How Wally Backman's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Wally Backman posted a career OPS of .687, near the league average of .719 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1990, posting .771, near the league average of .716 that year. The lowest point came in 1993 at .305, well below the league average of .731 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .652 in 1991 to .644 in 1992 and .305 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.
Wally Backman Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Wally Backman
| Wally Backman
OPS |
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| Career | 0.687 |
| Season Avg. | 0.687 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.687 |
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Wally Backman OPS Per Season
Wally Backman's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Wally Backman OPS by Team
Wally Backman's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Wally Backman OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Wally Backman's career OPS shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Wally Backman OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Wally Backman's seasonal OPS alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Wally Backman OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Wally Backman's MLB career with OPS alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
