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Gibson Feller League
9-3-2018
Tony Backman Left Field
Retired (1991, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .698 Status Retired (1991) Option Years 0  
H 246 Age 61 (OS 61) Date of Birth 05-13-1957
HR 19 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1979)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(32 games)
RBI 91
SB 53
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed A- Bunt C- Control F    Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B D  (14.1%) LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A  (90.1%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF B- (57.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1981 OAK
2
9
1
3
1
0
0
2
1
 3 0 0
0
 0 2
.844
.400
.444
.111
.333
1983 OAK
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1984 OAK
18
66
9
19
5
0
1
4
4
 11 0 0
2
 4 1
.738
.329
.409
.121
.288
1985 OAK
100
348
52
87
12
2
10
22
43
 89 1 0
19
 12 4
.716
.334
.382
.132
.250
1986 OAK
95
357
47
100
13
2
6
45
33
 77 3 0
19
 9 1
.724
.346
.378
.098
.280
1987 OAK
66
171
22
37
10
0
2
18
12
 34 2 1
13
 4 1
.584
.274
.310
.094
.216
Total
283
951
131
246
41
4
19
91
93
 214 6 1
53
 29 9
.698
.328
.370
.111
.259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Tony Backman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1987-09-16The Oakland VinylJunkies have waived Tony Backman.
1987-08-30The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Robert Roush to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Taichiro Kaneda to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Tony Backman for assignment. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Ron Brooks for assignment.
1986-08-07Tony Backman of the Oakland VinylJunkies is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1985-04-01The Oakland VinylJunkies have re-claimed Tony Backman from the waiver wire.
1985-04-01The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted John Feinberg to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Tony Backman for assignment.
1985-04-01The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Tony Backman to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Joe Good to the major league team.
1984-08-24The Oakland VinylJunkies have demoted Tony Backman to the minor leagues.
1984-08-18The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Tony Backman to the major league team.
1984-08-14The Oakland VinylJunkies have demoted Tony Backman to the minor leagues.
1984-07-24The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Tony Backman to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Percy Patton for assignment.
1984-07-23The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Bert Kennedy to the minors. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Tony Backman to the minors.
1984-06-23The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Tony Backman to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Denny Bolling for assignment.
1984-05-16The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Michel Bell to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Pinky Banks to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Tony Backman to the minors. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Alexander Gourriel to the minors.
1984-04-26The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Tony Backman to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Jake Winham to the minors.
1983-07-02The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Tony Backman to the minors.
1983-06-20The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Tony Backman to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Ben Fisher to the major league team.
1981-09-12The Oakland MillerTime have sent Tony Backman to the minors.
1981-09-04The Oakland MillerTime have promoted Tony Backman to the major league team.