About Wally Backman
Walter Wayne Backman 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, until October 2, 2023, when it was announced that the Ducks and Backman had parted ways. Backman was the Mets' first round pick in the 1977 Major League Baseball draft (sixteenth overall). For his own part, Backman scored 67 runs, stole 13 bases and batted over.300 (.320) for the first time in his career for the team that won 108 games and took the National League East by 21.5 games.
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