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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	2B
2	3	Apr 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-5	GS	31	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
3	4	Apr 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
4	8 (3)	Apr 15	NYM		PHI	L,4-8	GS	25	6.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
5	9	Apr 16	NYM		MON	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
6	11 (1)	Apr 18	NYM		MON	L,6-7	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
7	12	Apr 20	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
8	13	Apr 21	NYM		CHC	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
9	14	Apr 23	NYM	@	MON	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
10	15	Apr 24	NYM	@	MON	W,1-0	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
11	16	Apr 25	NYM	@	MON	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
12	17	Apr 27	NYM	@	SDP	L,5-8	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
13	18	Apr 28	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS	42	10.0	2	3	2	7	1	2B
14	20 (1)	Apr 30	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	21	May 1	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-6	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
16	22	May 2 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
17	23	May 2 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS	29	7.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
18	24	May 3	NYM	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
19	26 (1)	May 6	NYM		SFG	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
20	27	May 7	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
21	29 (1)	May 9	NYM		SFG	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
22	31 (1)	May 11	NYM		SDP	W,6-0	GS	20	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
23	32	May 13	NYM		LAD	W,4-2	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
24	34 (1)	May 15	NYM		LAD	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
25	37 (2)	May 18	NYM		CIN	W,7-4	GS	21	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
26	38	May 19	NYM		CIN	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
27	39	May 21	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
28	40	May 22	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
29	41	May 23	NYM	@	HOU	W,2-0	GS	28	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
30	43 (1)	May 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
31	44	May 26	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
32	45	May 28	NYM		HOU	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	2B
33	46	May 29	NYM		HOU	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
34	48 (1)	May 31	NYM		ATL	W,10-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	49	Jun 1	NYM		ATL	L,3-7	GF	17	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	2B
36	50	Jun 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
37	51	Jun 4	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
38	52	Jun 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
39	53	Jun 6	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
40	54	Jun 7	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	6	5	1	12	1	2B
41	55	Jun 8	NYM		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
42	56	Jun 9	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
43	57	Jun 11	NYM		STL	L,3-7	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
44	58	Jun 12	NYM		STL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
45	59	Jun 14	NYM	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
46	60	Jun 15	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
47	61	Jun 18 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
48	62	Jun 18 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
49	63	Jun 19	NYM	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
50	64	Jun 20	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 2B
51	65	Jun 21	NYM		MON	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
52	66	Jun 22	NYM		MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
53	67	Jun 23	NYM		MON	L,0-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
54	68	Jun 24	NYM		MON	W,3-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
55	70 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
56	72 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
57	73	Jun 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
58	74	Jun 29	NYM	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
59	75	Jun 30	NYM	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	76	Jul 1	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
61	77	Jul 2	NYM		PHI	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
62	79 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	2B
63	81 (1)	Jul 6	NYM		LAD	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
64	82	Jul 7	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
65	83	Jul 8	NYM		SFG	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
66	84	Jul 9 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,3-5	GS	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B SS
67	85	Jul 9 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,6-3	GS	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B 3B
68	86	Jul 10	NYM		SDP	W,9-7	GS	26	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
69	87	Jul 11	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
70	88	Jul 15	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	89	Jul 16	NYM	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
72	90	Jul 17	NYM	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	2B
73	91	Jul 18	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
74	92	Jul 20	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
75	93	Jul 21	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
76	94	Jul 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	2	7	1	10	0	2B
77	95	Jul 24	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
78	96	Jul 25	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
79	97	Jul 27	NYM	@	STL	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
80	98	Jul 28	NYM	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	8	1	12	0	2B
81	99	Jul 29	NYM		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
82	101 (1)	Jul 31	NYM		PIT	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	102	Aug 1	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
84	103	Aug 3	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	GF	26	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
85	104	Aug 4	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS	32	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
86	105	Aug 5	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
87	106	Aug 6 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
88	108 (1)	Aug 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
89	109	Aug 8	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
90	111 (1)	Aug 10	NYM		STL	L,2-7	GS	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
91	112	Aug 12	NYM		CHC	L,6-13	GF	21	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
92	113	Aug 13	NYM		CHC	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
							95gm		620.0	173	209	16	398	30