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Wally Backman
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 38 of 1252 players

Walter Wayne Backman
Born: September 22, 1959 at Hillsboro, Ore.
Throws: Right Bats: Both
Height: 5.09 Weight: 160

Wally Backman has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 25 times, most recently on April 25, 2022.

First Mets game: September 2, 1980
Last Mets game: October 12, 1988

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
28	September 2, 1980	October 5, 1980
6	April 9, 1981	October 12, 1988
86	September 28, 2011	September 28, 2011

28,+6,+86

Wally Backman also played for the following teams:

Minnesota Twins 1989; Pittsburgh Pirates 1990; Philadelphia Phillies 1991, 1992; Seattle Mariners 1993

Wally Backman managed the following Mets farm teams:
Brooklyn Cyclones 2010; Binghamton Mets 2011

Selected by New York Mets organization in first round (16th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 7, 1977.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins with Mike Santiago in exchange for Toby Nivens, Steve Gasser and Jeff Bumgarner on December 7, 1988.

On disabled list:

from August 15, 1982 to September 7, 1982 (fractured left collarbone)
from June 9, 1987 to June 29, 1987 (pulled left hamstring)
from August 27, 1988 to September 11, 1988 (aggravated strain, right hamstring)

Click the icon to see a graph of Wally Backman's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1980 27 93 12 30 1 1 0 9 11 1 14 1 2 3 4 1 33 .323 .355 .396

1981 26 36 5 10 2 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 1 0 2 0 12 .278 .333 .350

1982 96 261 37 71 13 2 3 22 49 1 47 0 8 7 2 0 97 .272 .372 .387

1983 26 42 6 7 0 1 0 3 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 .167 .214 .205

1984 128 436 68 122 19 2 1 26 56 2 63 0 32 9 5 2 148 .280 .339 .360

1985 145 520 77 142 24 5 1 38 36 1 72 1 30 12 14 3 179 .273 .344 .320

1986 124 387 67 124 18 2 1 27 36 1 32 0 13 7 14 3 149 .320 .385 .376

1987 94 300 43 75 6 1 1 23 25 0 43 0 11 3 9 1 86 .250 .287 .307

1988 99 294 44 89 12 0 0 17 41 1 49 1 9 5 9 2 101 .303 .344 .388

9 years 765 2369 359 670 95 14 7 165 260 7 335 3 106 46 60 12 814 .283 .344 .353

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 6 21 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .238 .238 .304

1988 7 22 2 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 7 .273 .318 .333

2 years 13 43 7 11 1 0 0 4 4 1 9 0 2 0 2 0 12 .256 .279 .319

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 6 18 4 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 6 .333 .333 .429

1 year 6 18 4 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 6 .333 .333 .429

Tied for National League lead in sacrifice hits with 14 in 1985.

Led Mets in stolen bases with 30 in 1985.
Led Mets in caught stealing with 12 in 1985. Tied for Mets lead in caught stealing with 9 in 1984.
Led Mets in sacrifice hits with 14 in 1985 and with 14 in 1986. Tied for Mets lead in sacrifice hits with 9 in 1988.

Games where Wally Backman had 4 or more Hits
vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 10/01/80. vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 04/26/85. At Atlanta (NL) 07/04/85. vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 09/21/85.
At Atlanta (NL) 04/29/86. At Cincinnati (NL) 05/04/86.

Games played by position
1980: Second Base 20, Shortstop 8
1981: Second Base 11, Third Base 1
1982: Second Base 88, Third Base 5, Shortstop 1
1983: Second Base 13, Third Base 2, Shortstop 1
1984: Second Base 115, Shortstop 8
1985: Second Base 140, Shortstop 1
1986: Second Base 113
1987: Second Base 88
1988: Second Base 92

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Wally Backman was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1980 1 17 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
1981 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 6 22 0 0 0 0 38 7 0
1983 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
1984 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 49 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Totals 168 362 0 0 0 1 42 21 0

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