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Les Backman

Lester John Backman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 20, 1888 in Cleves, OH
School: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1909
Team: Cardinals 1909-1910

Final Game: August 28, 1910
Died: November 8, 1975 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1909 21 STL NL 3 11 .214 4.14 21 15 6 8 0 0 128.1 146 69 59 1 39 35 3 0 4 526 61 1.442 10.2 0.1 2.7 2.5 0.90
1910 22 STL NL 6 7 .462 3.03 26 11 11 4 0 2 116.0 117 55 39 4 53 41 2 0 3 497 98 1.466 9.1 0.3 4.1 3.2 0.77
2 Yrs 9 18 .333 3.61 47 26 17 12 0 2 244.1 263 124 98 5 92 76 5 0 7 1023 76 1.453 9.7 0.2 3.4 2.8 0.83
162 Game Avg. 8 17 .333 3.61 44 24 16 11 0 2 228 245 116 91 5 86 71 5 0 7 953 76 1.453 9.7 0.2 3.4 2.8 0.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1909 21 STL NL 128.1 21 15 69 4.84 3.64 -0.43 0.00 97.0 3.95 -14 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .427 .491 $
1910 22 STL NL 116.0 26 11 55 4.27 4.01 -0.25 0.00 98.0 4.17 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.6 8 .494 .499 $
2 Seasons 244.1 47 26 124 4.57 3.82 -0.34 0.00 97.5 4.05 -15 -1.7 1.0 -0.2 -0.1 5 .464 .495 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1909 21 3 11 .214 4.14 21 15 6 8 0 0 128.1 146 69 59 1 39 35 3 0 4 526 61 1.442 10.2 0.1 2.7 2.5 0.90 61
1910 22 9 18 .333 3.61 47 26 17 12 0 2 244.1 263 124 98 5 92 76 5 0 7 1023 76 1.453 9.7 0.2 3.4 2.8 0.83 76

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1909 21 3 9 .250 6.30 110.0 171 86 77 1 46 30 4 1.973 14.0 3.8 2.5 0.65 0.1 21
1910 22 6 6 .500 3.76 110.0 129 51 46 4 58 39 2 1.700 10.6 4.7 3.2 0.67 0.3 26
2 Yrs 9 15 .375 5.03 220.0 300 137 123 5 104 69 6 1.836 12.3 2.8 0.66 0.2 47

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1910 NL  2 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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