Walt Weiss

Full Name: Walter William Weiss	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: July 12, 1987
Birthdate: November 28, 1963	Final Game: October 1, 2000
Birthplace: Tuxedo, New York	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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1 Biography
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- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Walt Weiss (Walter William Weiss) was born on November 28, 1963 in Tuxedo, New York. He made his Major League debut on July 12, 1987 for the Oakland Athletics. In 1988, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 3 home runs and 39 RBI. Weiss played for the Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Walt Weiss's best season was 1996, when he hit for a .282 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1987	OAK	A	16	26	3	12	0	1	.462	.500	.615	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0
1988	OAK	A	147	452	44	113	3	39	.250	.312	.321	17	3	35	56	9	8	4	1	9
1989	OAK	A	84	236	30	55	3	21	.233	.298	.318	11	0	21	39	1	5	6	0	5
1990	OAK	A	138	445	50	118	2	35	.265	.337	.321	17	1	46	53	4	6	9	5	7
1991	OAK	A	40	133	15	30	0	13	.226	.286	.286	6	1	12	14	0	1	6	0	3
1992	OAK	A	103	316	36	67	0	21	.212	.305	.241	5	2	43	39	1	11	6	1	10
1993	FLA	N	158	500	50	133	1	39	.266	.367	.308	14	2	79	73	3	5	7	13	5
1994	COL	N	110	423	58	106	1	32	.251	.336	.303	11	4	56	58	0	4	12	0	6
1995	COL	N	137	427	65	111	1	25	.260	.403	.321	17	3	98	57	5	6	15	8	7
1996	COL	N	155	517	89	146	8	48	.282	.381	.375	20	2	80	78	6	14	10	5	9
1997	COL	N	121	393	52	106	4	38	.270	.377	.384	23	5	66	56	2	7	5	3	7
1998	ATL	N	96	347	64	97	0	27	.280	.386	.343	18	2	59	53	3	12	7	0	4
1999	ATL	N	110	279	38	63	2	29	.226	.315	.323	13	4	35	48	3	6	7	1	1
2000	ATL	N	80	192	29	50	0	18	.260	.353	.313	6	2	26	32	3	3	1	1	2
Total	NL		967	3078	445	812	17	256	.264	.368	.336	122	24	499	455	25	57	64	31	41
Total	AL		528	1608	178	395	8	130	.246	.316	.307	60	7	159	203	15	32	32	7	34
Total			1495	4686	623	1207	25	386	.258	.351	.326	182	31	658	658	40	89	96	38	75

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1987	OAK	A	SS	11	8	74	8	30	1	4	.974
1987	OAK	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	OAK	A	SS	147	140	1240.2	254	431	15	83	.979
1989	OAK	A	SS	84	71	651	106	195	15	44	.953
1990	OAK	A	SS	137	128	1154	194	373	12	77	.979
1991	OAK	A	SS	40	37	324.2	64	99	5	21	.970
1992	OAK	A	SS	103	96	859.2	144	270	19	57	.956
1993	FLA	N	SS	153	149	1322.1	229	406	15	80	.977
1994	COL	N	SS	110	104	910.1	157	318	13	69	.973
1995	COL	N	SS	136	130	1140.2	201	406	16	99	.974
1996	COL	N	SS	155	148	1275	220	450	30	90	.957
1997	COL	N	SS	119	112	970.1	191	372	10	88	.983
1998	ATL	N	SS	96	95	789.1	97	257	12	63	.967
1999	ATL	N	SS	102	74	692	108	203	12	41	.963
2000	ATL	N	SS	69	63	528	84	199	15	38	.950
Total			DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	1462	1355	11932	2057	4009	190	854	.970

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1982).
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (11th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed June 5, 1985).
Traded by Oakland Athletics to Florida Marlins in exchange for Eric Helfand and a player to be named later (November 17, 1992); Oakland Athletics received Scott Baker (November 20, 1992).
Granted free agency (October 25, 1993).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (January 7, 1994).
Granted free agency (November 3, 1995).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 6, 1995).
Granted free agency (October 27, 1997).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 17, 1997).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2000).