Wally Backman
Walter Wayne Backman
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 22, 1959 in Hillsboro, OR
High School: Aloha (Beaverton, OR)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Final Game: May 14, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 NYM NL 20 2B 20 18 165.0 91 48 43 0 7 1.000 -4.7 -34.2 -3.7 -2.5 -1.2 -1 4.96 4.55 .979 5.49 4.71
1980 NYM NL 20 SS 8 8 66.0 27 14 12 1 4 .963 -0.8 -14.5 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 3.55 3.25 .967 5.02 4.30
1981 NYM NL 21 2B 11 5 57.0 37 14 21 2 2 .946 -0.5 -10.5 -0.5 -0.9 0.4 0 5.53 3.18 .984 5.53 4.72
1981 NYM NL 21 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1982 NYM NL 22 2B 88 69 586.0 385 169 202 14 30 .964 -4.6 -9.4 -2.6 -3.5 0.8 -2 5.70 4.22 .978 5.42 4.75
1982 NYM NL 22 3B 6 4 32.0 13 4 7 2 0 .846 -1.7 -63.8 -1.7 -0.5 -1.2 0 3.09 1.83 .954 2.76 2.43
1982 NYM NL 22 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.40
1983 NYM NL 23 2B 14 3 44.2 23 11 12 0 2 1.000 -0.9 -24.2 -0.9 -1.6 0.7 0 4.63 1.64 .978 5.34 4.46
1983 NYM NL 23 3B 2 2 18.0 10 5 3 2 0 .800 -0.9 -60.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 4.00 4.00 .960 2.70 2.30
1984 NYM NL 24 2B 115 108 914.2 522 218 294 10 72 .981 -10.7 -14.0 -11.7 -4.9 -6.8 1 5.04 4.45 .979 5.41 4.71
1984 NYM NL 24 SS 8 2 32.0 17 5 12 0 1 1.000 0.4 15.0 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 4.78 2.13 .965 4.87 3.98
1985 NYM NL 25 2B 140 122 1128.0 649 272 370 7 76 .989 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 -0.4 1.3 -1 5.12 4.59 .982 5.47 4.82
1985 NYM NL 25 SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.30
1986 NYM NL 26 2B 113 92 848.0 493 186 290 17 56 .966 2.6 3.7 4.6 -2.1 6.6 -2 5.05 4.21 .980 5.21 4.54
1987 NYM NL 27 2B 87 77 654.2 347 131 210 6 44 .983 -0.3 -0.5 0.7 -0.1 0.8 -1 4.69 3.92 .982 5.19 4.44
1988 NYM NL 28 2B 92 84 707.2 351 128 219 4 36 .989 3.6 6.1 4.6 0.5 4.1 -1 4.41 3.77 .980 5.22 4.58
1989 MIN AL 29 2B 84 79 655.2 339 146 187 6 37 .982 -7.4 -13.5 -6.4 2.8 -9.2 -1 4.57 3.96 .981 5.24 4.51
1989 MIN AL 29 DH 1
1990 PIT NL 30 3B 71 68 519.1 150 34 104 12 5 .920 -7.7 -17.8 -7.7 -4.2 -3.5 0 2.39 1.94 .949 2.73 2.31
1990 PIT NL 30 2B 15 14 106.0 54 22 32 0 5 1.000 -0.2 -2.3 0.8 -0.2 1.0 -1 4.58 3.60 .983 5.01 4.28
1991 PHI NL 31 2B 36 23 222.0 104 50 52 2 12 .981 -1.4 -7.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 -1 4.14 2.83 .982 5.14 4.28
1991 PHI NL 31 3B 20 17 120.2 33 4 27 2 1 .939 1.0 9.9 1.0 0.1 0.9 0 2.31 1.55 .952 2.74 2.31
1992 PHI NL 32 2B 10 3 36.0 31 10 20 1 4 .968 1.1 36.7 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 7.50 3.00 .981 5.18 4.27
1992 PHI NL 32 3B 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1993 SEA AL 33 3B 9 8 62.0 21 4 14 3 0 .857 1.1 21.3 1.1 0.2 0.9 0 2.61 2.00 .957 2.69 2.31
1993 SEA AL 33 2B 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 5.18 4.50
14 Seasons 2B 826 697 6129.1 3427 1405 1953 69 383 .980 -23.5 -4.6 -13.5 -12.1 -1.6 -10 4.93 4.07 .980 5.32 4.61
7 Seasons 3B 111 99 754.1 227 51 155 21 6 .907 -8.2 -13.0 -8.2 -4.4 -3.8 0 2.46 1.86 .951 2.73 2.32
4 Seasons SS 18 10 102.0 45 20 24 1 5 .978 -0.9 -10.6 -0.9 -0.9 -0.0 0 3.88 2.44 .967 4.97 4.16
1 Season DH 1
14 Seasons TOT 955 806 6985.2 3699 1476 2132 91 394 .975 -32.6 -5.6 -22.6 -17.4 -5.4 -10 4.65 3.78 .954 5.03 4.34
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 NYM NL 20 27 26 27 27 0 0 0 20 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYM NL 21 26 5 26 12 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
1982 NYM NL 22 96 73 96 92 0 0 0 88 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8
1983 NYM NL 23 26 5 26 16 0 0 0 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1984 NYM NL 24 128 110 128 119 0 0 0 115 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
1985 NYM NL 25 145 122 145 140 0 0 0 140 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
1986 NYM NL 26 124 92 124 113 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3
1987 NYM NL 27 94 77 94 89 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1988 NYM NL 28 99 84 99 92 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
1989 MIN AL 29 87 79 87 84 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1990 PIT NL 30 104 82 104 85 0 0 0 15 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1991 PHI NL 31 94 40 94 55 0 0 0 36 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 1
1992 PHI NL 32 42 3 42 12 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
1993 SEA AL 33 10 8 10 10 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Seasons 1102 806 1102 946 0 0 0 827 110 19 0 0 0 0 0 214 28
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1980 NYM NL 20 751 52% 80% 22% 59 95% 0 48 14 19 15 46 41 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0
1981 NYM NL 21 257 52% 78% 26% 25 88% 0 14 4 6 4 21 16 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 22 2661 55% 79% 24% 277 93% 0 166 68 62 36 204 172 27 0 5 14 0 14 0 9 30 6 6 13 1 27 15 12 2 0 2
1983 NYM NL 23 206 46% 74% 21% 18 89% 0 12 4 2 6 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 24 4104 53% 75% 23% 327 96% 1 219 77 102 40 289 242 37 0 4 10 0 9 1 10 70 27 15 19 0 62 19 42 6 5 1
1985 NYM NL 25 4887 56% 76% 25% 442 99% 1 281 116 114 51 369 305 53 2 4 7 0 7 0 6 77 25 15 18 3 67 22 42 4 3 1
1986 NYM NL 26 3733 61% 74% 30% 334 92% 4 182 54 94 34 288 236 43 2 3 17 0 14 3 13 55 21 10 13 3 49 16 32 5 2 3
1987 NYM NL 27 2914 54% 75% 31% 236 94% 2 129 35 69 25 213 172 34 1 3 6 0 6 0 5 43 13 6 15 0 38 15 19 4 2 2
1988 NYM NL 28 3057 59% 75% 30% 274 91% 3 128 54 47 27 220 193 21 0 1 4 0 2 2 2 36 13 5 10 1 32 12 19 4 3 1
1989 MIN AL 29 2971 66% 78% 30% 236 89% 3 150 52 71 27 187 156 23 0 6 6 0 5 1 6 38 17 6 6 4 36 11 23 1 0 1
1990 PIT NL 30 453 77% 81% 33% 37 95% 0 20 7 8 5 32 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1991 PHI NL 31 1006 54% 74% 28% 77 82% 0 49 17 24 8 52 38 14 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 11 3 2 5 0 11 5 5 0 0 0
1992 PHI NL 32 157 52% 75% 34% 19 89% 0 10 0 5 5 20 18 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1993 SEA AL 33 17 65% 82% 35% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 27174 57% 76% 27% 2363 93% 14 1408 502 623 283 1955 1626 268 5 31 69 0 61 8 55 378 131 70 106 12 340 122 205 26 15 11
MLB Averages 56% 78% 29% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1981 NYM NL 21 5 20% 80% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 22 148 55% 79% 23% 12 75% 0 5 4 0 1 6 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 NYM NL 23 85 42% 73% 31% 9 78% 0 5 4 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PIT NL 30 2266 57% 79% 33% 155 81% 3 36 23 5 8 101 80 17 1 4 12 1 8 3 9 5 2 1 4 0 0 0 9 67%
1991 PHI NL 31 560 48% 78% 30% 36 86% 0 4 4 0 0 27 22 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 80%
1992 PHI NL 32 9 67% 67% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SEA AL 33 279 71% 75% 33% 18 83% 0 4 1 0 3 14 13 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3352 56% 78% 32% 230 81% 3 54 36 6 12 151 123 23 1 7 21 1 15 5 18 6 3 1 5 0 0 0 15 73%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 29% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1980 NYM NL 20 291 45% 81% 26% 22 86% 0 12 4 4 4 15 12 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 22 9 22% 89% 44% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 23 8 63% 63% 38% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 24 145 70% 78% 26% 14 100% 0 5 2 2 1 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 25 13 62% 69% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 466 53% 80% 26% 38 92% 0 18 7 6 5 28 19 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 29% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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