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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

21

Soto

Juan Soto

RBI

53

Bichette

Bo Bichette

AVG

.283

Soto

Juan Soto
Team Pitching Leaders

W

7

McLean

Nolan McLean

K

148

McLean

Nolan McLean

ERA

2.99

Scott

Christian Scott
Team Rankings

HR

131

15th

R

457

27th

SO

1,017

5th

ERA

4.10

14th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
67
45
.598
60
53
.531
7.5
58
55
.513
9.5
55
59
.482
13.0
Mets Mets
47
66
.416
20.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
8/4
@
6:40 PM
Wed
8/5
@
6:40 PM
Thu
8/6
@
1:10 PM
Fri
8/7
@
6:40 PM
Sat
8/8
@
6:40 PM
Last Game
MIA Marlins

58 - 55

2

Final

0

NYM Mets

47 - 66

Sun 2 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2026

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
67
45
.598
60
53
.531
7.5
58
55
.513
9.5
55
59
.482
13.0
47
66
.416
20.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
69
43
.616
64
49
.566
5.5
57
57
.500
13.0
56
57
.496
13.5
53
58
.477
15.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
69
44
.611
60
53
.531
9.0
58
55
.513
11.0
48
65
.425
21.0
45
68
.398
24.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
66
46
.589
63
50
.558
3.5
60
51
.541
5.5
54
58
.482
12.0
53
60
.469
13.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
59
52
.532
57
56
.504
3.0
56
57
.496
4.0
54
58
.482
5.5
46
67
.407
14.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
58
56
.509
55
58
.487
2.5
55
58
.487
2.5
45
67
.402
12.0
43
69
.384
14.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
7/20
@
4-13
Mon
7/20
@
5-8
Mon
7/20
@
7-1
Mon
7/20
@
7-10
Mon
7/20
@
5-6

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
8/4
@
6:35 PM
Tue
8/4
@
6:40 PM
Tue
8/4
@
6:40 PM
Tue
8/4
@
6:40 PM
Tue
8/4
@
7:05 PM