Wally Backman
American baseball player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walter Wayne Backman (born September 22, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is best known for his time with the New York Mets from 1980–1988 and was a member of their 1986 World Series-winning team. He was also the former manager for the Las Vegas 51s, the Mets' Triple-A team, from 2013 to 2016. He served as the bench coach for the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican Baseball League in 2017. Backman was the manager of the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, [1] until October 2, 2023, it was announced that the Ducks and Backman have parted ways.
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Wally Backman | |
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Second baseman / Manager | |
Born: (1959-09-22) September 22, 1959 (age 64) Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 2, 1980, for the New York Mets | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 14, 1993, for the Seattle Mariners | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .275 |
Home runs | 10 |
Runs batted in | 240 |
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