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Wally Backman

2B
Position
Sep 22, 1959
Birthdate
5'9"
Height
160 lbs
Weight
14 years
Experience
Career Regular Season
10
HR
240
RBI
.275
AVG
.349
OBP
.339
SLG
3,245
AB
482
R
893
H
371
BB
117
SB
Career Postseason
0
HR
5
RBI
.265
AVG
.342
OBP
.294
SLG
68
AB
12
R
18
H
8
BB
4
SB

Summary

Wally Backman played 14 seasons for 5 teams, including the Mets and Phillies. He had a .275 batting average, 893 hits, 10 home runs, 240 RBIs and 482 runs scored. He won 1 World Series.

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Team Batting Leaders

HR

13

Soto

Juan Soto

RBI

31

Bichette

Bo Bichette

AVG

.293

Soto

Juan Soto
Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K

77

McLean

Nolan McLean

ERA

2.39

Holmes

Clay Holmes
Team Rankings

HR

61

18th

R

251

22nd

SO

577

4th

ERA

3.83

8th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
42
20
.677
33
29
.532
9.0
31
32
.492
11.5
29
34
.460
13.5
Mets Mets
27
35
.435
15.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
6/5
@
9:40 PM
Sat
6/6
@
10:10 PM
Sun
6/7
@
4:10 PM
Tue
6/9
@
7:10 PM
Wed
6/10
@
7:10 PM
Last Game
NYM Mets

27 - 35

7

Final

1

SEA Mariners

33 - 30

Wed 3 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2026

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
42
20
.677
33
29
.532
9.0
31
32
.492
11.5
29
34
.460
13.5
27
35
.435
15.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
37
23
.617
32
28
.533
5.0
33
29
.532
5.0
32
30
.516
6.0
31
30
.508
6.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
40
22
.645
32
29
.525
7.5
32
29
.525
7.5
25
38
.397
15.5
24
39
.381
16.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
36
23
.610
37
25
.597
0.5
30
33
.476
8.0
29
33
.468
8.5
26
35
.426
11.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
36
28
.563
33
29
.532
2.0
29
34
.460
6.5
25
38
.397
10.5
24
38
.387
11.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
33
30
.524
30
31
.492
2.0
30
32
.484
2.5
28
35
.444
5.0
24
39
.381
9.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
5/20
@
9-4
Wed
5/20
@
3-5
Wed
5/20
@
5-4
Wed
5/20
@
3-6
Wed
5/20
@
4-5

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
6/4
@
9:40 PM
Fri
6/5
@
2:20 PM
Fri
6/5
@
6:40 PM
Fri
6/5
@
6:40 PM
Fri
6/5
@
7:05 PM