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Andrew
Backstrom		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 11, 1955 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 21 CLG FL   1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 22 CLG FL   2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 23 CLG FL   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1979 24 CLG FL   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1980 25 MAN FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 MAN FL $ 300,000   12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 7 7 7 11 11 11
1982 27 MAN FL $ 300,000   14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 7 7 7 11 11 11
1983 28 AUS FL $ 350,000   16 16 15 14 14 14 11 12 11 7 7 7 11 11 11
1984 29 AUS FL $ 350,000   16 16 16 14 14 14 13 13 13 7 7 7 11 11 11
1985 30 CHI JL $ 1,097,143   15 15 15 14 14 14 12 12 12 7 7 7 11 11 11
1986 31 CHI JL $ 1,892,857   15 15 15 13 13 13 11 12 11 6 7 7 11 11 11
1987 32 CHI JL $ 810,000   14 14 14 13 13 13 11 11 11 6 7 6 10 10 10
1988 33 CHI JL $ 810,000   15 15 14 13 13 13 11 11 11 6 7 6 9 9 9
1989 34 CHI JL $ 810,000   14 14 14 13 13 13 10 11 11 6 7 6 9 9 9
1990 35 MAD JL     14 14 13 11 11 11 9 9 9 6 7 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     12 12 12 11 11 11 9 9 9 6 7 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,892,857   16 16 16 14 14 14 13 13 13 7 7 7 11 11 11
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 21 A   137 552 67 145 33 4 8 54 24 12 33 140 .263 .304 .380 .685 62.1  
1977 22 AA   2 8 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 .375 .375 .750 1.125 1.6  
    A   135 553 99 171 35 1 17 85 30 7 42 109 .309 .358 .468 .826 90.5  
1978 23 AA   136 596 73 169 36 3 13 71 32 9 25 131 .284 .312 .419 .732 76.6  
1979 24 AAA   138 587 86 161 35 2 9 61 35 14 32 140 .274 .312 .387 .699 69.5  
1980 25 CLG FL 29 63 13 13 5 0 1 9 3 2 2 19 .206 .231 .333 .564 4.5 0.1
  MAN FL 47 106 15 32 10 2 5 18 5 4 7 21 .302 .342 .575 .918 19.2 4.1
  TOT   76 169 28 45 15 2 6 27 8 6 9 40 .266 .302 .485 .787 23.7 4.3
    AAA   46 201 33 59 11 2 8 29 13 0 7 51 .294 .317 .488 .805 31.6  
1981 26 MAN FL 143 375 53 89 18 7 11 55 18 14 24 102 .237 .285 .411 .695 43.4 5.4
1982 27 MAN FL 137 251 22 54 9 2 8 31 14 6 12 63 .215 .250 .363 .613 23.4 1.2
1983 28 MAN FL 31 63 10 15 4 2 2 10 4 2 1 8 .238 .250 .460 .710 7.1 1.0
  AUS FL 11 8 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.9 0.1
  TOT   42 71 12 17 6 2 2 11 4 2 1 9 .239 .250 .465 .715 8.0 1.2
    AAA   89 327 81 134 25 4 39 94 20 6 36 50 .410 .468 .869 1.337 106.7  
1984 29 AUS FL 117 313 40 82 18 5 2 35 30 5 18 75 .262 .301 .371 .672 38.2 5.9
1985 30 CHI JL 124 429 67 124 29 5 9 42 30 10 32 97 .289 .338 .443 .781 63.4 12.0
1986 31 CHI JL 146 415 49 99 14 1 16 65 14 9 24 113 .239 .278 .393 .670 45.0 2.4
1987 32 CHI JL 17 31 8 10 1 0 3 5 1 5 3 6 .323 .382 .645 1.028 4.6 0.3
    AAA   121 407 114 151 17 11 39 106 25 11 48 76 .371 .437 .754 1.192 114.6  
1988 33 CHI JL 18 74 13 22 7 0 5 9 3 4 3 17 .297 .321 .595 .915 12.8 2.5
    AAA   138 586 127 238 27 6 43 137 35 14 47 107 .406 .450 .693 1.143 153.0  
1989 34 CHI JL 128 249 31 57 12 3 4 21 12 5 14 44 .229 .271 .349 .620 24.7 1.5
1990 35 AAA   103 198 41 65 7 2 14 39 6 3 18 49 .328 .384 .596 .980 41.8  
10 Years Sim 948 2377 323 599 129 27 66 301 134 66 140 566 .252 .293 .412 .705 287.2 36.6
6 Years AAA 635 2306 482 808 122 27 152 466 134 48 188 473 .350 .398 .624 1.022 517.2  
2 Years AA 138 604 74 172 36 3 14 74 32 10 25 132 .285 .312 .424 .736 78.3  
2 Years A 272 1105 166 316 68 5 25 139 54 19 75 249 .286 .331 .424 .756 152.6  
10 Years Minors 1045 4015 722 1296 226 35 191 679 220 77 288 854 .323 .367 .539 .906 748.0  
162 Game Average 406 55 102 22 4 11 51 22 11 23 96 .252 .293 .412 .705 49.1  
Career Highs 146 429 67 124 29 7 16 65 30 14 32 113 .323 .382 .645 1.028 63.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1449 204 354 80 10 36 171 75 38 87 343 .244 .286 .388 .674 159.6
vs LH   928 119 245 49 17 30 130 59 28 53 223 .264 .303 .450 .753 124.8
Home 486 1197 154 302 65 9 32 155 54 38 65 272 .252 .290 .402 .692 134.0
Away 462 1180 169 297 64 18 34 146 80 28 75 294 .252 .296 .423 .719 150.4
RISP   581 0 159 33 9 15 223 0 0 44 139 .274 .318 .439 .757 80.2
Pinch Hitting   326 42 77 17 2 11 49 9 5 25 65 .236 .292 .402 .694 38.3
Close/Late   342 51 83 13 4 3 34 0 0 20 78 .243 .285 .330 .615 31.3
Mar/Apr 155 442 49 111 25 2 6 42 20 11 17 99 .251 .277 .357 .635 41.8
May 157 414 65 113 27 6 17 63 21 10 26 101 .273 .318 .490 .809 62.2
June 143 353 50 85 22 4 9 50 29 6 25 91 .241 .289 .402 .692 44.0
July 144 323 31 69 13 1 8 45 20 11 16 80 .214 .249 .334 .584 26.6
August 149 354 47 94 16 3 9 39 18 11 22 79 .266 .305 .404 .709 42.8
Sep/Oct 200 491 81 127 26 11 17 62 26 17 34 116 .259 .307 .460 .768 67.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1980 25 CLG FL LF 16 14 109.8 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 3 2 15.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 2 10.1 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MAN FL LF 27 24 194.2 61 1 1 1 .984 2.87 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 5 3 26.8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 2 17.9 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.02 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 43 38 304.0 95 2 1 1 .990 2.87   1.3
      RF 8 5 42.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
      CF 4 4 28.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.18   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
1981 26 MAN FL LF 95 49 548.7 96 4 3 0 .971 1.64 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 17 16 139.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 17 8 97.3 34 0 0 0 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0  
1982 27 MAN FL LF 18 18 148.0 23 2 0 1 1.000 1.52 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 13 13 109.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 13 13 106.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 5 0 14.3 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 28 MAN FL LF 4 4 37.5 9 0 1 0 .900 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 5 3 35.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 2 20.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.7 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  AUS FL LF 2 1 4.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 1 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 6 5 42.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.14   0.3
      CF 7 4 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.0
      RF 3 3 23.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 .78   0.0
      1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1984 29 AUS FL LF 58 54 458.0 106 4 2 0 .982 2.16 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 18 15 134.7 38 0 1 0 .974 2.54 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 9 6 56.3 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 12 5 56.0 62 3 1 3 .985 10.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1985 30 CHI JL LF 83 80 685.0 128 1 4 0 .970 1.69 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 23 7 92.7 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 8 6 58.0 51 3 0 8 1.000 8.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 4 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
1986 31 CHI JL LF 86 78 686.7 117 3 0 1 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    1B 12 5 56.0 43 5 0 4 1.000 7.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 17 2 50.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
1987 32 CHI JL RF 8 7 56.0 11 2 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1988 33 CHI JL LF 18 17 156.0 39 1 1 1 .976 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1989 34 CHI JL LF 37 29 267.7 53 1 2 0 .964 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 18 5 71.7 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 7 67.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 10 0 19.3 25 1 0 4 1.000 12.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 444 368 3296.0 667 18 14 4 .980 1.87 0 0 .000 0 10.9
  RF 125 73 718.6 163 5 1 1 .994 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  CF 71 49 459.7 125 2 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 44 16 192.3 183 12 1 20 .995 9.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 7 0 19.6 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   693 506 4688.2 1143 39 16 26 .987 2.27 0 0 .000 0 11.5
Career Highs   129 97 870.7 220 8 4 8 1.000 2.91 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 29 AUS FL 7 18 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 .222 .263 .222 .485
Career Post-Season Batting 7 18 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 .222 .263 .222 .485
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Stanley Spadowski (971)
  2. Tony Boyer (971)
  3. Scotty Ward (962)
  4. Pat Lorenzen (961)
  5. Bobby Rayburn (957)
  6. Joe Charboneau (956)
  7. Danny Mantle (953)
  8. Kirk Gibson (953)
  9. Jim Weaver (952)
  10. Jorge Orta (949)
History
Injured on 4/29/1978 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 5/24/1980, off Jim McGraw (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 6/3/1980, off Mike Madorin (AUS)
Traded from Calgary to Manhattan on 7/21/1980 (Going to CLG: P H. Vitiello. Going to MAN: LF A. Backstrom, P E. Wolverton)
 
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