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Wally Backman

Walter Wayne Backman II

Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 7, 1986 in Prineville, Oregon, US
High School: Crook County HS (Crook County, OR)

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crook County HS (Crook County, OR).

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Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	18	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	28	109	93	8	16	2	2	0	10	1	3	13	38	.172	.284	.237	.521	22	3	2	0	1	0
2005	19	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A-	TEX	51	198	164	22	35	5	4	2	15	3	0	28	59	.213	.337	.329	.666	54	2	3	2	1	1
2005	19	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	35	144	118	16	25	3	3	2	13	1	0	22	44	.212	.347	.339	.686	40	2	3	0	1	1
2005	19	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	16	54	46	6	10	2	1	0	2	2	0	6	15	.217	.308	.304	.612	14	0	0	2	0	0
2006	20	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	62	245	208	26	42	4	1	5	24	7	6	31	69	.202	.306	.303	.609	63	5	2	0	4	0
2007	21	Clinton	MIDW	A	TEX	44	143	128	8	27	3	0	1	9	2	4	10	60	.211	.273	.258	.531	33	2	1	4	0	0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		85	288	256	34	73	13	4	2	37	13	5	24	65	.285	.346	.391	.737	100	6	2	2	4	2
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		75	270	246	24	60	12	1	3	24	7	2	20	76	.244	.301	.337	.639	83	3	1	1	2	0
2010	24	Tucson	GOBL	Ind		88	392	340	51	95	12	4	4	54	16	1	46	74	.279	.365	.374	.738	127		2	0	4	2
2011	25	Sioux City	AA	Ind		100	451	398	55	117	17	2	7	62	6	3	44	90	.294	.361	.399	.760	159		1	2	6	4
2012	26	Sioux City	AA	Ind		95	412	363	49	106	20	4	2	31	5	0	42	111	.292	.369	.386	.755	140		3	3	1	3
2013	27	Sioux City	AA	Ind		6	27	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	.083	.185	.083	.269	2		0	0	0	0
10 Seasons						634	2535	2220	279	573	88	22	26	266	61	24	261	647	.258	.338	.353	.690	783	21	17	14	23	12
Ind (6 seasons)				Ind		449	1840	1627	215	453	74	15	18	208	48	11	179	421	.278	.350	.376	.725	611	9	9	8	17	11
Rk (2 seasons)				Rk		63	253	211	24	41	5	5	2	23	2	3	35	82	.194	.320	.294	.614	62	5	5	0	2	1
A- (2 seasons)				A-		78	299	254	32	52	6	2	5	26	9	6	37	84	.205	.306	.303	.610	77	5	2	2	4	0
A (1 season)				A		44	143	128	8	27	3	0	1	9	2	4	10	60	.211	.273	.258	.531	33	2	1	4	0	0

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	G	GF	IP	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind	1	0	1.0	2	2	5	2.000	18.0	18.0	1.00
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind	1	1	1.0	1	1	4	1.000	9.0	9.0	1.00
2 Seasons					2	1	2.0	3	3	9	1.500	13.5	13.5	1.00

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Rctch	Rtz
2004	18	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	SS	6	28	10	15	3	2	.893	4.17
2004	18	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	3B	16	54	12	38	4	2	.926	3.13
2004	18	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	2B	6	25	11	14	0	2	1.000	4.17
2005	19	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A-	TEX	1B	36	353	333	13	7	27	.980	9.61						-1
2005	19	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--Rk	TEX	3B	15	28	4	20	4	0	.857	1.60						-1
2005	19	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	3B	1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.00						1
2005	19	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	1B	35	342	322	13	7	27	.980	9.57						-1
2005	19	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	3B	14	24	3	17	4	0	.833	1.43						-1
2005	19	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	1B	1	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	11.00						0
2006	20	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	RF	42	86	83	1	2	1	.977	2.00						-2
2006	20	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	CF	8	16	13	1	2	1	.875	1.75						-6
2006	20	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	1B	14	120	106	12	2	8	.983	8.43						-2
2007	21	Clinton	MIDW	A	TEX	RF	14	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.14						1
2007	21	Clinton	MIDW	A	TEX	LF	9	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.11						-1
2007	21	Clinton	MIDW	A	TEX	3B	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00						0
2007	21	Clinton	MIDW	A	TEX	1B	4	38	32	4	2	3	.947	9.00						0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		OF	39	61	55	1	5	0	.918	1.44						0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		RF	35							0.00						0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		CF	3							0.00						0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		LF	2							0.00						0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		3B	32	65	17	41	7	4	.892	1.81						0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		1B	20	143	134	6	3	14	.979	7.00						0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		C	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	0	1	0	0%	0
2008	22	Joliet	NORL	Ind		P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		0	0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		OF	34	66	62	1	3	0	.955	1.85						0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		RF	30							0.00						0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		LF	4							0.00						0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		SS	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00						0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		3B	18	40	15	20	5	3	.875	1.94						0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		2B	18	77	31	43	3	8	.961	4.11						0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		1B	4	14	14	0	0	3	1.000	3.50						0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		C	2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	0		0
2009	23	Joliet	NORL	Ind		P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		0	0
2010	24	Tucson	GOBL	Ind		3B	80	247	45	174	28	12	.887	2.74
2010	24	Tucson	GOBL	Ind		1B	9	71	63	7	1	10	.986	7.78
2011	25	Sioux City	AA	Ind		3B	93	211	46	145	20	11	.905	2.05
2011	25	Sioux City	AA	Ind		1B	5	40	38	1	1	4	.975	7.80
2012	26	Sioux City	AA	Ind		3B	94	236	56	157	23	9	.903	2.27
2012	26	Sioux City	AA	Ind		1B	3	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.33
2013	27	Sioux City	AA	Ind		1B	6	64	61	2	1	4	.984	10.50
10 Seasons							632	2121	1278	717	126	128	.941	3.16	0	1	0	0%		-11
1B (9 seasons)						1B	101	847	785	45	17	73	.980	8.22						-3
3B (8 seasons)						3B	349	882	195	596	91	41	.897	2.27						0
RF (4 seasons)						RF	121	102	99	1	2	1	.980	0.83						-1
LF (3 seasons)						LF	15	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	0.67						-1
P (2 seasons)						P	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		0	0
2B (2 seasons)						2B	24	102	42	57	3	10	.971	4.13
OF (2 seasons)						OF	73	127	117	2	8	0	.937	1.63						-8
CF (2 seasons)						CF	11	16	13	1	2	1	.875	1.27						-6
C (2 seasons)						C	3	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.33	0	1	0	0%
SS (2 seasons)						SS	7	28	10	15	3	2	.893	3.57

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2004	18	AZL Rangers	Arizona League	Rk	TEX	2004-06-29	2004-08-30
2005	19	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	A-	TEX	2005-06-21	2005-07-14
2005	19	AZL Rangers	Arizona League	Rk	TEX	2005-07-17	2005-08-30
2006	20	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	A-	TEX	2006-06-19	2006-09-06
2007	21	Clinton LumberKings	Midwest League	A	TEX	2007-04-27	2007-09-03
2008	22	Joliet JackHammers	Northern League	Ind		2008-05-15	2008-08-31
2009	23	Joliet JackHammers	Northern League	Ind
2010	24	Tucson Toros	Golden Baseball League	Ind		2010-05-19	2010-09-04
2011	25	Sioux City Explorers	American Association	Ind		2011-05-12	2011-08-30
2012	26	Sioux City Explorers	American Association	Ind		2012-05-17	2012-09-03
2013	27	Sioux City Explorers	American Association	Ind		2013-05-16	2013-05-20

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