16 Wendell Backus
| Position | P |
|---|---|
| Height | 6' 4" |
| Weight | 210 |
| Hometown | Meadow Bridge, WV |
Batting / Fielding
Pitching
| Season | Class | GP | GS | BA | AB | R | H | RBI | Single | BB | SO | SH | HBP | PO | A | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 28 | 16 | .150 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 4 | |
| 1961 | So | 8 | 4 | .111 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 1962 | Jr | 8 | 3 | .111 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 1963 | Sr | 12 | 9 | .182 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Season | Class | GS | ERA | Wins | Losses | CG | IP | AB | H | R | ER | BB | K | BF | HBP | CBO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 3.09 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 116.2 | 109 | 104 | 58 | 40 | 67 | 140 | 27 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1961 | So | 4.33 | 2 | 1 | 27.0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 1962 | Jr | 2.59 | 2 | 1 | 31.1 | 109 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 1963 | Sr | 2.78 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 58.1 | 0 | 51 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 79 | 12 | 7 |
| Date | Opponent | GP | AB | R | H | RBI | Single | SH | A | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mar 29 | High Point | |||||||||
| Mar 30 | Davidson | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apr 1 | Citadel | |||||||||
| Apr 3 | North Carolina State | * | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apr 4 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||
| Apr 4 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||
| Apr 5 | Bridgewater | |||||||||
| Apr 6 | Navy | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Apr 17 | Washington & Lee | |||||||||
| Apr 17 | Washington & Lee | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apr 20 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||
| Apr 22 | George Washington | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apr 22 | George Washington | |||||||||
| Apr 24 | Waynesburg | |||||||||
| May 2 | Fairmont State | |||||||||
| May 8 | William & Mary | |||||||||
| May 8 | William & Mary | |||||||||
| May 11 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||
| May 12 | Pitt | |||||||||
| May 13 | St. Vincent | * | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| May 16 | Bethany | |||||||||
| May 20 | VMI | |||||||||
| May 20 | VMI | |||||||||
| May 23 | Pitt | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 1 | Florida State | |||||||||
| Jun 2 | Florida State | |||||||||
| Jun 3 | Duke | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | GP | GS | Wins | Losses | IP | H | R | ER | BB | WP | K | BF | HBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27.0 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 2 | |
| Mar 29 | High Point | |||||||||||||
| Mar 30 | Davidson | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Apr 1 | Citadel | |||||||||||||
| Apr 3 | North Carolina State | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Apr 4 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||
| Apr 4 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||
| Apr 5 | Bridgewater | |||||||||||||
| Apr 6 | Navy | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Apr 17 | Washington & Lee | |||||||||||||
| Apr 17 | Washington & Lee | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Apr 20 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||||||
| Apr 22 | George Washington | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Apr 22 | George Washington | |||||||||||||
| Apr 24 | Waynesburg | |||||||||||||
| May 2 | Fairmont State | |||||||||||||
| May 8 | William & Mary | |||||||||||||
| May 8 | William & Mary | |||||||||||||
| May 11 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||||||
| May 12 | Pitt | |||||||||||||
| May 13 | St. Vincent | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |||
| May 16 | Bethany | |||||||||||||
| May 20 | VMI | |||||||||||||
| May 20 | VMI | |||||||||||||
| May 23 | Pitt | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jun 1 | Florida State | |||||||||||||
| Jun 2 | Florida State | |||||||||||||
| Jun 3 | Duke | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | Opponent | GP | AB | R | H | RBI | Single | BB | K | SH | HBP | PO | A | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| Apr 3 | California, PA | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Apr 4 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||||||
| Apr 10 | Salem | * | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Apr 14 | Citadel | |||||||||||||
| Apr 16 | Bethany | |||||||||||||
| Apr 17 | Waynesburg | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Apr 19 | Bridgewater | |||||||||||||
| Apr 21 | Richmond | |||||||||||||
| Apr 21 | Richmond | |||||||||||||
| Apr 23 | William & Mary | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Apr 23 | William & Mary | |||||||||||||
| Apr 24 | Hampden-Sydney | |||||||||||||
| Apr 25 | VMI | |||||||||||||
| Apr 25 | VMI | |||||||||||||
| Apr 28 | Furman | |||||||||||||
| May 1 | West Virginia Wesleyan | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| May 3 | Pitt | |||||||||||||
| May 5 | Davidson | |||||||||||||
| May 7 | Fairmont State | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| May 8 | Ohio | |||||||||||||
| May 10 | Fairmont State | |||||||||||||
| May 12 | Pitt | |||||||||||||
| May 17 | Bethany | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| May 19 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||
| May 19 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||
| May 31 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||||
| Jun 1 | Florida State |
| Date | Opponent | GP | GS | Wins | Losses | IP | AB | H | R | ER | BB | WP | K | BF | BK | CBO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31.1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apr 3 | California, PA | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Apr 4 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 10 | Salem | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Apr 14 | Citadel | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 16 | Bethany | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 17 | Waynesburg | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Apr 19 | Bridgewater | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 21 | Richmond | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 21 | Richmond | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 23 | William & Mary | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Apr 23 | William & Mary | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 24 | Hampden-Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 25 | VMI | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 25 | VMI | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 28 | Furman | |||||||||||||||
| May 1 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| May 3 | Pitt | |||||||||||||||
| May 5 | Davidson | |||||||||||||||
| May 7 | Fairmont State | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| May 8 | Ohio | |||||||||||||||
| May 10 | Fairmont State | |||||||||||||||
| May 12 | Pitt | |||||||||||||||
| May 17 | Bethany | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| May 19 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||||
| May 19 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||||
| May 31 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||||||
| Jun 1 | Florida State |
| Date | Opponent | GP | AB | R | H | RBI | Single | BB | K | PO | A | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 12 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| Mar 30 | Davis & Elkins | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Apr 2 | West Liberty | |||||||||||
| Apr 4 | California, PA | * | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apr 6 | Bridgewater | |||||||||||
| Apr 8 | West Virginia Wesleyan | * | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Apr 10 | High Point | |||||||||||
| Apr 11 | Citadel | |||||||||||
| Apr 11 | Citadel | |||||||||||
| Apr 13 | Furman | |||||||||||
| Apr 13 | Furman | * | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apr 15 | Davidson | |||||||||||
| Apr 15 | Davidson | |||||||||||
| Apr 16 | Lynchburg | |||||||||||
| Apr 20 | Waynesburg | * | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Apr 22 | Richmond | |||||||||||
| Apr 22 | Richmond | |||||||||||
| Apr 25 | George Washington | |||||||||||
| Apr 25 | George Washington | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| May 2 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||||
| May 3 | Fairmont State | |||||||||||
| May 4 | William & Mary | * | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| May 4 | William & Mary | |||||||||||
| May 6 | Bethany | |||||||||||
| May 7 | Ohio | |||||||||||
| May 9 | Fairmont State | * | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| May 11 | Pitt | |||||||||||
| May 16 | Penn State | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| May 18 | VMI | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| May 18 | VMI | |||||||||||
| May 21 | Pitt | * | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May 30 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||
| May 30 | Auburn | |||||||||||
| May 31 | Wake Forest | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | GP | GS | Wins | Losses | CG | IP | H | R | ER | BB | WP | K | BF | HBP | BK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58.1 | 49 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 76 | 12 | 7 | 0 | |
| Mar 30 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Apr 2 | West Liberty | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 4 | California, PA | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Apr 6 | Bridgewater | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 8 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| Apr 10 | High Point | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 11 | Citadel | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 11 | Citadel | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 13 | Furman | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 13 | Furman | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Apr 15 | Davidson | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 15 | Davidson | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 16 | Lynchburg | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 20 | Waynesburg | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||||
| Apr 22 | Richmond | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 22 | Richmond | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 25 | George Washington | |||||||||||||||
| Apr 25 | George Washington | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| May 2 | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||||||||||
| May 3 | Fairmont State | |||||||||||||||
| May 4 | William & Mary | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| May 4 | William & Mary | |||||||||||||||
| May 6 | Bethany | |||||||||||||||
| May 7 | Ohio | |||||||||||||||
| May 9 | Fairmont State | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| May 11 | Pitt | |||||||||||||||
| May 16 | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| May 18 | VMI | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| May 18 | VMI | |||||||||||||||
| May 21 | Pitt | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| May 30 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||||||
| May 30 | Auburn | |||||||||||||||
| May 31 | Wake Forest | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
