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Les Backman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: March 20, 1888 in Cleves, OH us

Died: November 8, 1975 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

School: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN)

Debut: July 3, 1909 (Age 21-105d, 3,191st in major league history)
vs. CIN 6.1 IP, 11 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, L

Last Game: August 28, 1910 (Age 22-161d)
vs. BSN 0.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: Lester John Backman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

ERA

3.61

244.1

WHIP

1.453

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-17 / in Starts: 3-12

Days of Rest

1909 Pitching Game Log

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1909 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	1	61	Jul 3(1)	STL		CIN	L,2-10	GS-	L(0-1)	99	6.1	11	7		4	2	0	0	0.00	3.48	32					28
2	2	65	Jul 8	STL	@	BSN	L,6-10			4	4.0	8	3		2	2	0	0	0.00	3.18	21					19
3	3	72	Jul 15(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-	L(0-2)	6	7.0	11	3		2	1	0	1	0.00	3.20	35					32
4	4	76	Jul 19(2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	L(0-3)	3	6.0	11	3		1	2	0	0	0.00	2.90	26					25	1	0
5	5	78	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	L,7-11			1	2.0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0.00	3.09	10					8
6	6	80	Jul 24(2)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(0-4)	2	8.0	4	1		1	3	0	0	0.00	2.79	29					28	0	1
7	7	82	Jul 27	STL		CHC	T,4-4			2	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.73	12					12
8	8	84	Jul 28(2)	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	W(1-4)	0	9.0	10	4		1	2	0	0	0.00	2.61	37					35	3	0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	9	88	Aug 1	STL		BSN	L,4-10	GS-	L(1-5)	3	6.0	8	6		2	2	0	0	0.00	2.60	28					26
10	10	91	Aug 5	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(2-5)	3	9.0	5	1		1	2	0	0	0.00	2.53	33					32	1	0
11	11	95	Aug 9	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	L(2-6)	3	10.0	9	4		3	3	0	0	0.00	2.53	38					32	0	1
12	12	100	Aug 14	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(3-6)	4	9.0	10	3		1	5	0	0	0.00	2.40	37					33	1	1
13	13	104	Aug 18(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	L(3-7)	3	8.0	10	6		2	2	1	1	0.00	2.59	35					31	3	0
14	14	108	Aug 21(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(3-8)	2	12.2	9	1		5	8	0	0	0.00	2.53	50					44	0	0
15	15	113	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	L,8-9			3	0.0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0.00	2.53	2					2
16	16	114	Aug 26	STL	@	BSN	L,8-10	GS-		0	6.0	6	3		6	4	0	0	0.00	2.61	23					17
17	17	117	Aug 28(2)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-6	GS-	L(3-9)	1	2.0	8	6		1	0	0	0	0.00	2.63	13					12
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
18	18	120	Sep 1	STL	@	NYG	L,6-9			3	5.0	6	5		4	1	0	1	0.00	2.73	17					12
19	19	122	Sep 3	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7			1	1.0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0.00	2.72	4					4
20	20	126	Sep 6(2)	STL		CIN	L,5-6	GS-	L(3-10)	2	8.0	7	6		0	0	0	0	0.00	2.69	31					31
21	21	130	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS-	L(3-11)	4	4.0	8	6		1	0	0	0	0.00	2.70	20					19
							3-17		W-L:3-11	2.5	127.0	146	71	0	39	39	1	3	0.00	2.70	533					482	9	3

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