Les Backman
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Born on March 20, 1888 in Cleves, Ohio, Les Backman (Lester John Backman) played for the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 2 year career. Backman broke into the bigs on July 3, 1909 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 4.14 ERA in 128.1 innings pitched in 1909, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1909
| STL
| N
| 21
| 15
| 3
| 11
| 4.14
| 35
| 69
| 59
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 128.1
| 146
| 1
| 39
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1910
| STL
| N
| 26
| 11
| 6
| 7
| 3.03
| 41
| 55
| 39
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 116
| 117
| 4
| 53
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 47
| 26
| 9
| 18
| 3.61
| 76
| 124
| 98
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 244.1
| 263
| 5
| 92
| 0
| 7
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1909
| STL
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1910
| STL
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 66
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1909
| STL
| N
| 21
| 39
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .103
| .186
| .103
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| STL
| N
| 26
| 35
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 3
| .114
| .244
| .200
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 47
| 74
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 5
| .108
| .214
| .149
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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