How Les Backman's Runs Compares to Similar Players

Les Backman totaled 124 career Runs, well below the starting pitcher average of 382.3 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 2 seasons, the Runs arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Runs arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 2 seasons.

Les Backman Lifetime Runs and Similar Stats

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Les Backman Runs Per Season

Les Backman's Runs 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 Runs per season line chart

Les Backman Runs by Team

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

Les Backman Cumulative Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Les Backman's career Runs, 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 Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Les Backman Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Les Backman Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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