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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 B  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control D    Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A+ WS Rings 0
1B C- (32.9%) LF D  (14.8%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B B  (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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1978 Minors 18 75.00 9 / 9 11 / 11 12 / 13 5 / 6 6 / 6 15 / 15 14 / 15 72 / 75
1979 Minors 19 68.00 3 / 4 11 / 11 8 / 10 7 / 10 9 / 10 8 / 10 11 / 13 57 / 68
1980 Minors 20 62.00 2 / 6 7 / 9 6 / 9 9 / 12 10 / 12 3 / 8 5 / 6 42 / 62
1981 Minors 21 72.00 3 / 8 7 / 13 4 / 16 3 / 9 5 / 11 1 / 8 4 / 7 27 / 72
1982 Minors 22 52.00 5 / 9 3 / 8 3 / 11 0 / 5 2 / 4 0 / 7 4 / 8 17 / 52
1983 Minors 23 65.00 5 / 11 2 / 6 3 / 9 2 / 9 4 / 10 2 / 8 4 / 12 22 / 65
1984 Majors 24 59.19 162 142 0 5 / 13 1 / 6 4 / 5 2 / 9 7 / 10 2 / 7 2 / 9 23 / 59
1985 Majors 25 57.57 162 142 0 2 / 9 1 / 6 5 / 8 1 / 11 2 / 5 1 / 6 5 / 12 17 / 57
1986 Majors 26 58.08 162 142 0 2 / 7 4 / 8 1 / 3 0 / 5 2 / 11 4 / 9 3 / 15 16 / 58
1987 Majors 27 58.96 162 131 0 0 / 9 1 / 7 2 / 10 1 / 9 3 / 9 1 / 6 2 / 8 10 / 58
1988 Majors 28 47.61 162 65 0 2 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 7 2 / 4 5 / 47
1989 Majors 29 64.26 162 141 0 1 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 14 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 1 / 7 3 / 64
1990 Majors 30 55.21 146 108 16 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 55
1991 Majors 31 66.35 162 142 0 0 / 10 1 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 10 3 / 66
1992 Majors 32 65.34 162 140 0 0 / 10 0 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 65
1993 Majors 33 53.60 130 112 32 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 53
1994 Majors 34 50.38 162 60 0 -3 / 5 -5 / 8 -1 / 10 0 / 9 -6 / 5 -3 / 7 -2 / 6 -20 / 50
1995 Majors 35 48.91 160 66 0 -3 / 7 -4 / 4 -4 / 5 -7 / 10 -1 / 7 -2 / 6 -4 / 9 -25 / 48
1996 Minors 36 10.00 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 10
1996 Majors 36 5.68 24 3 0 -6 / 1 -7 / 1 -3 / 0 -3 / 0 -2 / 2 -1 / 1 -1 / 0 -23 / 5
Total 1918 1394 48 28 / 147 34 / 156 44 / 169 20 / 158 41 / 151 32 / 139 50 / 169 249 / 1089
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.