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Wally
Backman		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 22, 1959 in Usa, OR, HILLSBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1982    1987   
All-Star Selections 1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 20 NYA AL     6 6 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1981 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1982 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 6 7 8 8
1983 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1984 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 7
1985 25 NYA AL $ 1,800,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 8
1986 26 NYA AL $ 1,800,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 7 8 9 9 7 8 8
1987 27 NYA AL $ 2,307,143   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 8
1988 28 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 8 8 9 9 7 8 8
1989 29 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 9 8 8 9 9 7 8 7
1990 30 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 8 8 9 9 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 9 8 8 9 9 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1980 20 AAA   137 525 54 157 27 2 4 45 5 4 63 48 .299 .374 .381 .755 75.0  
1981 21 NYA AL 126 447 55 115 19 0 3 37 7 1 42 31 .257 .320 .320 .640 48.7 9.4
    AAA   25 102 4 27 6 0 0 5 1 1 10 10 .265 .330 .324 .654 10.9  
1982 22 NYA AL 153 596 63 156 32 3 3 38 17 5 54 52 .262 .321 .341 .661 63.8 10.9
1983 23 NYA AL 152 559 60 166 33 1 6 63 7 5 51 53 .297 .355 .392 .746 69.2 11.9
1984 24 NYA AL 146 537 71 145 39 4 2 39 17 5 52 61 .270 .334 .369 .703 66.2 11.2
1985 25 NYA AL 27 87 10 26 7 0 3 14 2 1 12 6 .299 .384 .483 .867 15.4 3.7
    AAA   107 402 65 125 20 4 5 66 5 2 67 28 .311 .409 .418 .827 70.2  
1986 26 NYA AL 137 530 56 151 37 4 2 53 8 4 69 55 .285 .367 .381 .748 73.8 14.5
1987 27 NYA AL 153 573 81 160 34 5 2 59 13 8 78 60 .279 .362 .366 .728 80.1 15.5
1988 28 NYA AL 153 569 90 176 47 2 7 69 15 3 89 71 .309 .399 .436 .835 100.8 22.6
1989 29 NYA AL 155 568 78 163 41 4 7 46 11 4 71 88 .287 .367 .410 .777 81.5 15.9
1990 30 NYA AL 101 373 54 96 27 2 3 48 14 4 55 46 .257 .352 .365 .717 51.4 9.5
10 Years Sim 1303 4839 618 1354 316 25 38 466 111 40 573 523 .280 .355 .379 .734 650.9 124.9
3 Years AAA 269 1029 123 309 53 6 9 116 11 7 140 86 .300 .383 .390 .773 156.1  
162 Game Average 601 76 168 39 3 4 57 13 4 71 65 .280 .355 .379 .734 80.9  
Career Highs 155 596 90 176 47 5 7 69 17 8 89 88 .309 .399 .483 .867 100.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3643 491 1056 241 17 27 340 83 25 430 363 .290 .364 .388 .751 520.4
vs LH   1196 127 298 75 8 11 126 28 15 143 160 .249 .327 .353 .680 142.8
Home 667 2425 335 697 179 18 22 245 51 16 310 270 .287 .367 .403 .770 361.9
Away 636 2414 283 657 137 7 16 221 60 24 263 253 .272 .342 .355 .696 301.3
RISP   1029 0 284 61 5 8 386 0 0 144 114 .276 .356 .368 .724 143.1
Pinch Hitting   45 8 17 5 0 1 11 0 1 10 2 .378 .474 .556 1.029 10.9
Close/Late   532 51 141 27 0 2 52 0 0 69 58 .265 .349 .327 .676 64.2
Mar/Apr 195 757 95 207 51 4 4 80 16 3 89 88 .273 .348 .367 .715 100.0
May 240 906 111 250 53 6 4 85 25 9 117 101 .276 .358 .361 .719 122.1
June 231 819 116 239 55 3 8 86 21 9 102 71 .292 .371 .396 .767 120.6
July 216 830 109 252 71 4 6 66 21 9 91 98 .304 .371 .420 .792 125.8
August 231 834 108 227 49 5 11 86 17 6 98 92 .272 .345 .382 .728 113.5
Sep/Oct 190 693 79 179 37 3 5 63 11 4 76 73 .258 .329 .342 .671 81.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 21 NYA AL 3B 73 71 607.3 37 181 13 12 .944 3.23 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 35 33 280.7 72 116 7 23 .964 6.03 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 22 NYA AL 3B 149 145 1284.3 82 355 23 38 .950 3.06 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    SS 3 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 23 NYA AL 3B 147 143 1250.3 88 354 27 32 .942 3.18 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 24 NYA AL 3B 141 136 1195.0 73 281 25 18 .934 2.67 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 25 NYA AL 3B 26 26 230.0 13 54 3 4 .957 2.62 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 26 NYA AL 3B 134 132 1164.7 87 259 17 16 .953 2.67 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    SS 2 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 27 NYA AL 3B 147 144 1237.3 88 302 17 26 .958 2.84 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    C 1 1 9.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
    2B 3 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1988 28 NYA AL 3B 122 119 1054.0 69 284 14 15 .962 3.01 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    2B 28 25 228.3 52 106 3 22 .981 6.23 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    SS 3 2 20.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1989 29 NYA AL 2B 98 95 812.0 170 339 21 60 .960 5.64 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    1B 51 51 446.7 484 40 2 39 .996 10.56 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    SS 2 0 8.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 30 NYA AL 1B 42 40 348.0 390 21 3 33 .993 10.63 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 30 30 260.7 37 98 4 21 .971 4.66 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 28 25 226.0 55 78 8 18 .943 5.30 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  3B 940 916 8025.0 537 2070 140 161 .949 2.92 0 0 .000 0 21.3
  2B 194 178 1556.0 350 644 39 123 .962 5.75 0 0 .000 0 5.2
  1B 96 91 800.7 875 62 5 72 .995 10.53 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  SS 44 32 304.7 47 120 4 24 .977 4.93 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  C 1 1 9.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1275 1218 10695.3 1811 2896 189 380 .961 3.96 1 0 .000 1 29.5
Career Highs   153 146 1302.3 658 396 27 100 .978 7.39 1 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 28 NYA AL 9 41 8 17 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 6 .415 .442 .488 .930
Career Post-Season Batting 9 41 8 17 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 6 .415 .442 .488 .930
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1988-8-.309
 On-Base Pct
1988-2-.399
 Games
1989-2-155
 Hits
1988-8-176
 Singles
1988-9-120
 Doubles
1988-5-47
Walks
1987-6-78
1988-6-89
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Wes Parker (930)
  2. Duane Josephson (917)
  3. Albie Pearson (916)
  4. Ernie Orsatti (908)
  5. Eddie Waitkus (900)
  6. Lamar Johnson (898)
  7. Willie Davis (898)
  8. Dom Dallessandro (893)
  9. Floyd Robinson (891)
  10. Johnny Wyrostek (890)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 21st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1980
Had first career hit on 5/2/1981, off Tom Dixon (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1981, off Al Santorini (BOS)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1982
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia on 8/20/1983
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Miami on 7/4/1984
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Injured on 8/8/1986 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
9/1/1987: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1987
Injured on 7/30/1990 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 8 weeks
 
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