96   98 1.442

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 21 STL NL  21   39    1    4   0  0   0    2   0      4      .103  .186  .103   -8    4   1           0    
 1910 22 STL NL  26   35    2    4   1  1   0    3   0      4  12  .114  .244  .200   32    7   0           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       47   74    3    8   1  1   0    5   0  0   8  12  .108  .214  .149   12   11   1   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        255   10   28   3  3   0   17   0  0  28  41  .108  .214  .149   12   38   3   0   0   7   0
 Career High     26   39    2    4   1  1   0    3   0  0   4  12                           7   1   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 21 STL NL   44   36    1   0.8    72| .103  .245| .186  .312| .103  .316| .289  .628|  -8  .064  -4.8  -0.6     
 1910 22 STL NL   41   31    1   0.9    85| .114  .258| .244  .332| .200  .342| .444  .674|  32  .066  -3.0  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        85   67    2   0.8    78| .108  .251| .214  .322| .149  .328| .363  .650|  12  .065  -7.7  -0.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 21 STL NL P 21 2 36 1 0 .974 .941 1.81 1.95 2.67 2.84 14 128.3 1910 22 STL NL P 26 5 30 3 1 .921 .946 1.35 1.77 2.72 2.82 11 116.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 21 STL NL P 21 2 36 1 0 .974 .941 1.81 1.95 2.67 2.84 14 128.3 1910 22 STL NL P 26 5 30 3 1 .921 .946 1.35 1.77 2.72 2.82 11 116.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 47 7 66 4 1 .948 .943 1.55 1.85 2.69 2.83 25 244.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 47 7 66 4 1 .948 .943 1.55 1.85 2.69 2.83 25 244
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Saves
1910 NL-2-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2081) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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