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| Name | Team | Age |
| Tommy Backman | Retired (1972, Age 34) | Died (1999, Age 61) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 5, Pick 104 (1961) |
LF | L/L |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Ashburn Crawford League | 0 | 0 years (132 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 8/14/1938 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (2.7 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1961 | Minors | 31.00 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 5 | 4 / 6 | 3 / 4 | 2 / 3 | 4 / 6 | 2 / 3 | 17 / 31 | |||
| 1961 | Majors | 17.00 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 5 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 3 / 3 | 13 / 17 | |||
| 1962 | Majors | 11.00 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 3 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 9 / 11 | |||
| 1963 | Majors | 19.00 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 4 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 4 | 11 / 19 | |||
| 1964 | Majors | 19.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 2 / 5 | 7 / 19 | |||
| 1965 | Minors | 17.00 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 6 / 17 | |||
| 1966 | Minors | 7.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 7 | |||
| 1966 | Majors | 24.59 | 123 | 28 | 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 5 | 2 / 4 | 6 / 24 |
| 1967 | Minors | 7.00 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 7 | |||
| 1967 | Majors | 1.36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 |
| 1968 | Majors | 9.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 9 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 17.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 17 | |||
| 1970 | Majors | 11.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 11 | |||
| 1971 | Majors | 17.00 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 17 | |||
| 1972 | Majors | 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 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1972-11-01 | Tommy Backman has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1967-06-23 | The Minnesota Scotsmen have waived Tommy Backman. |
| 1967-04-11 | The 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. |
| 1966-07-29 | The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Tommy Backman to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have sent Eric James to the minors. |
| 1966-06-17 | The 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. |
| 1966-04-04 | The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Tommy Backman to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have designated Keizo Yoshitake for assignment. |
| 1965-05-01 | The Minnesota Scotsmen have acquired Tommy Backman from the waiver wire. |
| 1961-10-12 | The Chicago Bulldogs have acquired Jeff Baker from the waiver wire. The Chicago Bulldogs have waived Tommy Backman. |