How Les Backman's Games Finished Compares to Similar Players

Les Backman totaled 17 career Games Finished, well below the starting pitcher average of 24.3 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Games Finished arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Games Finished arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Finished profile — ranging from 6 to 11 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Les Backman Lifetime Games Finished

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Les Backman Games Finished Per Season

Les Backman's Games Finished 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 Games Finished per season line chart

Les Backman Games Finished by Team

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

Les Backman Cumulative Games Finished — Career Progression

A running total of Les Backman's career Games Finished, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Les Backman Games Finished year-over-year waterfall chart

Les Backman Games Finished Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Les Backman's seasonal Games Finished 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 Games Finished distribution box chart versus comparable players

Les Backman Games Finished — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Les Backman's MLB career with Games Finished 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 Games Finished season-by-season breakdown table