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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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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1980	20	NYM	NL	27	110	93	12	30	1	1	0	9	2	3	11	14	.323	.396	.355	.751	115	33	3	1	4	1	1	4/6
1981	21	NYM	NL	26	42	36	5	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	.278	.350	.333	.683	97	12	0	0	2	0	0	4/5
1982	22	NYM	NL	96	312	261	37	71	13	2	3	22	8	7	49	47	.272	.387	.372	.759	115	97	6	0	2	0	1	4/56
1983	23	NYM	NL	26	45	42	6	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	8	.167	.205	.214	.419	17	9	2	0	1	0	0	4/5
1984	24	NYM	NL	128	499	436	68	122	19	2	1	26	32	9	56	63	.280	.360	.339	.700	99	148	13	0	5	2	2	*4/6
1985	25	NYM	NL	145	574	520	77	142	24	5	1	38	30	12	36	72	.273	.320	.344	.664	87	179	3	1	14	3	1	*4/6
1986	26	NYM	NL	124	440	387	67	124	18	2	1	27	13	7	36	32	.320	.376	.385	.761	113	149	3	0	14	3	1	*4
1987	27	NYM	NL	94	335	300	43	75	6	1	1	23	11	3	25	43	.250	.307	.287	.593	62	86	5	0	9	1	0	4
1988	28	NYM	NL	99	347	294	44	89	12	0	0	17	9	5	41	49	.303	.388	.344	.731	117	101	6	1	9	2	1	4
1989	29	MIN	AL	87	337	299	33	69	9	2	1	26	1	1	32	45	.231	.306	.284	.591	63	85	4	1	4	1	0	4/D
1990	30	PIT	NL	104	361	315	62	92	21	3	2	28	6	3	42	53	.292	.374	.397	.771	117	125	5	1	0	3	1	54
1991	31	PHI	NL	94	220	185	20	45	12	0	0	15	3	2	30	30	.243	.344	.308	.652	86	57	2	0	2	3	0	45
1992	32	PHI	NL	42	55	48	6	13	1	0	0	6	1	0	6	9	.271	.352	.292	.644	85	14	3	0	1	0	1	4/5
1993	33	SEA	AL	10	31	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.138	.167	.138	.305	-17	4	0	0	1	0	0	/54
14 Seasons				1102	3708	3245	482	893	138	19	10	240	117	52	371	480	.275	.349	.339	.687	94	1099	55	5	68	19	9
162 Game Avg.				162	545	477	71	131	20	3	1	35	17	8	55	71	.275	.349	.339	.687	94	162	8	1	10	3	1

NYM (9 yrs)				765	2704	2369	359	670	95	14	7	165	106	46	260	335	.283	.353	.344	.696	97	814	41	3	60	12	7
PHI (2 yrs)				136	275	233	26	58	13	0	0	21	4	2	36	39	.249	.346	.305	.650	86	71	5	0	3	3	1
MIN (1 yr)				87	337	299	33	69	9	2	1	26	1	1	32	45	.231	.306	.284	.591	63	85	4	1	4	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				104	361	315	62	92	21	3	2	28	6	3	42	53	.292	.374	.397	.771	117	125	5	1	0	3	1
SEA (1 yr)				10	31	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.138	.167	.138	.305	-17	4	0	0	1	0	0

NL (12 yrs)				1005	3340	2917	447	820	129	17	9	214	116	51	338	427	.281	.355	.346	.701	98	1010	51	4	63	18	9
AL (2 yrs)				97	368	328	35	73	9	2	1	26	1	1	33	53	.223	.295	.271	.566	56	89	4	1	5	1	0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1986	26	NYM	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	6	23	21	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	4	.238	.304	.238	.542	5	0	0	0	0	1
1986	26	NYM	NL	WS	BOS	W	6	22	18	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	6	0	0	1	0	0

1988	28	NYM	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	7	26	22	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	5	.273	.333	.318	.652	7	0	0	2	0	0

1990	30	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	3	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.143	.250	.286	.536	2	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							22	79	68	12	18	2	0	0	5	4	1	8	14	.265	.342	.294	.636	20	0	0	3	0	1
3 NLCS							16	57	50	8	12	2	0	0	4	3	0	5	12	.240	.309	.280	.589	14	0	0	2	0	1
1 WS							6	22	18	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	6	0	0	1	0	0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 NL 14 (1st)
1986 NL 14 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1985 NL 12 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1980 NL born 1959-09-22 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 17 (998), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Jose Lind (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Millan (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Millan (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Burgess Whitehead (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Sizemore (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Temple (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Temple (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marty Barrett (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joey Cora (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Kasko (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

December 7, 1988: Traded by the New York Mets with Mike Santiago (minors) to the Minnesota Twins for Jeff Bumgarner (minors), Steve Gasser (minors) and Toby Nivens (minors).

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 5, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 25, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

April 1, 1993: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 5, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

May 17, 1993: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

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1985	New York Mets	$200,000
1986	New York Mets	$325,000
1987	New York Mets	$550,000
1988	New York Mets	$650,000
1989	Minnesota Twins	$750,000
1990	Pittsburgh Pirates	$400,000
1991	Philadelphia Phillies	$650,000
1992	Philadelphia Phillies	$650,000
Career (may be incomplete)		$4,175,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniforms

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (998), Average HOFer ≈ 50