Wally Backman was born on Tuesday, September 22, 1959, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Backman was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1980, with the New York Mets. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Wally Backman baseball stats page.
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Wally BackmanWally Backman Autograph on a 1990 Topps Baseball Card (#5T) |
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Wally BackmanWally Backman Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Wally BackmanWally Backman Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1980 | 21 | Mets | 27 | 93 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .323 | .396 | .355 |
1981 | 22 | Mets | 26 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .333 |
1982 | 23 | Mets | 96 | 261 | 37 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 49 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .272 | .387 | .372 |
1983 | 24 | Mets | 26 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .205 | .214 |
1984 | 25 | Mets | 128 | 436 | 68 | 122 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 56 | 2 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | .280 | .360 | .339 |
1985 | 26 | Mets | 145 | 520 | 77 | 142 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .320 | .344 |
1986 | 27 | Mets | 124 | 387 | 67 | 124 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .320 | .376 | .385 |
1987 | 28 | Mets | 94 | 300 | 43 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .307 | .287 |
1988 | 29 | Mets | 99 | 294 | 44 | 89 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 41 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .303 | .388 | .344 |
1989 | 30 | Twins | 87 | 299 | 33 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .306 | .284 |
1990 | 31 | Pirates | 104 | 315 | 62 | 92 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 42 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .292 | .374 | .397 |
1991 | 32 | Phillies | 94 | 185 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .243 | .344 | .308 |
1992 | 33 | Phillies | 42 | 48 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .271 | .352 | .292 |
1993 | 34 | Mariners | 10 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .167 | .138 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
14 Years | 1,102 | 3,245 | 482 | 893 | 138 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 240 | 371 | 9 | 480 | 68 | 19 | 5 | 55 | .275 | .349 | .339 |
Wally BackmanWally Backman Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1980 Mets | 2B | 20 | 18 | 495 | 91 | 4.6 | 91 | 48 | 43 | 0 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.96 |
1980 Mets | SS | 8 | 8 | 198 | 27 | 3.4 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 3.55 |
1981 Mets | 2B | 11 | 5 | 171 | 37 | 3.4 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 5.53 |
1981 Mets | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1982 Mets | 2B | 88 | 69 | 1,758 | 385 | 4.4 | 371 | 169 | 202 | 14 | 30 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 5.70 |
1982 Mets | 3B | 6 | 4 | 96 | 13 | 2.2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .846 | 3.09 |
1982 Mets | SS | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1983 Mets | 2B | 14 | 3 | 134 | 23 | 1.6 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.63 |
1983 Mets | 3B | 2 | 2 | 54 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 4.00 |
1984 Mets | 2B | 115 | 108 | 2,744 | 522 | 4.5 | 512 | 218 | 294 | 10 | 72 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 5.04 |
1984 Mets | SS | 8 | 2 | 96 | 17 | 2.1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.78 |
1985 Mets | 2B | 140 | 122 | 3,384 | 649 | 4.6 | 642 | 272 | 370 | 7 | 76 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 5.12 |
1985 Mets | SS | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1986 Mets | 2B | 113 | 92 | 2,544 | 493 | 4.4 | 476 | 186 | 290 | 17 | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 5.05 |
1987 Mets | 2B | 87 | 76 | 1,964 | 347 | 4.0 | 341 | 131 | 210 | 6 | 44 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 4.69 |
1988 Mets | 2B | 92 | 84 | 2,123 | 351 | 3.8 | 347 | 128 | 219 | 4 | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 4.41 |
1989 Twins | 2B | 84 | 79 | 1,967 | 339 | 4.0 | 333 | 146 | 187 | 6 | 37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 4.57 |
1990 Pirates | 2B | 15 | 14 | 318 | 54 | 3.6 | 54 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.58 |
1990 Pirates | 3B | 71 | 68 | 1,558 | 150 | 2.1 | 138 | 34 | 104 | 12 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .920 | 2.39 |
1991 Phillies | 2B | 36 | 23 | 666 | 104 | 2.9 | 102 | 50 | 52 | 2 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 4.14 |
1991 Phillies | 3B | 20 | 17 | 362 | 33 | 1.7 | 31 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 2.31 |
1992 Phillies | 2B | 10 | 3 | 108 | 31 | 3.1 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 7.50 |
1992 Phillies | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1993 Mariners | 2B | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.25 |
1993 Mariners | 3B | 9 | 8 | 186 | 21 | 2.3 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 2.61 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
2B Totals | 826 | 696 | 18,388 | 3,427 | 4.1 | 3,358 | 1,405 | 1,953 | 69 | 383 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 4.93 | |
3B Totals | 111 | 99 | 2,263 | 227 | 2.0 | 206 | 51 | 155 | 21 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .907 | 2.46 | |
SS Totals | 18 | 10 | 306 | 45 | 2.5 | 44 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 3.88 | |
14 Years | 955 | 805 | 20,957 | 3,699 | 3.9 | 3,608 | 1,476 | 2,132 | 91 | 394 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 4.65 |
Wally BackmanWally Backman Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1980 Mets | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.6 | 10.3 | - | - | - |
1981 Mets | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1982 Mets | 8 | 7 | .533 | 6 | 8 | n/a | 87.0 | 5.6 | 11.9 | - | - | - |
1983 Mets | 0 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.3 | 14.0 | - | - | - |
1984 Mets | 32 | 9 | .780 | 13 | 3 | n/a | 436.0 | 6.9 | 16.8 | - | - | - |
1985 Mets | 30 | 12 | .714 | 17 | 2 | n/a | 520.0 | 7.2 | 13.7 | - | - | - |
1986 Mets | 13 | 7 | .650 | 18 | 3 | n/a | 387.0 | 12.1 | 14.3 | - | - | - |
1987 Mets | 11 | 3 | .786 | 14 | 0 | n/a | 300.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - |
1988 Mets | 9 | 5 | .643 | 6 | 6 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.0 | 17.3 | - | - | - |
1989 Twins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 299.0 | 6.6 | 11.5 | - | - | - |
1990 Pirates | 6 | 3 | .667 | 20 | 0 | n/a | 157.5 | 5.9 | 11.3 | - | - | - |
1991 Phillies | 3 | 2 | .600 | 49 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.2 | 12.3 | - | - | - |
1992 Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 36 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.3 | 8.0 | - | - | - |
1993 Mariners | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
14 Years | 117 | 52 | .692 | 214 | 28 | 1 | 324.5 | 6.8 | 13.5 | - | - | - |
Wally BackmanWally Backman Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1980 New York Mets | 28 | $30,000.00 | - | - |
1981 New York Mets | 6 | $32,500.00 | - | - |
1982 New York Mets | 6 | $33,500.00 | - | - |
1983 New York Mets | 6 | Undetermined | - | - |
1984 New York Mets | 6 | $93,000.00 | - | - |
1985 New York Mets | 6 | $200,000.00 | - | - |
1986 New York Mets | 6 | $325,000.00 | - | Stats |
1987 New York Mets | 6 | $550,000.00 | - | - |
1988 New York Mets | 6 | $650,000.00 | - | - |
1989 Minnesota Twins | 2 | $750,000.00 | - | - |
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | $400,000.00 | - | - |
1991 Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | $650,000.00 | - | - |
1992 Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | $650,000.00 | - | - |
1993 Seattle Mariners | 22 | Undetermined | - | - |
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