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Jumbo Brown League
10-10-2128
Wally Backman Shortstop
Retired (1996, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .268 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .774 Status Deceased (2034) Option Years 0  
H 1500 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 07-12-1960
HR 212 Drafted Round 1, Pick 22
(1978)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(56 games)
RBI 857
SB 199
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A+ WS Rings 0
1B C- (32.9%) LF (14.8%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B (63.2%) CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF D- (5.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1984 SS CIN 142 142 1244.1 607 227 345 35 68 -23 4.14 .942
1985 SS CIN 142 142 1233.1 580 223 321 36 56 -33 3.97 .938
1986 2B CIN 142 142 1245.1 712 284 392 36 72 -31 4.89 .949
1987 SS CIN-HOU 91 91 804.0 417 163 232 22 42 -26 4.42 .947
2B CIN-HOU 38 38 330.2 189 88 99 2 16 +1 5.09 .989
1B CIN-HOU 4 2 21.0 27 27 0 0 2 +2 11.57 1.000
1988 2B HOU-PHI 30 30 267.1 162 75 85 2 23 +2 5.39 .988
1B HOU-PHI 10 10 87.2 83 80 1 2 5 +1 8.32 .976
3B HOU-PHI 8 8 72.1 17 2 12 3 1 0 1.74 .824
SS HOU-PHI 7 7 60.0 19 8 11 0 2 -2 2.85 1.000
CF HOU-PHI 6 6 53.0 13 11 0 2 0 0 1.87 .846
RF HOU-PHI 3 3 26.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.77 1.000
LF HOU-PHI 1 1 8.1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.08 .500
1989 2B PHI 87 87 786.1 451 167 275 9 59 +11 5.06 .980
SS PHI 53 53 477.2 204 78 121 5 28 -9 3.75 .975
1B PHI 1 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7.00 1.000
1990 SS PHI 109 108 960.2 456 169 280 7 50 +12 4.21 .985
1991 SS PHI 142 142 1280.1 624 213 402 9 78 +25 4.32 .986
1992 SS PHI 138 138 1233.2 653 238 408 7 98 +11 4.71 .989
2B PHI 2 2 21.0 14 5 8 1 2 0 5.57 .929
1993 SS PHI 112 112 1010.1 471 174 293 4 59 +10 4.16 .992
1994 3B PHI 117 53 592.1 170 44 121 5 5 0 2.51 .971
SS PHI 8 7 69.0 35 13 21 1 8 -1 4.43 .971
2B PHI 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1995 3B PHI 64 10 184.1 53 11 40 2 6 0 2.49 .962
CF PHI 14 14 106.0 20 20 0 0 0 -1 1.70 1.000
1B PHI 12 12 102.2 98 96 2 0 9 -2 8.59 1.000
2B PHI 11 10 77.0 45 13 28 4 5 -2 4.79 .911
LF PHI 9 9 77.0 11 11 0 0 0 +1 1.29 1.000
RF PHI 5 5 43.2 13 13 0 0 0 -1 2.68 1.000
SS PHI 5 4 35.0 12 7 4 1 3 -2 2.83 .917
C PHI 2 2 16.2 13 12 0 1 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0 6.48 .923
1996 3B SEA-PHI 5 2 25.0 6 1 4 1 0 0 1.80 .833
SS SEA-PHI 2 0 12.0 6 1 5 0 0 +1 4.50 1.000
2B SEA-PHI 1 1 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 +1 4.00 1.000
Pos Total SS 951 946 8420.1 4084 1514 2443 127 492 -37 4.23 .969
2B 312 310 2738.2 1578 632 892 54 177 -18 5.01 .966
3B 194 73 874.0 246 58 177 11 12 0 2.42 .955
1B 27 25 220.1 215 210 3 2 16 +1 8.70 .991
CF 20 20 159.0 33 31 0 2 0 -1 1.75 .939
LF 10 10 85.1 13 12 0 1 0 +1 1.27 .923
RF 8 8 69.2 21 21 0 0 0 -1 2.71 1.000
C 2 2 16.2 13 12 0 1 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0 6.48 .923
Total 1524 1394 12584.0 6203 2490 3515 198 697 0 6 0 0.0% -55 4.29 .968
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01Wally Backman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1996-09-22The Philadelphia have waived Wally Backman.
1996-06-03The Philadelphia have acquired Wally Backman from the waiver wire.
1996-05-22The Seattle Night Rangers have waived Wally Backman.
1996-05-08The Seattle Night Rangers have designated Wally Backman for assignment.
1996-04-11The Seattle Night Rangers have acquired Wally Backman from the waiver wire.
1996-04-01The Philadelphia have promoted Jack Young to the major league team. The Philadelphia have designated Wally Backman for assignment.
1995-06-16The Philadelphia have re-claimed Wally Backman from the waiver wire.
1995-06-13The Philadelphia have promoted Larry Sirotka to the major league team. The Philadelphia have designated Wally Backman for assignment.
1993-04-19Wally Backman of the Philadelphia is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1990-05-25Wally Backman of the Philadelphia is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1990-05-07Wally Backman of the Philadelphia is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1988-04-04Trade #1420696 has been completed between the Philadelphia and the Houston Cougars. The Houston Cougars receive Lowell Leek, Draft Pick 1991 Round 2 PHI (Pete Pose), Draft Pick 1990 Round 2 PHI (Jack Lampard), Draft Pick 1991 Round 1 PHI (Bill Cady) from the Philadelphia in exchange for Wally Backman, Tommy Aulds.
1987-04-21Trade #1400257 has been completed between the Houston Cougars and the Cincinnati Carnage. The Cincinnati Carnage receive Steve Umbarger, Draft Pick 1988 Round 2 CLE (Stan Tessmer) from the Houston Cougars in exchange for Wally Backman.
1984-03-25The Cincinnati Carnage have promoted Wally Backman to the major league team. The Cincinnati Carnage have promoted Red Dead Atkins to the major league team.
1978-04-01The Cincinnati Carnage have renamed Wally Ballard to Wally Backman.