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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	NYM		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 10	NYM		ATL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
4	4	Apr 11	NYM		ATL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 12	NYM		ATL	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
6	6	Apr 14	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
7	7	Apr 15	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
8	8	Apr 16	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
9	10 (1)	Apr 18	NYM	@	STL	L,8-12	GS	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
10	12 (1)	Apr 20	NYM	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
11	13	Apr 21	NYM	@	PIT	W,9-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
12	14	Apr 22	NYM	@	PIT	W,8-7	GF	9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
13	17 (2)	Apr 26	NYM		STL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
14	19 (1)	Apr 29	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	20	Apr 30	NYM		MON	W,11-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21	May 1	NYM		MON	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
17	22	May 2	NYM		MON	L,7-11	GF	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
18	23	May 3	NYM		MON	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
19	24	May 5	NYM		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
20	25	May 6	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	2B
21	26	May 8	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
22	27	May 9	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
23	28	May 10	NYM	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
24	29	May 11	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
25	31 (1)	May 13	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	41	9.1	4	2	0	6	1	2B
26	32	May 14	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
27	33	May 15	NYM		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
28	34	May 16	NYM		SFG	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
29	37 (2)	May 19	NYM		SDP	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	2	11	1	2B
30	38	May 20	NYM		SDP	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
31	40 (1)	May 23	NYM		LAD	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
32	41	May 24	NYM		LAD	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
33	42	May 25	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
34	43	May 26	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
35	45 (1)	May 29	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
36	46	May 30	NYM	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
37	47	May 31	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	49 (1)	Jun 2	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
39	50	Jun 3	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
40	51	Jun 5	NYM		PIT	W,5-1	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
41	52	Jun 6	NYM		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
42	53	Jun 7 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
43	74 (20)	Jun 29	NYM		STL	L,7-8	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	2	2B
44	75	Jun 30	NYM		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	77 (1)	Jul 2	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
46	79 (1)	Jul 4	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
47	81 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
48	83 (1)	Jul 8	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
49	85 (1)	Jul 10	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
50	86	Jul 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
51	87	Jul 12	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
52	88	Jul 16	NYM		CIN	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
53	90 (1)	Jul 18	NYM		CIN	L,3-7	GS	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
54	92 (1)	Jul 20	NYM		ATL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
55	93	Jul 21	NYM		ATL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
56	95 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
57	97 (1)	Jul 25	NYM		HOU	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
58	98	Jul 26	NYM		HOU	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
59	102 (3)	Jul 31	NYM	@	MON	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	103	Aug 1	NYM	@	MON	W,12-4	GS	19	5.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
61	104	Aug 2	NYM	@	MON	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
62	107 (2)	Aug 5	NYM		PHI	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
63	108	Aug 6	NYM		CHC	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
64	109	Aug 7	NYM		CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
65	110	Aug 8	NYM		CHC	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
66	111	Aug 9	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
67	112	Aug 10	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
68	113	Aug 11	NYM		MON	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
69	114	Aug 12	NYM		MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
70	115	Aug 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
71	116	Aug 14	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
72	118 (1)	Aug 16	NYM	@	CHC	W,23-10	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
73	120 (1)	Aug 19	NYM		SFG	L,6-10	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
74	121	Aug 20	NYM		SFG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
75	122	Aug 21	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	2B
76	123	Aug 22	NYM		SDP	L,3-8	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
77	125 (1)	Aug 24	NYM		LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
78	127 (1)	Aug 26	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
79	128	Aug 28	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
80	130 (1)	Aug 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
81	131	Aug 31	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	132	Sep 1	NYM	@	SDP	W,9-1	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
83	133	Sep 2	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
84	134	Sep 4	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
85	136 (1)	Sep 6	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
86	142 (5)	Sep 13	NYM		STL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
87	143	Sep 14	NYM		CHC	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
88	144	Sep 15	NYM		CHC	W,12-4	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							87gm		654.2	131	210	6	347	44