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Name	Team	Age
Wally Backman	Retired (1996, Age 36)	Died (2034, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 22 (1978)	SS	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jumbo Brown League	0	12 years (56 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B	A+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	A	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	7/12/1960
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (1B)
A- (81.0 %)	B  (63.2 %)	C- (32.9 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1978

Minors

75.00

9 / 9

11 / 11

12 / 13

5 / 6

6 / 6

15 / 15

14 / 15

72 / 75

1979

Minors

68.00

3 / 4

11 / 11

8 / 10

7 / 10

9 / 10

8 / 10

11 / 13

57 / 68

1980

Minors

62.00

2 / 6

7 / 9

6 / 9

9 / 12

10 / 12

3 / 8

5 / 6

42 / 62

1981

Minors

72.00

3 / 8

7 / 13

4 / 16

3 / 9

5 / 11

1 / 8

4 / 7

27 / 72

1982

Minors

52.00

5 / 9

3 / 8

3 / 11

0 / 5

2 / 4

0 / 7

4 / 8

17 / 52

1983

Minors

65.00

5 / 11

2 / 6

3 / 9

2 / 9

4 / 10

2 / 8

4 / 12

22 / 65

1984

Majors

59.19

162

142

0

5 / 13

1 / 6

4 / 5

2 / 9

7 / 10

2 / 7

2 / 9

23 / 59

1985

Majors

57.57

162

142

0

2 / 9

1 / 6

5 / 8

1 / 11

2 / 5

1 / 6

5 / 12

17 / 57

1986

Majors

58.08

162

142

0

2 / 7

4 / 8

1 / 3

0 / 5

2 / 11

4 / 9

3 / 15

16 / 58

1987

Majors

58.96

162

131

0

0 / 9

1 / 7

2 / 10

1 / 9

3 / 9

1 / 6

2 / 8

10 / 58

1988

Majors

47.61

162

65

0

2 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 7

2 / 4

5 / 47

1989

Majors

64.26

162

141

0

1 / 7

0 / 12

1 / 14

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 7

3 / 64

1990

Majors

55.21

146

108

16

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 55

1991

Majors

66.35

162

142

0

0 / 10

1 / 6

1 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 10

1 / 11

0 / 10

3 / 66

1992

Majors

65.34

162

140

0

0 / 10

0 / 12

1 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 4

0 / 7

1 / 65

1993

Majors

53.60

130

112

32

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 53

1994

Majors

50.38

162

60

0

-3 / 5

-5 / 8

-1 / 10

0 / 9

-6 / 5

-3 / 7

-2 / 6

-20 / 50

1995

Majors

48.91

160

66

0

-3 / 7

-4 / 4

-4 / 5

-7 / 10

-1 / 7

-2 / 6

-4 / 9

-25 / 48

1996

Minors

10.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 10

1996

Majors

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

Date	Transaction
1996-11-01	Wally Backman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1996-09-22	The Philadelphia have waived Wally Backman.
1996-06-03	The Philadelphia have acquired Wally Backman from the waiver wire.
1996-05-22	The Seattle Night Rangers have waived Wally Backman.
1996-05-08	The Seattle Night Rangers have designated Wally Backman for assignment.
1996-04-11	The Seattle Night Rangers have acquired Wally Backman from the waiver wire.
1996-04-01	The Philadelphia have promoted Jack Young to the major league team. The Philadelphia have designated Wally Backman for assignment.
1995-06-16	The Philadelphia have re-claimed Wally Backman from the waiver wire.
1995-06-13	The Philadelphia have promoted Larry Sirotka to the major league team. The Philadelphia have designated Wally Backman for assignment.
1993-04-19	Wally Backman of the Philadelphia is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1990-05-25	Wally Backman of the Philadelphia is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1990-05-07	Wally Backman of the Philadelphia is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1988-04-04	Trade #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.
1987-04-21	Trade #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.
1984-03-25	The Cincinnati Carnage have promoted Wally Backman to the major league team. The Cincinnati Carnage have promoted Red Dead Atkins to the major league team.
1978-04-01	The Cincinnati Carnage have renamed Wally Ballard to Wally Backman.