Former Mets second baseman Wally Backman was arrested Friday morning for allegedly shoving his girlfriend into a wall and stopping her from calling cops, according to police and reports.
Backman, who was part of the 1986 World Series champion Mets, was charged with harassment and criminal mischief for the scuffle at the woman’s Riverhead home around 7:40 a.m., police said.
The woman claimed Backman pushed her into a wall and twisted her hand, the Riverhead News-Review reported. He also allegedly tried to prevent the woman from calling the police by grabbing her cellphone.