Ex-Met Wally Backman Arrested In Domestic Dispute: Cops

Ex-Met and Long Island Ducks manager Wally Backman was arrested Friday morning in a domestic dispute with a woman in Riverhead, police said.

According to law enforcement officials, Riverhead police responded to a domestic dispute at a home at 7:42 a.m. and arrested Backman on charges of second-degree harassment and fourth-degree criminal mischief.

Backman, 59, was arraigned in a Riverhead court and released on his own recognizance. He is due back in court on Sept. 22.

Long Island Ducks president and general manager Michael Pfaff told Newsday they are "in the process of gathering information and we will have no further comment at this time.”

In 2004, the Arizona Diamondbacks fired Backman four days after hiring him as manager when they found out about previous arrests.

The Ducks named Backman manager in 2018. He previously coached in the Mets system.