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Name	Team	Age
John Backman	Retired (2238, Age 38)	Died (2272, Age 72)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 1 (2218)	3B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Nomar Garciaparra League	0	14 years (112 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
67	95	51
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
90	64	61
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
48	69	26
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	10	8
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
66	100	100
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
25	0	10/28/2200
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	2
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (CF)
83 (83.3 %)	17 (17.8 %)	1 (1.8 %)

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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

2218

Minors

64.00

5 / 8

6 / 10

6 / 6

12 / 14

5 / 7

12 / 12

7 / 7

53 / 64

2219

Minors

65.00

7 / 10

9 / 13

4 / 6

10 / 14

5 / 6

10 / 10

6 / 6

51 / 65

2220

Minors

47.00

2 / 3

4 / 9

3 / 5

8 / 10

6 / 8

3 / 4

8 / 8

34 / 47

2221

Minors

63.00

8 / 13

2 / 5

6 / 11

4 / 10

4 / 9

6 / 7

7 / 8

37 / 63

2222

Minors

69.00

1 / 3

1 / 5

3 / 10

3 / 9

6 / 13

15 / 21

3 / 8

32 / 69

2223

Majors

58.82

162

135

0

2 / 3

4 / 7

3 / 7

5 / 8

2 / 9

8 / 15

4 / 9

28 / 58

2224

Majors

49.82

130

109

32

4 / 7

2 / 11

2 / 6

1 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 3

2 / 5

13 / 49

2225

Majors

64.37

162

135

0

1 / 6

2 / 11

0 / 9

1 / 6

1 / 15

2 / 5

5 / 12

12 / 64

2226

Majors

65.71

162

135

0

0 / 8

1 / 6

1 / 8

3 / 13

0 / 11

3 / 11

4 / 8

12 / 65

2227

Majors

58.12

141

118

21

0 / 10

2 / 8

2 / 10

1 / 3

3 / 13

0 / 4

2 / 10

10 / 58

2228

Majors

67.77

162

135

0

0 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 10

2 / 9

1 / 10

2 / 12

0 / 9

6 / 67

2229

Majors

62.93

152

127

10

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 62

2230

Majors

65.93

162

135

0

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 65

2231

Majors

65.93

162

135

0

0 / 5

0 / 16

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 9

1 / 12

1 / 65

2232

Majors

66.52

162

135

0

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 3

1 / 13

0 / 11

1 / 66

2233

Majors

65.53

162

136

0

0 / 16

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 5

1 / 12

0 / 10

1 / 65

2234

Majors

66.82

162

135

0

-3 / 6

-4 / 6

-2 / 15

-3 / 10

-3 / 10

0 / 8

-1 / 11

-16 / 66

2235

Majors

66.78

162

130

0

0 / 11

-6 / 11

-2 / 11

-2 / 6

-5 / 5

-2 / 11

-2 / 11

-19 / 66

2236

Majors

60.88

162

130

0

-2 / 11

-4 / 10

-3 / 9

-3 / 6

-2 / 7

-2 / 10

-1 / 7

-17 / 60

2237

Majors

42.23

109

81

17

-2 / 7

-7 / 3

-4 / 4

0 / 3

-8 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 9

-21 / 42

2238

Minors

10.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 10

2238

Majors

3.63

20

3

0

-3 / 0

-7 / 1

-6 / 0

-7 / 0

-8 / 1

-1 / 0

-2 / 1

-34 / 3

Total

2334

1914

80

20 / 166

5 / 181

14 / 173

36 / 171

7 / 178

60 / 191

43 / 179

185 / 1239

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2238-11-01	John Backman has retired from the Chicago SouthSiders
2238-09-24	The Chicago SouthSiders have promoted John Backman to the major league team.
2238-09-24	The Chicago SouthSiders have acquired John Backman from the waiver wire.
2238-06-28	The Montreal Canucks have acquired Doug Adams from the waiver wire. The Montreal Canucks have waived John Backman.
2238-05-13	The Montreal Canucks have designated John Backman for assignment.
2238-04-28	The Montreal Canucks have promoted John Backman to the major league team.
2238-04-01	The Montreal Canucks have promoted Lew Sutcliffe to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have promoted Bill Sauer to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have promoted Hideki Kakehata to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have promoted Ducky Mays to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have designated Bob Pechiney for assignment. The Montreal Canucks have designated John Backman for assignment. The Montreal Canucks have designated Jack Sebring for assignment. The Montreal Canucks have sent Roger Garrity to the minors.
2237-04-25	John Backman of the Montreal Canucks is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
2237-04-18	The Montreal Canucks have acquired John Backman from the waiver wire.
2237-03-25	The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Ike Erskine for assignment. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated John Backman for assignment.
2229-09-20	John Backman of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
2227-09-07	John Backman of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
2224-05-21	John Backman of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
2223-04-01	The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Larry French to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted John Backman to the major league team.
2221-10-03	Trade #1706159 has been completed between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Toronto Deus Exe Shadows. The Toronto Deus Exe Shadows receive Augie Naehring, Babe West from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for John Backman, Park Clarkson, Draft Pick 2222 Round 1 TOR (Doug Carroll), Draft Pick 2223 Round 1 TOR (Ike Erskine).