Les Backman vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Les Backman
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Les Backman posted a stronger line than Cliff Carter. Les Backman posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.61 vs 4.79) and WHIP (1.453 vs 1.506). By the career numbers, Les Backman had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Les Backman and Cliff Carter

Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.73
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.96
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.66
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.32
55.32
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.61
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.79
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
733
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
244.1
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
9.69
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
10.02
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.69
9.69
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
3.39
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.53
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
2.8
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.73
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.26
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1023
37.68
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
40.55
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.63
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
4.57
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.453
1.453
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
926
34.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1777
35.62
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Les Backman and Cliff Carter

Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.73
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.46
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.96
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.26
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
2.12
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.84
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
2.49
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.69
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
2.2
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.81
94.81
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.553
1.553
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.32
55.32
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Les Backman and Cliff Carter

Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
331.76
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
74
522.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
543.4
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
56.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
42.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.12
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
20.58
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
18
127.06
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.18
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
35.29
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.47
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
56.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.7
12.02
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Les Backman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
56.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
36.79
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
28
197.65
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
3.04
3.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Backman
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA