How Les Backman's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Les Backman posted a career ERA of 3.61, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 2 seasons.

Les Backman Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Les Backman ERA Per Season

Les Backman's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Les Backman ERA per season line chart

Les Backman ERA by Team

Les Backman's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Les Backman career ERA by team bar chart

Les Backman ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Les Backman's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Les Backman ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Les Backman ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Les Backman's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Les Backman ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Les Backman ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Les Backman's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Les Backman ERA season-by-season breakdown table