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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
2	2	Apr 11	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
3	3	Apr 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,8-9	GF	27	4.2	0	3	0	3	0	2B
4	5 (1)	Apr 14	NYM		STL	L,2-6	GF	21	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 2B
5	8 (2)	Apr 20	NYM		PHI	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
6	11 (2)	Apr 24	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
7	13 (1)	Apr 26	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
8	15 (1)	Apr 29	NYM	@	ATL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
9	16	Apr 30	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	18 (1)	May 2	NYM	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
11	19	May 3	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	2B
12	20	May 4	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
13	31 (10)	May 17	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
14	34 (2)	May 21	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
15	35	May 22	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
16	36	May 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-7	CG	39	8.2	4	3	0	7	1	2B
17	38 (1)	May 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
18	39	May 27	NYM		LAD	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
19	40	May 28	NYM		LAD	W,4-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
20	41	May 29	NYM		LAD	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
21	42	May 30	NYM		SFG	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
22	43	May 31	NYM		SFG	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	44	Jun 1	NYM		SFG	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
24	45	Jun 2	NYM		SDP	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
25	46	Jun 3	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
26	47	Jun 4	NYM		SDP	W,4-2	GS	28	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
27	49 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
28	50	Jun 6 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
29	51	Jun 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
30	52	Jun 8	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-3	GF	8	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
31	53	Jun 9	NYM		PHI	L,2-3	GS	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
32	54	Jun 10	NYM		PHI	W,8-4	CG	50	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
33	56 (1)	Jun 13	NYM		PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
34	57	Jun 14	NYM		PIT	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
35	58	Jun 15 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
36	60 (1)	Jun 16	NYM	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	42	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
37	62 (1)	Jun 18	NYM	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
38	63	Jun 20	NYM		CHC	W,10-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
39	64	Jun 21	NYM		CHC	L,6-8	GS	31	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
40	65	Jun 22	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
41	66	Jun 23	NYM		MON	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
42	67	Jun 24	NYM		MON	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
43	68	Jun 25	NYM		MON	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
44	69	Jun 28	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
45	70	Jun 29	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	72 (1)	Jul 1	NYM	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
47	73	Jul 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
48	74	Jul 3	NYM		HOU	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
49	75	Jul 4	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
50	77 (1)	Jul 6	NYM		HOU	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
51	78	Jul 7	NYM		CIN	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	4	6	1	11	1	2B
52	79	Jul 8	NYM		CIN	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
53	82 (2)	Jul 11	NYM		ATL	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
54	83	Jul 12	NYM		ATL	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
55	84	Jul 13	NYM		ATL	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
56	85	Jul 17	NYM	@	HOU	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
57	87 (1)	Jul 19	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	88	Jul 20	NYM	@	HOU	L,8-9	GF	41	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
59	89	Jul 21	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
60	90	Jul 22	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
61	91	Jul 23	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
62	93 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
63	94	Jul 27	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
64	95	Jul 28	NYM		CHC	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
65	96	Jul 29 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
66	98 (1)	Jul 30	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	99	Aug 1	NYM		MON	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
68	100	Aug 2	NYM		MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
69	101	Aug 3	NYM		MON	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
70	102	Aug 4	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
71	104 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	48	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
72	106 (1)	Aug 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
73	107	Aug 8	NYM	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
74	108	Aug 9	NYM	@	MON	W,10-8	GS	30	7.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
75	109	Aug 10	NYM	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
76	111 (1)	Aug 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
77	113 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	NYM		STL	W,4-3	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
78	115 (1)	Aug 15	NYM		STL	L,2-4	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
79	118 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	NYM		STL	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
80	119	Aug 18	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
81	120	Aug 19	NYM	@	LAD	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
82	121	Aug 20	NYM	@	LAD	W,7-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
83	122	Aug 22	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
84	123	Aug 23	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
85	124	Aug 24	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
86	125	Aug 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS	16	4.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
87	127 (1)	Aug 27	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	6	1	8	0	2B
88	128	Aug 29	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
89	129	Aug 30	NYM		LAD	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	131 (1)	Sep 1	NYM		SFG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
91	132	Sep 2	NYM		SFG	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
92	133	Sep 3	NYM		SFG	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
93	134	Sep 6	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
94	136 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
95	137	Sep 8	NYM		MON	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
96	138	Sep 9	NYM		MON	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
97	139	Sep 10	NYM		MON	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
98	141 (1)	Sep 13	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	20	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
99	142	Sep 14	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
100	143	Sep 15	NYM	@	STL	L,0-1	GF	16	3.1	1	2	0	3	1	2B
101	144	Sep 16	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
102	145	Sep 17	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
103	148 (2)	Sep 20	NYM		PHI	W,9-5	GF	9	2.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
104	149	Sep 21	NYM		PHI	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
105	150	Sep 22	NYM		STL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
106	152 (1)	Sep 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
107	153	Sep 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	7	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
108	154	Sep 26	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
109	155	Sep 27	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	14	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH 2B
110	157 (1)	Sep 30	NYM	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
111	159 (1)	Oct 2	NYM	@	MON	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	2B
112	160	Oct 4 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	2B
113	162 (1)	Oct 5	NYM		PIT	W,9-0	GS	15	4.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
							113gm		848.0	186	290	17	493	56