How Wally Backman's Total Average Compares to Similar Players
Wally Backman posted a career Total Average of .647, near the league average of .673 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Total Average season came in 1982, posting .759, above the league average of .646 that year. The lowest point came in 1993 at .200, well below the league average of .684 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .625 in 1991 to .553 in 1992 and .200 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .200 to .759 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Wally Backman Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Wally Backman
| Wally Backman
Total Average |
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| Career | 0.647 |
| Season Avg. | 0.647 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.647 |
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Wally Backman Total Average Per Season
Wally Backman's Total Average 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 Total Average by Team
Wally Backman's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Wally Backman Total Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Wally Backman's career Total Average 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 Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Wally Backman's seasonal Total Average 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 Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Wally Backman's MLB career with Total Average 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.
