Wally Backman

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: September 22, 1959 in Hillsboro, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Aloha HS (Aloha, OR).

High School: Aloha HS (Aloha, OR)

Debut: September 2, 1980 (Age 20-346d, 14,360th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 14, 1993 (Age 33-234d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Terry Bross • Previously: Dick Moss

Full Name: Walter Wayne Backman

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1986 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.2

3245

893

.275

482

RBI

240

117

OBP

.349

SLG

.339

OPS

.687

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	PIT	@	NYM	W,12-3	GS	25	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
2	4 (2)	Apr 13	PIT		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
3	6 (1)	Apr 15	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	7	Apr 16	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	10 (2)	Apr 19	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	13 (2)	Apr 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
7	15 (1)	Apr 24	PIT	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	16	Apr 25	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS	44	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	18 (1)	Apr 27	PIT	@	SDP	W,9-4	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	19	Apr 28	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	21 (1)	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
12	23 (1)	May 6 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
13	26 (2)	May 8	PIT		SDP	W,10-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	27	May 9	PIT		CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
15	28	May 10	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	29	May 11	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	30	May 12	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	31	May 13	PIT		HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
19	32	May 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	33	May 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
21	35 (1)	May 18	PIT	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
22	37 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	ATL	L,11-13	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
23	40 (2)	May 23	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	41	May 25	PIT		SFG	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	42	May 26	PIT		SFG	W,10-4	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	44 (1)	May 28	PIT		LAD	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
27	46 (1)	May 30	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	47	Jun 1	PIT		MON	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	48	Jun 2	PIT		MON	W,4-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	49	Jun 3	PIT		MON	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	50	Jun 4	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	52 (1)	Jun 6	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	24	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
33	53	Jun 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	2	10	0	3B
34	55 (1)	Jun 9	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-9	GS	39	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B 2B
35	58 (2)	Jun 12	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	GS	26	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
36	59	Jun 13	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 3B
37	62 (2)	Jun 17	PIT		NYM	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
38	63	Jun 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	43	9.2	2	1	0	3	1	3B
39	65 (1)	Jun 22	PIT	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	67 (1)	Jun 24	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GS	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	68	Jun 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	70 (1)	Jun 27	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	71	Jun 28	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	73 (1)	Jun 30	PIT	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	74	Jul 1	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
46	77 (2)	Jul 4	PIT	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	79	Jul 6	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
49	82 (2)	Jul 12	PIT		SDP	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
50	85 (2)	Jul 15	PIT		SDP	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
51	86	Jul 16	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
52	87	Jul 17	PIT		SFG	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
53	92 (4)	Jul 23	PIT	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	93	Jul 24	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	96 (2)	Jul 27	PIT		PHI	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
56	99 (2)	Jul 31	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-1	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	104 (4)	Aug 5	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
58	108 (3)	Aug 8	PIT		MON	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	109	Aug 9	PIT		MON	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
60	112 (2)	Aug 12	PIT		STL	L,0-6	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
61	117 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	120 (2)	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
63	122 (1)	Aug 21	PIT		HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
64	123	Aug 22	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	GS	19	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
65	125 (1)	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	127 (1)	Aug 26	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
67	130 (2)	Aug 31	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	132 (1)	Sep 2	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS	16	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
69	137 (4)	Sep 6	PIT		NYM	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
70	138	Sep 7	PIT		MON	L,1-4	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
71	139	Sep 8	PIT		MON	W,6-1	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	140	Sep 9	PIT		MON	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
73	142 (1)	Sep 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
74	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	144	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-6	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	147 (2)	Sep 16	PIT	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
77	148	Sep 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS	23	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	151 (2)	Sep 21	PIT		STL	W,1-0	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	152	Sep 22	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	153	Sep 23	PIT		STL	W,7-2	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
81	155 (1)	Sep 26	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	156	Sep 27	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
83	157	Sep 28	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	158	Sep 29	PIT	@	STL	W,8-0	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	161 (2)	Oct 2	PIT		NYM	W,9-4	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							86gm		625.1	56	136	12	204	10