Wally Backman

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Full Name: Walter Wayne Backman	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/160	First Game: September 2, 1980
Birthdate: September 22, 1959	Final Game: May 14, 1993
Birthplace: Hillsboro, Oregon	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Wally Backman (Walter Wayne Backman) was born on September 22, 1959 in Hillsboro, Oregon. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1980 for the New York Mets. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .272 with 3 home runs and 22 RBI. Backman played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Wally Backman's best season was 1985, when he stole 30 bases.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1980	NY	N	27	93	12	30	0	9	.323	.396	.355	1	1	11	14	1	4	2	1	3
1981	NY	N	26	36	5	10	0	0	.278	.350	.333	2	0	4	7	0	2	1	0	0
1982	NY	N	96	261	37	71	3	22	.272	.387	.372	13	2	49	47	0	2	8	1	6
1983	NY	N	26	42	6	7	0	3	.167	.205	.214	0	1	2	8	0	1	0	0	2
1984	NY	N	128	436	68	122	1	26	.280	.360	.339	19	2	56	63	0	5	32	2	13
1985	NY	N	145	520	77	142	1	38	.273	.320	.344	24	5	36	72	1	14	30	1	3
1986	NY	N	124	387	67	124	1	27	.320	.376	.385	18	2	36	32	0	14	13	1	3
1987	NY	N	94	300	43	75	1	23	.250	.307	.287	6	1	25	43	0	9	11	0	5
1988	NY	N	99	294	44	89	0	17	.303	.388	.344	12	0	41	49	1	9	9	1	6
1989	MIN	A	87	299	33	69	1	26	.231	.306	.284	9	2	32	45	1	4	1	0	4
1990	PIT	N	104	315	62	92	2	28	.292	.374	.397	21	3	42	53	1	0	6	1	5
1991	PHI	N	94	185	20	45	0	15	.243	.344	.308	12	0	30	30	0	2	3	0	2
1992	PHI	N	42	48	6	13	0	6	.271	.352	.292	1	0	6	9	0	1	1	1	3
1993	SEA	A	10	29	2	4	0	0	.138	.167	.138	0	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		1005	2917	447	820	9	214	.281	.355	.346	129	17	338	427	4	63	116	9	51
Total	AL		97	328	35	73	1	26	.223	.295	.271	9	2	33	53	1	5	1	0	4
Total			1102	3245	482	893	10	240	.275	.349	.339	138	19	371	480	5	68	117	9	55

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1980	NY	N	SS	8	8	66	14	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1980	NY	N	2B	20	18	165	48	43	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	N	2B	11	5	57	14	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1981	NY	N	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	NY	N	2B	88	69	586	169	202	14	30	1	0	0	0	0	.964
1982	NY	N	3B	5	4	32	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.846
1982	NY	N	SS	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	NY	N	2B	13	3	44.2	11	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1983	NY	N	3B	2	2	18	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1983	NY	N	SS	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	NY	N	2B	115	108	914.2	218	294	10	72	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1984	NY	N	SS	8	2	32	5	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	NY	N	2B	140	122	1128	272	370	7	76	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1985	NY	N	SS	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1986	NY	N	2B	113	92	848	186	290	17	56	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1987	NY	N	2B	88	76	654.2	131	210	6	44	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1988	NY	N	2B	92	84	707.2	128	219	4	36	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1989	MIN	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	MIN	A	2B	84	79	655.2	146	187	6	37	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1990	PIT	N	3B	71	68	519.1	34	104	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1990	PIT	N	2B	15	14	106	22	32	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1991	PHI	N	2B	36	23	222	50	52	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1991	PHI	N	3B	20	17	120.2	4	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1992	PHI	N	3B	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	PHI	N	2B	10	3	36	10	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1993	SEA	A	3B	9	8	62	4	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1993	SEA	A	2B	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	826	696	6129.1	1405	1953	69	383	1	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			SS	19	10	104	20	24	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.978
Total			3B	110	99	754.1	51	155	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	.907
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
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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