#97 Les Backman, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Washington Senators
Sunday, 10/27/1918 |
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| Les Backman
3/20/1888
30
USA,OH,CLEVES
6"0
195
Starting Pitcher
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R
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2 / 6 (Fair)
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Normal
3.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 3,421,429
1918 (Arbitration eligible)
5 Year(s), 149 Days (1009 total Days)
172 Day(s)
6 Year(s), 140 Days (1172 total Days)
9 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
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10
64
3
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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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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 | | | | |
| 8/23 | @BOS | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
| 8/27 | CLE | L 1-3 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | L | | | | |
| 8/31 | @CHA | L 3-5 | * | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
| 9/4 | DET | L 0-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | L | | | | |
| 9/8 | PHA | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
| 9/13 | @BOS | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 9/20 | DET | L 1-6 | * | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | L | | | | |
| 9/26 | SLA | L 0-3 | * | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | L | | | | |
| 10/2 | @DET | L 1-2 | * | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 10/8 | @NYA | L 1-2 | * | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 44 | 44 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 3.02 | 375.0 | 376 | 152 | 126 | 79 | 134 | 32 | 72.7 | 2 | 28 | 63.6 |
| Projected | 36 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 3.02 | 306.0 | 308 | 124 | 103 | 65 | 110 | | | | | |
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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 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.82 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 799 | 225 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 81 | 85 | 42 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 | .312 | .363 | .675 |
| vs. RHB | 631 | 151 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 66 | 67 | 37 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .239 | .276 | .301 | .577 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 22 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3.23 | 198.0 | 195 | 84 | 71 | 43 | 66 |
| Road | 22 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2.80 | 177.0 | 181 | 68 | 55 | 36 | 68 |
| 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 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.18 | 68.0 | 58 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 20 |
| May | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.06 | 53.0 | 56 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 18 |
| June | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.61 | 69.0 | 67 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 28 |
| July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.57 | 53.0 | 59 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 22 |
| August | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.17 | 69.0 | 79 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 28 |
| Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.57 | 63.0 | 57 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 18 |
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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 |
| 1918 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 3.02 | 375.0 | 376 | 152 | 126 | 7 | 79 | 134 | 32 | 2 | 1.21 | .286 | DET |
| Total | 208 | 208 | 82 | 103 | 0 | 3.29 | 1798.0 | 1829 | 755 | 658 | 20 | 416 | 1015 | 162 | 13 | 1.25 | .309 | |
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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 |
| 1918 | 44 | 124 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .092 | .065 | .157 | DET |
| Total | 208 | 619 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 327 | 1 | 0 | .047 | .071 | .060 | .130 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 44 | 44 | 33 | 86 | 9 | 123 | 4 | .967 | 375.0 | 2.95 | | | | |
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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...
1/31/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1916 - 2.53 - 4th
| WHIP
1916 - 1.10 - 8th
| Wins
1917 - 18 - 9th
| Losses
1914 - 26 - 1st
1917 - 17 - 10th
| IP
1914 - 363.2 - 7th
1917 - 359.0 - 5th
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K's
1917 - 258 - 8th
| BB
1914 - 103 - 6th
| CG
1914 - 36 - 3rd
| SHO
1916 - 4 - 9th
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