Wally Backman

Birth : 1959-09-22, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA

History

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' AAA minor league team, from 2013 to 2016.

Movies

1988 Mets: 100 Winning Ways, The Tradition of Excellence Continues
1988 Mets: 100 Winning Ways, The Tradition of Excellence Continues
Self
Adoring capsule of the Mets 1988 season, in which they won 100 games and the National League east division but lost the pennant to the Los Angeles Dodgers.