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Wally Backman
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 38 of 1252 players
Walter Wayne Backman
Born: September 22, 1959 at Hillsboro, Ore.
Throws: Right Bats: Both
Height: 5.09 Weight: 160

Wally Backman has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 25 times, most recently on April 25, 2022.

First Mets game: September 2, 1980
Last Mets game: October 12, 1988

Wally Backman: Statistics by month
Note: Statistics on this page only reflect games played by Wally Backman as a New York Met.

Wally Backman Monthly Batting Statistics

Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
September	1980	23	76	7	22	1	0	0	9	10	1	14	0	3	1	4	1	.289	.303	.375
October	1980	4	17	5	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.471	.588	.500
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1981	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143
May	1981	15	28	3	9	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	.321	.393	.387
June	1981	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.500
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1982	17	46	5	14	2	2	0	5	4	0	8	2	2	0	1	0	.304	.435	.360
May	1982	21	56	9	18	2	0	1	4	10	0	13	2	2	0	0	0	.321	.411	.424
June	1982	25	74	8	16	5	0	0	2	10	0	13	0	2	0	1	0	.216	.284	.310
July	1982	23	59	10	19	2	0	2	10	20	1	8	3	1	0	0	0	.322	.458	.494
August	1982	10	26	5	4	2	0	0	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.231	.290
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1983	12	16	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125
May	1983	9	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.133	.235
September	1983	4	7	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.571	.286
October	1983	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1984	15	55	10	15	3	0	0	2	9	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	.273	.327	.375
May	1984	18	64	10	17	2	0	0	1	8	1	11	7	1	0	0	0	.266	.297	.347
June	1984	26	90	12	27	5	0	0	5	10	0	11	4	1	0	1	0	.300	.356	.370
July	1984	25	84	17	29	4	1	0	8	12	0	9	10	3	1	1	0	.345	.417	.423
August	1984	26	88	9	19	3	0	1	5	6	0	13	6	3	0	1	0	.216	.284	.266
September	1984	18	55	10	15	2	1	0	5	11	1	12	3	0	1	2	0	.273	.345	.388
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1985	16	52	5	16	1	2	0	3	5	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	.308	.404	.368
May	1985	22	62	6	11	2	0	0	1	4	0	12	3	2	1	2	0	.177	.210	.224
June	1985	23	69	7	18	1	0	0	3	8	0	6	4	3	0	2	0	.261	.275	.338
July	1985	24	97	23	33	5	2	1	11	6	0	14	9	1	1	3	0	.340	.464	.375
August	1985	28	116	19	37	9	1	0	13	6	1	12	5	1	1	1	0	.319	.414	.350
September	1985	27	103	15	24	5	0	0	7	7	0	20	7	5	0	5	1	.233	.282	.288
October	1985	5	21	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	.143	.190	.143
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1986	11	35	10	13	1	1	0	2	4	0	2	2	2	1	2	0	.371	.457	.425
May	1986	14	48	9	16	6	0	0	4	2	0	3	2	2	0	3	0	.333	.458	.360
June	1986	23	84	15	28	2	0	0	4	9	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	.333	.357	.398
July	1986	22	76	9	24	3	0	0	8	3	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	.316	.355	.342
August	1986	28	75	12	24	4	0	0	7	9	0	8	1	2	2	3	0	.320	.373	.384
September	1986	23	60	10	18	2	1	1	2	8	1	4	4	0	0	3	0	.300	.417	.382
October	1986	3	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.200
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1987	15	49	9	11	2	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	.224	.265	.296
May	1987	23	79	8	21	2	0	0	3	1	0	10	3	1	0	0	0	.266	.291	.275
June	1987	8	23	5	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	.261	.261	.346
July	1987	18	56	5	14	0	1	0	7	5	0	9	2	0	1	2	0	.250	.286	.306
August	1987	22	68	10	13	1	0	1	5	9	0	9	5	1	0	4	0	.191	.250	.286
September	1987	8	25	6	10	1	0	0	3	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.440	.444
Month	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	HBP	Avg.	Slg.	OBP
April	1988	9	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	.059	.059	.158
May	1988	18	56	9	18	1	0	0	6	5	1	8	2	1	0	2	0	.321	.339	.377
June	1988	23	72	10	22	2	0	0	4	10	0	15	0	2	2	2	0	.306	.333	.381
July	1988	17	55	9	16	2	0	0	1	10	0	8	3	0	0	2	0	.291	.327	.400
August	1988	20	59	7	21	4	0	0	2	5	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	.356	.424	.406
September	1988	11	33	6	9	2	0	0	4	10	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	.273	.333	.442
October	1988	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000
Totals for April		103	277	45	73	9	5	0	19	28	0	37	7	5	1	5	1	.264	.332	.332
Totals for May		140	408	56	112	17	0	1	19	35	2	66	20	9	1	9	0	.275	.324	.331
Totals for June		131	413	57	117	15	0	0	18	51	0	58	12	10	2	9	0	.283	.320	.361
Totals for July		129	427	73	135	16	4	3	45	56	1	55	27	5	3	11	0	.316	.393	.393
Totals for August		134	432	62	118	23	1	2	33	40	1	57	18	8	3	10	0	.273	.345	.333
Totals for September		114	359	55	100	13	3	1	31	48	3	58	19	9	2	15	2	.279	.340	.365
Totals for October		14	53	11	15	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	.283	.358	.309

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