#97 Les Backman, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Detroit Tigers Tuesday, 10/24/1917 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Les Backman
3/20/1888 29 USA,OH,CLEVES 6"0 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Minimal Some ability 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 3,328,571 1917 (Arbitration eligible) 4 Year(s), 149 Days (837 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 140 Days (1000 total Days) 8 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 9 | 10 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 9 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 9 | 10 | |
Talent | 6 | 10 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 64 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/25 | WAS | L 3-5 | * | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | | | | | |
8/29 | @PHA | L 5-6 | * | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/3 | @NYA | W 5-3 | * | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | W | | | | |
9/7 | CHA | L 4-5 | * | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/11 | CLE | L 7-12 | * | 5 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/15 | @BOS | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/19 | WAS | W 3-0 | * | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/23 | PHA | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/28 | SLA | L 4-5 | * | 10.2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | L | | | | |
10/4 | @CLE | L 1-2 | * | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 41 | 41 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2.83 | 359.0 | 368 | 132 | 113 | 53 | 258 | 28 | 68.3 | 2 | 31 | 75.6 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2.83 | 315.0 | 323 | 116 | 99 | 47 | 227 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.63 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 718 | 216 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 64 | 69 | 31 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .324 | .383 | .707 |
vs. RHB | 672 | 152 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 63 | 22 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .246 | .284 | .531 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2.76 | 192.1 | 192 | 70 | 59 | 29 | 136 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2.92 | 166.2 | 176 | 62 | 54 | 24 | 122 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.85 | 53.2 | 53 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
May | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.95 | 55.1 | 60 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.80 | 61.0 | 61 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
July | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.47 | 49.1 | 51 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
August | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.63 | 72.0 | 69 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.33 | 67.2 | 74 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 52 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1913 | 31 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3.98 | 271.2 | 279 | 132 | 120 | 7 | 85 | 136 | 24 | 1 | 1.34 | .304 | DET |
1914 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 3.89 | 363.2 | 391 | 174 | 157 | 3 | 103 | 207 | 36 | 3 | 1.36 | .325 | DET |
1915 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3.69 | 165.2 | 170 | 78 | 68 | 0 | 52 | 125 | 17 | 1 | 1.34 | .329 | DET |
1916 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2.53 | 263.0 | 245 | 87 | 74 | 0 | 44 | 155 | 25 | 4 | 1.10 | .293 | DET |
1917 | 41 | 41 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2.83 | 359.0 | 368 | 132 | 113 | 3 | 53 | 258 | 28 | 2 | 1.17 | .323 | DET |
Total | 164 | 164 | 71 | 78 | 0 | 3.36 | 1423.0 | 1453 | 603 | 532 | 13 | 337 | 881 | 130 | 11 | 1.26 | .315 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1909, A | 29 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2.26 | 239.0 | 192 | 71 | 60 | 2 | 74 | 199 | 14 | 3 | 1.11 | .282 |
1910, A | 31 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1.26 | 271.1 | 193 | 43 | 38 | 1 | 48 | 227 | 19 | 9 | 0.89 | .257 |
1911, A | 31 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2.19 | 267.0 | 216 | 82 | 65 | 1 | 67 | 207 | 21 | 6 | 1.06 | .266 |
1912, A | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1.96 | 82.2 | 67 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 64 | 6 | 3 | 1.14 | .281 |
1912, AAA | 18 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2.17 | 149.1 | 135 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 46 | 127 | 9 | 1 | 1.21 | .303 |
1913, AAA | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3.48 | 72.1 | 76 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 68 | 6 | 2 | 1.31 | .353 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1913 | 31 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | .040 | .075 | .040 | .115 | DET |
1914 | 42 | 126 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .070 | .079 | .149 | DET |
1915 | 20 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .109 | .200 | DET |
1916 | 30 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | .011 | .033 | .011 | .044 | DET |
1917 | 41 | 125 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .063 | .064 | .127 | DET |
Total | 164 | 495 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 273 | 1 | 0 | .046 | .065 | .059 | .124 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 41 | 41 | 26 | 68 | 2 | 97 | 3 | .969 | 359.0 | 2.43 | | | | |
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Drafted in 5th round, 66th overall pick, by Detroit in 1909... Injured on 8/27/1909 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 10 weeks... Injured on 8/1/1911 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days... Earned first career win on 5/20/1913... Had first career hit on 6/3/1913, off Nick Cullop (BOS)... Won Rookie Of The Year in 1913, going 18-10, 3.98 ERA... Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1913... Injured on 5/28/1915 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1916, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1916, going 6-0, 0.68... 1/31/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1917, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1917, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1916 - 2.53 - 4th
| WHIP 1916 - 1.10 - 8th
| Losses 1914 - 26 - 1st
| IP 1914 - 363.2 - 7th
| BB 1914 - 103 - 6th
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CG 1914 - 36 - 3rd
| SHO 1916 - 4 - 9th
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