New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

Scott Backer

Infielder

Selected 1992

Lifetime Baseball Batting Stats Page

          A hitting record attained by few other players has made Scott Backer one of the youngest players to ever be selected to the New Ulm Amateur Baseball hall of Fame.

          Scott was eligible for only three years when he was selected to the HOF, but his .368 lifetime batting average made his selection an easy one.

          That batting average (301-813) is the seventh best in New Ulm's first 50 years of baseball. Backer is also sixth in hits, and he is one of only six players to get 300 or more hits in a career. He had 31 triples, second highest, and was 10^th in homers, sixth in total bases and 10^th in slugging percentage.

          Backer hit over .300 in eight of his 10 seasons and had a slugging average over .500 in five, topped by a .709 mark in 1973.

          Backer managed the Brewers in 1976 and played with state tournament teams in 1971 and 1972. He was also a member of the VFW state champions in 1966, and he served as an assistant when the Legion went to Yakima in 1978.

          After compiling a .347 average at NUHS and a .360 average with the Legion, he was a four-year regular at the University of Minnesota-Morris.

          Career highlights included five hits against Brownton in 1971 and a two-homer game against Essig in 1975.