How Les Backman's Starts as Fielder Compares to Similar Players

Les Backman totaled 26 career Starts as Fielder, well below the league average of 236.2 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Starts as Fielder arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Starts as Fielder arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 2 seasons.

Les Backman Lifetime Starts as Fielder and Similar Stats

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Season Avg.1355.32
162 Game Avg.89.6255.32
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Les Backman Starts as Fielder Per Season

Les Backman's Starts as Fielder 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 Starts as Fielder per season line chart

Les Backman Starts as Fielder by Team

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

Les Backman Cumulative Starts as Fielder — Career Progression

A running total of Les Backman's career Starts as Fielder, 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 Starts as Fielder year-over-year waterfall chart

Les Backman Starts as Fielder Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Les Backman's seasonal Starts as Fielder 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 Starts as Fielder distribution box chart versus comparable players

Les Backman Starts as Fielder — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Les Backman's MLB career with Starts as Fielder 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 Starts as Fielder season-by-season breakdown table