Wally Backman

Walter Wayne Backman


Bats: B, Throws: R
Height: 5'9", Weight: 160 lb.
Born: 9/22/1959 in Hillsboro, OR
Debut: 09/02/1980
Final Game: 05/14/1993
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    Year Tm Lg G AB R H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO IBB HBP SH SF GIDP BA OBP SLG OPS TB
    1980 NYN NL 27 93 12 30 28 1 1 0 9 2 3 11 14 1 1 4 1 3 .323 .396 .355 .751 33
    1981 NYN NL 26 36 5 10 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 0 0 2 0 0 .278 .350 .333 .683 12
    1982 NYN NL 96 261 37 71 53 13 2 3 22 8 7 49 47 1 0 2 0 6 .272 .387 .372 .759 97
    1983 NYN NL 26 42 6 7 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 8 0 0 1 0 2 .167 .205 .214 .419 9
    1984 NYN NL 128 436 68 122 100 19 2 1 26 32 9 56 63 2 0 5 2 13 .280 .360 .339 .700 148
    1985 NYN NL 145 520 77 142 112 24 5 1 38 30 12 36 72 1 1 14 3 3 .273 .320 .344 .664 179
    1986 NYN NL 124 387 67 124 103 18 2 1 27 13 7 36 32 1 0 14 3 3 .320 .376 .385 .761 149
    1987 NYN NL 94 300 43 75 67 6 1 1 23 11 3 25 43 0 0 9 1 5 .250 .307 .287 .593 86
    1988 NYN NL 99 294 44 89 77 12 0 0 17 9 5 41 49 1 1 9 2 6 .303 .388 .344 .731 101
    1989 MIN AL 87 299 33 69 57 9 2 1 26 1 1 32 45 0 1 4 1 4 .231 .306 .284 .591 85
    1990 PIT NL 104 315 62 92 66 21 3 2 28 6 3 42 53 1 1 0 3 5 .292 .374 .397 .771 125
    1991 PHI NL 94 185 20 45 33 12 0 0 15 3 2 30 30 0 0 2 3 2 .243 .344 .308 .652 57
    1992 PHI NL 42 48 6 13 12 1 0 0 6 1 0 6 9 1 0 1 0 3 .271 .352 .292 .644 14
    1993 SEA AL 10 29 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 .138 .167 .138 .305 4
    9 seasons NYN NL 765 2369 359 670 554 95 14 7 165 106 46 260 335 7 3 60 12 41 .283 .353 .344 .696 814
    1 season MIN AL 87 299 33 69 57 9 2 1 26 1 1 32 45 0 1 4 1 4 .231 .306 .284 .591 85
    1 season PIT NL 104 315 62 92 66 21 3 2 28 6 3 42 53 1 1 0 3 5 .292 .374 .397 .771 125
    2 seasons PHI NL 136 233 26 58 45 13 0 0 21 4 2 36 39 1 0 3 3 5 .249 .346 .305 .650 71
    1 season SEA AL 10 29 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 .138 .167 .138 .305 4
    Total
    (14 seasons)     		1102 3245 482 893 726 138 19 10 240 117 52 371 480 9 5 68 19 55 .275 .349 .339 .687 1099

    Year Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
    Wally Backman thinks he should be Mets manager
    The New York Mets hired Terry Collins as the team’s next manager earlier this week, and that’s not sitting too well with Wally Backman. Backman was one of the final four candidates for the open managerial position, and despite not being the perceived favorite, he thought he had a legitimate chance. “I really thought I won [...]
    11/27/10
    New York Mets hire Terry Collins as their new manager
    According to a source close to Newsday’s David Lennon, the New York Mets have hired Terry Collins as the team’s next manager. New York Posts’ Mike Puma reports that Collins has approved the two-year agreement. Collins will be officially announced at a press conference on Monday. Collins has been competing with Wally Backman, Bob Melvin and [...]
    11/22/10
    Mets expect to pick manager by Sunday or Monday
    By the end of today (or perhaps already), the New York Mets will have completed their second round interviews with the four remaining candidates:  Wally Backman, Bob Melvin, Chip Hale and Terry Collins.  With those complete, the team will take the next few days to ponder over the situation, and according to MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, [...]
    11/18/10
    Mets name candidates for second round of interviews
    According to ESPN’s Adam Rubin, Terry Collins, Bob Melvin, Wally Backman  and Chip Hale are the four candidates that will be brought back by the Mets for a second round of interviews.  Recently, we have heard that the Mets GM Sandy Alderson may prefer Terry Collins as his manager. Collins is also receiving strong support from [...]
    11/17/10
    Terry Collins is leading candidate for Mets managerial job
    An organization source close to ESPNNewYork.com’s Adam Rubin says that Terry Collins is the favorite to become the next manager of the New York Mets. A source close to The New York Daily News’ Andy Martino says that there is no favorite between Collins and Bob Melvin – the other candidate for the same position. Joel [...]
    11/14/10
    Alderson could have 4 candidates names on his call back list for manager
    New York Mets’ general manager, Sandy Alderson, could have as many as four managerial candidate names on his callback list, according to The New York Posts’ Mike Puma. Of the four, Single-A manager, Wally Backman, is expected to be one of them. Puma says that former Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels manager Terry Collins is [...]
    11/11/10
    Mets set deadline of December 6th to name manager
    The New York Mets have a deadline to name a new manager:  December 6, 2010. The date happens to coincide with the 2010 Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida this year, and GM Sandy Alderson wants to have his skipper by then, according to the New York Post’s Dan Martin. “It would probably be helpful for us [...]
    11/10/10
    The Mets will give Wally Backman a second interview
    Mets new GM Sandy Alderson hopes to complete the first round of managerial interviews by this weekend, but the team may already be looking forward to the second round of talks. According to North Jersey’s Steve Popper and Bob Kaplisch, Single-A manager, Wally Backman, will get a second interview. The Mets have already interviewed five internal candidates, [...]
    11/10/10
    New York Mets not in a rush to name new manager
    The New York Mets and GM Sandy Alderson are in no rush to name a new field manager, despite previously saying that the wanted one in place by the of November, according to The New York Posts’ Dan Martin. Alderson spend the weekend in California where he interviewed three internal candidates:  Wally Backman, Terry Collins and [...]
    11/08/10
    Terry Collins top candidate for Met’s manager position
    New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson is scheduled to interview Terry Collins this weekend in San Diego and a source close to the New York Post’s Joel Sherman says that Collins is anywhere from “a strong candidate to the front-runner.”  The source adds, “I think it is possible that all the interviews are just covering [...]
    11/06/10