Wally Backman
Born: September 22, 1959, Hillsboro, ORHeight: 5'9" Weight: 160 Bats: Both Throws: Right
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1980 New York NL 20 27 93 12 30 33 1 1 0 9 4 1 2 3 10 1 1 14 3 .323 .355 .396 1981 New York NL 21 26 36 5 10 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 7 0 .278 .333 .350 1982 New York NL 22 96 261 37 71 97 13 2 3 22 2 0 8 7 48 1 0 47 6 .272 .372 .387 1983 New York NL 23 26 42 6 7 9 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 2 .167 .214 .205 1984 New York NL 24 128 436 68 122 148 19 2 1 26 5 2 32 9 54 2 0 63 13 .280 .339 .360 1985 New York NL 25 145 520 77 142 179 24 5 1 38 14 3 30 12 35 1 1 72 3 .273 .344 .320 1986 New York NL 26 124 387 67 124 149 18 2 1 27 14 3 13 7 35 1 0 32 3 .320 .385 .376 1987 New York NL 27 94 300 43 75 86 6 1 1 23 9 1 11 3 25 0 0 43 5 .250 .287 .307 1988 New York NL 28 99 294 44 89 101 12 0 0 17 9 2 9 5 40 1 1 49 6 .303 .344 .388 1989 Minnesota AL 29 87 299 33 69 85 9 2 1 26 4 1 1 1 32 0 1 45 4 .231 .284 .306 1990 Pittsburgh NL 30 104 315 62 92 125 21 3 2 28 0 3 6 3 41 1 1 53 5 .292 .397 .374 1991 Philadelphia NL 31 94 185 20 45 57 12 0 0 15 2 3 3 2 30 0 0 30 2 .243 .308 .344 1992 Philadelphia NL 32 42 48 6 13 14 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 9 3 .271 .292 .352 1993 Seattle AL 33 10 29 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 .138 .138 .167 TOTALS 1102 3245 482 893 1099 138 19 10 240 68 19 117 52 362 9 5 480 55 .275 .339 .349
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1980 New York NL 2B 165.0 18 2 1 20 48 43 0 7 1.000 4.96 1980 New York NL SS 66.0 8 0 3 8 14 12 1 4 .963 3.55 1981 New York NL 2B 57.0 5 6 0 11 14 21 2 2 .946 5.53 1981 New York NL 3B 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1982 New York NL 2B 586.0 69 19 30 88 169 202 14 30 .964 5.70 1982 New York NL 3B 32.0 4 1 2 5 4 7 2 0 .846 3.09 1982 New York NL SS 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1983 New York NL 2B 44.2 3 10 0 13 11 12 0 2 1.000 4.63 1983 New York NL 3B 18.0 2 0 0 2 5 3 2 0 .800 4.00 1983 New York NL SS 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1984 New York NL 2B 914.2 108 7 19 115 218 294 10 72 .981 5.04 1984 New York NL SS 32.0 2 6 1 8 5 12 0 1 1.000 4.78 1985 New York NL 2B 1128.0 122 18 18 140 272 370 7 76 .989 5.12 1985 New York NL SS 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1986 New York NL 2B 848.0 92 21 14 113 186 290 17 56 .966 5.05 1987 New York NL 2B 654.2 76 12 21 88 131 210 6 44 .983 4.69 1988 New York NL 2B 707.2 84 8 26 92 128 219 4 36 .989 4.41 1989 Minnesota AL 2B 655.2 79 5 23 84 146 187 6 37 .982 4.57 1990 Pittsburgh NL 3B 519.1 68 3 36 71 34 104 12 5 .920 2.39 1990 Pittsburgh NL 2B 106.0 14 1 8 15 22 32 0 5 1.000 4.58 1991 Philadelphia NL 2B 222.0 23 13 7 36 50 52 2 12 .981 4.14 1991 Philadelphia NL 3B 120.2 17 3 12 20 4 27 2 1 .939 2.31 1992 Philadelphia NL 2B 36.0 3 7 1 10 10 20 1 4 .968 7.50 1992 Philadelphia NL 3B 1.1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1993 Seattle AL 3B 62.0 8 1 3 9 4 14 3 0 .857 2.61 1993 Seattle AL 2B 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Mets, (August 15, 1982).
- Activated by New York Mets, (September 8, 1982).
- Traded by New York Mets with Mike Santiago to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jeff Bumgarner, Steve Gasser and Toby Nivens (December 7, 1988).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 31, 1990).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (January 10, 1991).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1992).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 25, 1993).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (April 1, 1993).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 5, 1993).
- Released by Seattle Mariners (May 17, 1993).
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