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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	2B
2	2	Apr 5	MIN		NYY	W,12-2	GS	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
3	3	Apr 6	MIN		NYY	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
4	4	Apr 7	MIN		BAL	W,8-3	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 8	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
6	6	Apr 9	MIN		BAL	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
7	7	Apr 11	MIN	@	DET	W,14-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
8	8	Apr 13	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
9	9	Apr 14	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 16	MIN	@	NYY	W,9-4	GS	22	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
11	11	Apr 18	MIN		DET	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
12	12	Apr 19	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
13	13	Apr 20	MIN		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
14	14	Apr 21	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
15	15	Apr 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
16	16	Apr 23	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
17	17	Apr 24	MIN	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	2B
18	18	Apr 25	MIN	@	MIL	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	2	2B
19	19	Apr 26	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-12	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
20	20	Apr 28	MIN		CLE	L,7-9	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
21	21	Apr 29	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	24 (2)	May 2	MIN		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
23	25	May 3	MIN		MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	3	2B
24	26	May 4	MIN		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
25	28 (1)	May 7 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
26	29	May 7 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-12	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
27	45 (15)	May 26	MIN		TEX	L,3-5	GF	16	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
28	46	May 27	MIN		TEX	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
29	47	May 28	MIN		TEX	L,6-8	GS	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
30	48	May 29	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
31	49	May 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-1	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
32	50	May 31	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	20	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	51	Jun 2	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
34	57 (5)	Jun 7	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
35	59 (1)	Jun 10	MIN		CHW	W,11-8	GS	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
36	60	Jun 11	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
37	61	Jun 13	MIN		SEA	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
38	62	Jun 14	MIN		SEA	W,10-8	GS	38	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
39	63	Jun 15	MIN		SEA	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
40	64	Jun 16	MIN		MIL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
41	66 (1)	Jun 18	MIN		MIL	W,8-6	GS	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
42	68 (1)	Jun 20	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
43	69	Jun 21	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
44	72 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
45	73	Jun 24 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
46	74	Jun 25	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
47	75	Jun 26	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
48	77 (1)	Jun 28	MIN		OAK	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
49	78	Jun 29	MIN		CAL	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	80 (1)	Jul 1	MIN		CAL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
51	81	Jul 2	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
52	82	Jul 4	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
53	83	Jul 5	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
54	84	Jul 6	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
55	85	Jul 7	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
56	86	Jul 8	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	118 (31)	Aug 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS	25	6.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
58	119	Aug 15	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
59	120	Aug 16	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
60	121	Aug 18	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
61	122	Aug 19	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
62	123	Aug 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
63	124	Aug 22	MIN		CHW	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
64	126 (1)	Aug 24	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
65	127	Aug 25	MIN		SEA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
66	128	Aug 26	MIN		SEA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
67	130 (1)	Aug 28	MIN		SEA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
68	131	Aug 29	MIN		TEX	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
69	133 (1)	Aug 31	MIN		TEX	W,8-6	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	134	Sep 1	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
71	135	Sep 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
72	136	Sep 3	MIN	@	TOR	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
73	137	Sep 4	MIN	@	TEX	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
74	138	Sep 5	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
75	139	Sep 6	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
76	140	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
77	141	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
78	144 (2)	Sep 12	MIN		TOR	W,8-2	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
79	150 (5)	Sep 18	MIN		CAL	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
80	151	Sep 19	MIN		CAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
81	153 (1)	Sep 21	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
82	154	Sep 22	MIN		OAK	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
83	156 (1)	Sep 24	MIN		OAK	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
84	160 (3)	Sep 29	MIN	@	SEA	W,10-7	GS	24	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
							84gm		655.2	146	187	6	339	37