Did you know that Wally Backman appeared in 67 games at home, had 199 at-bats, drove in 10 runs, scored 40 times, had 61 hits (6 doubles / 1 triples / 1 home runs), walked 22 times (0 intentional), struck out 16 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 7 times (7 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .306 batting average, .375 on base percentage and .361 slugging average?
On the road, Wally Backman appeared in 69 games, had 227 at-bats, drove in 20 runs, scored 36 times, had 74 hits (12 doubles / 1 triples / 0 home runs), walked 19 times (2 intentional), struck out 22 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 11 times (8 hits & 3 flies), and finished at home with a .325 batting average, .373 on base percentage and .387 slugging average?
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