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Name Team Age
Tony Backman Retired (1991, Age 34) 61
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 32
(1979)		 LF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Gibson Feller League 0 3 years (32 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B  A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  C+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- A- B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 5/13/1957
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B)
A  (90.1 %) B- (57.8 %) D  (14.1 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1981 OAK 2 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 .844 .400 .444 .333
1983 OAK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1984 OAK 18 66 9 19 5 0 1 4 4 11 2 4 1 .738 .329 .409 .288
1985 OAK 100 348 52 87 12 2 10 22 43 89 19 12 4 .716 .334 .382 .250
1986 OAK 95 357 47 100 13 2 6 45 33 77 19 9 1 .724 .346 .378 .280
1987 OAK 66 171 22 37 10 0 2 18 12 34 13 4 1 .584 .274 .310 .216
Total 283 951 131 246 41 4 19 91 93 214 53 29 9 .698 .328 .370 .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.