Nickname:
Bats: B
Throws: R
Born: 09-22-1959
Birthplace: Hillsboro, OR, USA
Career Positions Played: 2B,SS,3B,DH
Height: 5 ft., 9 in. Weight: 160 lbs.
(Wally Backman at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 2542 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1980 NY:N 4,6 20 27 110 93 30 28 1 1 0 9 12 .323 .259 .400 .355 11 1 14 4 1 1 1980 NY:N
1981 NY:N 4,5 21 26 42 36 10 8 2 0 0 0 5 .278 .255 .350 .333 4 0 7 2 0 0 1981 NY:N
1982 NY:N 4,5,6 22 96 312 261 71 53 13 2 3 22 37 .272 .258 .387 .372 49 1 47 2 0 0 1982 NY:N
1983 NY:N 4,5,6 23 26 45 42 7 6 0 1 0 3 6 .167 .255 .205 .214 2 0 8 1 0 0 1983 NY:N
1984 NY:N 4,6 24 128 499 436 122 100 19 2 1 26 68 .280 .255 .362 .339 56 2 63 5 2 0 1984 NY:N
1985 NY:N 4,6 25 145 575 520 142 112 24 5 1 38 77 .273 .252 .321 .344 36 1 72 15 3 1 1985 NY:N
1986 NY:N 4 26 124 440 387 124 103 18 2 1 27 67 .320 .253 .378 .385 36 1 32 14 3 0 1986 NY:N
1987 NY:N 4 27 94 335 300 75 67 6 1 1 23 43 .250 .261 .308 .287 25 0 43 9 1 0 1987 NY:N
1988 NY:N 4 28 99 347 294 89 77 12 0 0 17 44 .303 .248 .390 .344 41 1 49 9 2 1 1988 NY:N
1989 MIN:A D,4 29 87 337 299 69 57 9 2 1 26 33 .231 .261 .307 .284 32 0 45 4 1 1 1989 MIN:A
1990 PIT:N 4,5 30 104 361 315 92 66 21 3 2 28 62 .292 .256 .377 .397 42 1 53 0 3 1 1990 PIT:N
1991 PHI:N 4,5 31 94 220 185 45 33 12 0 0 15 20 .243 .250 .349 .308 30 0 30 2 3 0 1991 PHI:N
1992 PHI:N 4,5 32 42 55 48 13 12 1 0 0 6 6 .271 .252 .352 .292 6 1 9 1 0 0 1992 PHI:N
1993 SEA:A 4,5 33 10 31 29 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 .138 .267 .167 .138 1 0 8 1 0 0 1993 SEA:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1980 NY:N 20 2 3 0 1 0 0 .11 .05 .30 .80 0 0 0 0 33 74 47 10 1 4.70 3 28 1980 NY:N
1981 NY:N 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 .09 .00 1.00 .33 0 0 0 0 12 28 19 3 1 6.33 0 9 1981 NY:N
1982 NY:N 22 8 7 0 0 0 0 .16 .00 .29 .46 4 1 0 0 97 205 108 36 5 3.00 6 58 1982 NY:N
1983 NY:N 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 0 0 0 0 9 38 21 6 2 3.50 2 8 1983 NY:N
1984 NY:N 24 32 9 1 0 0 0 .25 .01 .44 .72 7 0 0 0 148 343 175 72 11 2.43 13 67 1984 NY:N
1985 NY:N 25 30 12 1 1 0 0 .30 .01 .29 .69 3 0 0 0 179 411 221 106 3 2.08 3 112 1985 NY:N
1986 NY:N 26 13 7 1 0 0 0 .14 .01 .53 .81 5 0 0 0 149 290 224 62 36 3.61 3 97 1986 NY:N
1987 NY:N 27 11 3 0 0 0 0 .14 .00 .24 .90 2 0 0 0 86 243 169 43 31 3.93 5 69 1987 NY:N
1988 NY:N 28 9 5 0 0 0 0 .11 .00 .38 .82 2 0 0 0 101 227 152 50 51 3.04 6 78 1988 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .26 .45 4 0 0 0 85 240 157 54 48 2.91 4 65 1989 MIN:A
1990 PIT:N 30 6 3 2 0 0 0 .06 .02 .12 .52 8 0 0 0 125 235 140 71 36 1.97 5 36 1990 PIT:N
1991 PHI:N 31 3 2 0 0 0 0 .08 .00 .12 .56 2 0 0 0 57 149 89 37 34 2.41 2 33 1991 PHI:N
1992 PHI:N 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 .07 .00 .00 .33 1 0 0 0 14 39 29 3 8 9.67 3 16 1992 PHI:N
1993 SEA:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .50 1.00 0 0 0 0 4 26 14 5 3 2.80 0 7 1993 SEA:A
PINCH HITTING DESIGNATED HITTING
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1980 NY:N 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1981 NY:N 21 12 3 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1982 NY:N 22 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1983 NY:N 23 16 3 0 1 0 0 3 .188 .313 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1984 NY:N 24 11 3 0 0 0 2 3 .273 .273 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1985 NY:N 25 15 6 2 0 0 2 4 .400 .533 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1986 NY:N 26 15 5 0 0 0 3 2 .333 .333 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1987 NY:N 27 12 2 1 0 0 2 2 .167 .250 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1988 NY:N 28 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1989 MIN:A 29 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
1990 PIT:N 30 15 3 2 0 0 5 5 .200 .333 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1991 PHI:N 31 38 7 4 0 0 8 10 .184 .289 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1992 PHI:N 32 29 10 1 0 0 6 7 .345 .379 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1993 SEA:A 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 - - - - - - - - -
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1980 NY:N 20 43 15 0 0 0 6 7 .349 .349 50 15 1 1 0 5 7 .300 .360 1980 NY:N
1981 NY:N 21 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .444 27 7 1 0 0 4 6 .259 .296 1981 NY:N
1982 NY:N 22 114 30 3 0 1 20 22 .263 .316 147 41 10 2 2 29 25 .279 .415 1982 NY:N
1983 NY:N 23 26 5 0 0 0 1 7 .192 .192 16 2 0 1 0 1 1 .125 .250 1983 NY:N
1984 NY:N 24 203 62 7 1 0 33 29 .305 .350 233 60 12 1 1 23 34 .258 .330 1984 NY:N
1985 NY:N 25 251 65 13 3 0 19 35 .259 .335 269 77 11 2 1 17 37 .286 .353 1985 NY:N
1986 NY:N 26 180 56 6 1 1 19 12 .311 .372 207 68 12 1 0 17 20 .329 .396 1986 NY:N
1987 NY:N 27 169 48 5 0 0 10 15 .284 .314 131 27 1 1 1 15 28 .206 .252 1987 NY:N
1988 NY:N 28 144 49 8 0 0 20 25 .340 .396 150 40 4 0 0 21 24 .267 .293 1988 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 29 150 37 3 2 0 21 19 .247 .293 149 32 6 0 1 11 26 .215 .275 1989 MIN:A
1990 PIT:N 30 154 43 12 1 0 21 28 .279 .370 161 49 9 2 2 21 25 .304 .422 1990 PIT:N
1991 PHI:N 31 82 23 9 0 0 13 15 .280 .390 103 22 3 0 0 17 15 .214 .243 1991 PHI:N
1992 PHI:N 32 17 7 1 0 0 2 2 .412 .471 31 6 0 0 0 4 7 .194 .194 1992 PHI:N
1993 SEA:A 33 16 3 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 13 1 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .077 1993 SEA:A
Bats: B AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1980 NY:N 20 21 4 0 1 0 1 4 .190 .286 72 26 1 0 0 10 10 .361 .375 1980 NY:N
1981 NY:N 21 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .286 29 8 2 0 0 3 6 .276 .345 1981 NY:N
1982 NY:N 22 32 3 0 0 0 3 10 .094 .094 229 68 13 2 3 46 37 .297 .410 1982 NY:N
1983 NY:N 23 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .000 38 7 0 1 0 0 5 .184 .237 1983 NY:N
1984 NY:N 24 37 6 1 0 0 10 6 .162 .189 399 116 18 2 1 46 57 .291 .353 1984 NY:N
1985 NY:N 25 131 16 4 0 0 14 26 .122 .153 389 126 20 5 1 22 46 .324 .409 1985 NY:N
1986 NY:N 26 52 10 1 1 0 5 10 .192 .250 335 114 17 1 1 31 22 .340 .406 1986 NY:N
1987 NY:N 27 35 3 0 0 0 3 5 .086 .086 265 72 6 1 1 22 38 .272 .313 1987 NY:N
1988 NY:N 28 35 9 1 0 0 4 7 .257 .286 259 80 11 0 0 37 42 .309 .351 1988 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 29 57 16 2 1 0 6 6 .281 .351 242 53 7 1 1 26 39 .219 .269 1989 MIN:A
1990 PIT:N 30 31 6 1 0 0 7 9 .194 .226 284 86 20 3 2 35 44 .303 .415 1990 PIT:N
1991 PHI:N 31 24 2 1 0 0 2 3 .083 .125 161 43 11 0 0 28 27 .267 .335 1991 PHI:N
1992 PHI:N 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 47 13 1 0 0 6 8 .277 .298 1992 PHI:N
1993 SEA:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 29 4 0 0 0 1 8 .138 .138 1993 SEA:A
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1980 NY:N 20 1.000 .980 20 18 165.0 48 43 0 0 7
1981 NY:N 21 .946 .982 11 5 57.0 14 21 2 0 2
1982 NY:N 22 .964 .978 88 69 586.0 169 202 14 0 30
1983 NY:N 23 1.000 .978 14 3 44.7 11 12 0 0 2
1984 NY:N 24 .981 .978 115 108 914.7 218 294 10 1 72
1985 NY:N 25 .989 .982 140 122 1128.0 272 370 7 0 76
1986 NY:N 26 .966 .980 113 92 848.0 186 290 17 3 56
1987 NY:N 27 .983 .982 87 76 654.7 131 210 6 0 44
1988 NY:N 28 .989 .980 92 84 707.7 128 219 4 2 36
1989 MIN:A 29 .982 .981 84 79 655.7 146 187 6 1 37
1990 PIT:N 30 1.000 .983 15 14 106.0 22 32 0 0 5
1991 PHI:N 31 .981 .982 36 23 222.0 49 52 2 0 11
1992 PHI:N 32 .968 .981 10 3 36.0 10 20 1 1 4
1993 SEA:A 33 1.000 .981 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1981 NY:N 21 .000 .948 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NY:N 22 .846 .951 6 4 32.0 4 7 2 0 0
1983 NY:N 23 .800 .949 2 2 18.0 5 3 2 0 0
1990 PIT:N 30 .920 .946 71 68 519.3 34 104 12 3 5
1991 PHI:N 31 .939 .950 20 17 120.7 4 27 2 2 1
1992 PHI:N 32 .000 .952 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SEA:A 33 .857 .951 9 8 62.0 4 14 3 0 0
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1980 NY:N 20 .963 .967 8 8 66.0 14 12 1 0 4
1982 NY:N 22 .000 .966 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NY:N 23 1.000 .967 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 -
1984 NY:N 24 1.000 .966 8 2 32.0 5 12 0 0 1
1985 NY:N 25 1.000 .964 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,509 1,909 3,443 2,279 2,488 4,500 2,481 2,823 1,209
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Backman - Historical Batting Stastistics
Wally Backman - Pinch Hitting Statistics, Designated Hitting Statistics
Wally Backman - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Wally Backman - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - Second Base
Fielding Statistics - Third Base
Fielding Statistics - Shortstop
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching