Wally Backman Stats
Wally Backman
| Primary Position: Second Base |
Bats: B Throws: R |
| Born: September 22, 1959 |
Location: Hillsboro, OR USA |
| Played in 14
Major League seasons (1980-1993) |
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Career Shark War: 5.6858
- Hitting WAR: 11.5303
- Fielding WAR: -5.8445
- Pitching WAR: 0.0
Hitting Statistics
| Year | League | Team | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG | Pos |
| 1980 |
NL |
NYN |
20 |
-0.1 |
0.5 |
27 |
110 |
30 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
12.546 |
0.396 |
0.355 |
2B |
| 1981 |
NL |
NYN |
21 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
26 |
42 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3.803 |
0.350 |
0.333 |
2B |
| 1982 |
NL |
NYN |
22 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
96 |
312 |
71 |
13 |
2 |
3 |
49 |
8 |
7 |
38.486 |
0.387 |
0.372 |
2B |
| 1983 |
NL |
NYN |
23 |
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
26 |
45 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.026 |
0.204 |
0.214 |
2B |
| 1984 |
NL |
NYN |
24 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
128 |
499 |
122 |
19 |
2 |
1 |
56 |
32 |
9 |
50.756 |
0.360 |
0.339 |
2B |
| 1985 |
NL |
NYN |
25 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
145 |
574 |
142 |
24 |
5 |
1 |
36 |
30 |
12 |
47.647 |
0.320 |
0.344 |
2B |
| 1986 |
NL |
NYN |
26 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
124 |
440 |
124 |
18 |
2 |
1 |
36 |
13 |
7 |
50.707 |
0.376 |
0.385 |
2B |
| 1987 |
NL |
NYN |
27 |
-0.9 |
-0.4 |
94 |
335 |
75 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
11 |
3 |
19.930 |
0.307 |
0.287 |
2B |
| 1988 |
NL |
NYN |
28 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
99 |
347 |
89 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
9 |
5 |
38.758 |
0.388 |
0.344 |
2B |
| 1989 |
AL |
MIN |
29 |
-2.1 |
-0.8 |
87 |
337 |
69 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
32 |
1 |
1 |
23.985 |
0.306 |
0.284 |
2B |
| 1990 |
NL |
PIT |
30 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
104 |
361 |
92 |
21 |
3 |
2 |
42 |
6 |
3 |
44.503 |
0.374 |
0.397 |
3B |
| 1991 |
NL |
PHI |
31 |
-0.1 |
0.4 |
94 |
220 |
45 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
3 |
2 |
19.928 |
0.344 |
0.308 |
2B |
| 1992 |
NL |
PHI |
32 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
42 |
55 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
4.647 |
0.352 |
0.292 |
2B |
| 1993 |
AL |
SEA |
33 |
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
10 |
31 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
-1.173 |
0.167 |
0.138 |
3B |
| Career Totals | 5.7 | 11.5 | 1102 | 3708 | 893 | 138 | 19 | 10 | 371 | 117 | 52 | 354.549 | 0.342 | 0.339 |
Fielding Statistics
| Year | Position | Team | Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved |
| 1980 |
2B |
NYN |
20 |
-0.3 |
20.0 |
165.0 |
48.0 |
43.0 |
0.0 |
7.0 |
-3.275 |
| SS |
NYN |
20 |
-0.4 |
8.0 |
66.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
-3.481 |
| 1981 |
2B |
NYN |
21 |
-0.1 |
11.0 |
57.0 |
14.0 |
21.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
-0.741 |
| 3B |
NYN |
21 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.091 |
| 1982 |
2B |
NYN |
22 |
-0.3 |
88.0 |
586.0 |
169.0 |
202.0 |
14.0 |
30.0 |
-2.833 |
| 3B |
NYN |
22 |
-0.0 |
6.0 |
32.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-0.449 |
| SS |
NYN |
22 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.269 |
| 1983 |
2B |
NYN |
23 |
-0.1 |
14.0 |
44.7 |
11.0 |
12.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
-0.953 |
| 3B |
NYN |
23 |
-0.1 |
2.0 |
18.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-0.741 |
| 1984 |
2B |
NYN |
24 |
-0.1 |
115.0 |
914.7 |
218.0 |
294.0 |
10.0 |
72.0 |
-0.911 |
| SS |
NYN |
24 |
0.0 |
8.0 |
32.0 |
5.0 |
12.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.224 |
| 1985 |
2B |
NYN |
25 |
-0.4 |
140.0 |
1128.0 |
272.0 |
370.0 |
7.0 |
76.0 |
-3.299 |
| SS |
NYN |
25 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.192 |
| 1986 |
2B |
NYN |
26 |
-0.2 |
113.0 |
848.0 |
186.0 |
290.0 |
17.0 |
56.0 |
-1.889 |
| 1987 |
2B |
NYN |
27 |
-0.5 |
87.0 |
654.7 |
131.0 |
210.0 |
6.0 |
44.0 |
-3.859 |
| 1988 |
2B |
NYN |
28 |
-1.0 |
92.0 |
707.7 |
128.0 |
219.0 |
4.0 |
36.0 |
-8.260 |
| 1989 |
2B |
MIN |
29 |
-1.4 |
84.0 |
655.7 |
146.0 |
187.0 |
6.0 |
37.0 |
-11.560 |
| 1990 |
2B |
PIT |
30 |
-0.1 |
15.0 |
106.0 |
22.0 |
32.0 |
0.0 |
5.0 |
-0.661 |
| 3B |
PIT |
30 |
-0.6 |
71.0 |
519.3 |
34.0 |
104.0 |
12.0 |
5.0 |
-5.512 |
| 1991 |
2B |
PHI |
31 |
-0.5 |
36.0 |
222.0 |
50.0 |
52.0 |
2.0 |
12.0 |
-5.117 |
| 3B |
PHI |
31 |
-0.0 |
20.0 |
120.7 |
4.0 |
27.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
-0.085 |
| 1992 |
2B |
PHI |
32 |
0.2 |
10.0 |
36.0 |
10.0 |
20.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
2.364 |
| 3B |
PHI |
32 |
-0.0 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.115 |
| 1993 |
2B |
SEA |
33 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.237 |
| 3B |
SEA |
33 |
-0.1 |
9.0 |
62.0 |
4.0 |
14.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
-0.843 |
| 2B (14 seasons) | -4.6 | 826.0 | 6129.3 | 1405.0 | 1953.0 | 69.0 | 383.0 | -41.2315 |
| 3B (7 seasons) | -0.8 | 111.0 | 754.3 | 51.0 | 155.0 | 21.0 | 6.0 | -7.8359 |
| SS (4 seasons) | -0.4 | 18.0 | 102.0 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -3.7179 |