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Ashburn Crawford League
6-3-2014
Tommy Backman Left Field
Retired (1972, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .220 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .598 Status Deceased (1999) Option Years 0  
H 26 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 08-14-1938
HR 0 Drafted Round 5, Pick 104
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(132 games)
RBI 9
SB 1
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L D  Velocity F    Mentor vR A-
Speed C+ Bunt A+ Control D-   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm D+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF F  (2.7%)   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 
1961 Minors 23 31.00 1 / 4 1 / 5 4 / 6 3 / 4 2 / 3 4 / 6 2 / 3 17 / 31
1961 Majors 23 17.00 0 / 1 3 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 2 2 / 2 3 / 3 13 / 17
1962 Majors 24 11.00 2 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 2 3 / 3 0 / 0 9 / 11
1963 Majors 25 19.00 0 / 1 2 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 4 11 / 19
1964 Majors 26 19.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 4 2 / 5 7 / 19
1965 Minors 27 17.00 2 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 2 6 / 17
1966 Minors 28 7.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 7
1966 Majors 28 24.59 123 28 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 5 2 / 4 6 / 24
1967 Minors 29 7.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 7
1967 Majors 29 1.36 9 1 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1968 Majors 30 9.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 9
1969 Majors 31 17.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 17
1970 Majors 32 11.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 11
1971 Majors 33 17.00 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 17
1972 Majors 34 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 10
Total 132 29 0 6 / 23 7 / 34 14 / 40 11 / 29 10 / 28 16 / 34 12 / 29 76 / 217
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Tommy Backman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1967-06-23The Minnesota Scotsmen have waived Tommy Backman.
1967-04-11The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Jesus Hrabosky to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Rabbit Paepke to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have designated Tommy Backman for assignment. The Minnesota Scotsmen have designated Jackie Williams for assignment.
1966-07-29The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Tommy Backman to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have sent Eric James to the minors.
1966-06-17The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Earl Klee to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Eric James to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Hal Folkers to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Mike Gleason to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have sent Tommy Backman to the minors. The Minnesota Scotsmen have designated Bill Norris for assignment. The Minnesota Scotsmen have designated Rusty Tubbs for assignment. The Minnesota Scotsmen have sent Chick Gigon to the minors.
1966-04-04The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Tommy Backman to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have designated Keizo Yoshitake for assignment.
1965-05-01The Minnesota Scotsmen have acquired Tommy Backman from the waiver wire.
1961-10-12The Chicago Bulldogs have acquired Jeff Baker from the waiver wire. The Chicago Bulldogs have waived Tommy Backman.