WALLY BACKMAN

| Manager - Buffalo (2012)

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 113rd in BABIP
Positions: 2B-1021, SS-292, 3B-120, DH-1
Full Name: Walter Wayne Backman
Born: Sep 22, 1959 (53.270) in Hillsboro,Oregon

MLB Debut: Sep 2, 1980 (20.346)

Speed
68

Contact
56

Patience
67

Batting
68

Power
22

Ht/Wt: 5-9 / 168 Bats/Throws: Both / Right
High School: Aloha (Aloha,OR)
College: None listed
Drafted: New York Mets: 1977-1-16 (June-Reg)

Tags: 6 hits in a Game || First Round Draft Pick || World Series Champion

TBC Player ID: 8350
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Leagues Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1977	Little Falls	NYPL	A-	-	nym	17		-	69	255	44	83	10	2	6	30	20	7	28	53	1		2	1		.325	.393	.451	844	-	-	115	287		--	--	.391
1978	Lynchburg	Caro	A+	-	nym	18	ss	4	132	494	86	149	19	9	3	38	42	17	74	99	5		6	2		.302	.397	.395	791	-	-	195	581		--	--	.371
1979	Jackson	Tex	AA	-	nym	19	ss	44	110	404	63	114	11	5	2	19	23	5	35	50	5		3	1		.282	.346	.349	695	-	-	141	448		--	--	.317
1980	Tidewater	IL	AAA	-	nym	20	2b-ss	18	125	400	53	117	15	5	1	51	11	7	87	67	0		7	4		.292	.415	.362	778	-	-	145	498		--	--	.345
1980	NY Mets	NL	MLB	28	nym	20	2b-ss	-	27	93	12	30	1	1	0	9	2	3	11	14	1	1	4	1	3	.323	.396	.355	751	26	96	33	110	74	13	4.7	.375
1981	Tidewater	IL	AAA	-	nym	21	ss-3b	-	21	59	6	9	3	1	0	6	2	2	10	8	0	1	1	0		.153	.275	.237	513	-	-	14	70		--	--	.176
1981	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	21	2b	-	26	36	5	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	0	0	2	0	0	.278	.350	.333	683	5	19	12	42	28	5	4.7	.345
1982	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	22	2b	-	96	261	37	71	13	2	3	22	8	7	49	47	0	1	2	0	6	.272	.387	.372	759	73	76	97	312	205	41	5.4	.322
1983	Tidewater	IL	AAA	-	nym	23	2b	50	101	361	69	114	11	3	1	28	37	15	68	47	0	2	0	2		.316	.422	.371	793	-	-	134	431		--	--	.359
1983	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	23	2b	-	26	42	6	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	0	2	.167	.205	.214	419	5	19	9	45	38	0	0.2	.206
1984	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	24	2b	71	128	436	68	122	19	2	1	26	32	9	56	63	0	2	5	2	13	.280	.360	.339	700	111	87	148	499	343	59	4.6	.324
1985	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	25	2b	34	145	520	77	142	24	5	1	38	30	12	36	72	1	1	14	3	3	.273	.320	.344	664	122	84	179	574	410	64	4.2	.313
1986	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	26	2b	51	124	387	67	124	18	2	1	27	13	7	36	32	0	1	14	3	3	.320	.376	.385	761	92	74	149	440	290	64	6.0	.345
1987	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	27	2b	70	94	300	43	75	6	1	1	23	11	3	25	43	0	0	9	1	5	.250	.307	.287	593	77	82	86	335	243	27	3.0	.288
1988	NY Mets	NL	MLB	6	nym	28	2b	-	99	294	44	89	12	0	0	17	9	5	41	49	1	1	9	2	6	.303	.388	.344	731	84	85	101	347	227	43	5.1	.360
1989	Minnesota	AL	MLB	2	min	29	2b	-	87	299	33	69	9	2	1	26	1	1	32	45	1	0	4	1	4	.231	.306	.284	591	79	91	85	337	240	28	3.1	.268
1990	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	19	pit	30	3b-2b	-	104	315	62	92	21	3	2	28	6	3	42	53	1	1	0	3	5	.292	.374	.397	771	82	79	125	361	234	52	6.0	.342
1991	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	6	phi	31	2b-3b	-	94	185	20	45	12	0	0	15	3	2	30	30	0	0	2	3	2	.243	.344	.308	652	40	43	57	220	149	23	4.2	.285
1992	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	6	phi	32	2b	-	42	48	6	13	1	0	0	6	1	0	6	9	0	1	1	0	3	.271	.352	.292	644	3	7	14	55	39	4	3.0	.333
1993	Seattle	AL	MLB	22	sea	33	3b	-	10	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.138	.167	.138	305	8	80	4	31	26	-1	-0.9	.190
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MLB Totals (14 years) Career Ranks									1102	3245	482	893	138	19	10	240	117	52	371	480	5	9	68	19	55	.275	.349	.339	687	807	73	1099	3708	2546	422.7	4.5	.318
Minor League Totals (6 years)									558	1973	321	586	69	25	13	172	135	53	302	324	11	3	19	10	0	.297	.392	.377	769	--	--	744	2315	1469	339.6	6.2	.348
AAA Totals (3 years)									247	820	128	240	29	9	2	85	50	24	165	122	0	3	8	6	0	.293	.409	.357	766	--	--	293	999	618	145.6	6.4	.339
AA Totals (1 year)									110	404	63	114	11	5	2	19	23	5	35	50	5	0	3	1	0	.282	.346	.349	695	--	--	141	448	299	57.8	5.2	.317
A+ Totals (1 year)									132	494	86	149	19	9	3	38	42	17	74	99	5	0	6	2	0	.302	.397	.395	791	--	--	195	581	370	87.8	6.4	.371
A- Totals (1 year)									69	255	44	83	10	2	6	30	20	7	28	53	1	0	2	1	0	.325	.393	.451	844	--	--	115	287	182	48.5	7.2	.391
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1978	Lynchburg	Caro	A+	SS	131		561	202	329	30	49		.947	--	--
1979	Jackson	Tex	AA	2B	5		23	14	8	1	1		.957	--	--
	Jackson	Tex	AA	SS	104		451	170	251	30	46		.933	--	--
1980	Tidewater	IL	AAA	2B	103		577	297	263	17	42		.971	--	--
	Tidewater	IL	AAA	SS	21		72	30	37	5	5		.931	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	20		91	48	43	0	7		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	SS	8		27	14	12	1	4		.963	--	--
1981	Tidewater	IL	AAA	2B	2		10	3	7	0	2		1.000	--	--
	Tidewater	IL	AAA	3B	5		14	4	10	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Tidewater	IL	AAA	SS	6		27	5	21	1	4		.963	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	11		37	14	21	2	2		.946	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
1982	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	88		385	169	202	14	30		.964	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	6		13	4	7	2	0		.846	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	SS	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
1983	Tidewater	IL	AAA	2B	85		397	154	233	10	51		.975	--	--
	Tidewater	IL	AAA	3B	4		10	3	6	1	1		.900	--	--
	Tidewater	IL	AAA	SS	12		59	18	39	2	13		.966	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	14		23	11	12	0	2		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	2		10	5	3	2	0		.800	--	--
1984	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	115		522	218	294	10	72		.981	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	SS	8		17	5	12	0	1		1.000	--	--
1985	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	140		649	272	370	7	76		.989	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	SS	1		1	1	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1986	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	113		493	186	290	17	56		.966	--	--
1987	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	87		347	131	210	6	44		.983	--	--
1988	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	92		351	128	219	4	36		.989	--	--
1989	Minnesota	AL	MLB	2B	84		339	146	187	6	37		.982	--	--
	Minnesota	AL	MLB	DH	1		0						--	--	--
1990	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	2B	15		54	22	32	0	5		1.000	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	3B	71		150	34	104	12	5		.920	--	--
1991	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	2B	36		104	50	52	2	12		.981	--	--
	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	3B	20		33	4	27	2	1		.939	--	--
1992	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	2B	10		31	10	20	1	4		.968	--	--
	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	3B	2		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
1993	Seattle	AL	MLB	2B	1		1	0	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Seattle	AL	MLB	3B	9		21	4	14	3	0		.857	--	--
Major League Totals:				2B	826	0	3427	1405	1953	69	383	0	.980	4.07
				3B	111	0	227	51	155	21	6	0	.907	1.86
				SS	18	0	45	20	24	1	5	0	.978	2.44
				DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minor League Totals:				2B	195	0	1007	468	511	28	96	0	.972	5.02
				3B	9	0	24	7	16	1	1	0	.958	2.56
				SS	274	0	1170	425	677	68	117	0	.942	4.02

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