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Walt Weiss
Walter William Weiss

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School University of North Carolina

Debut July 12, 1987
  vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 2000
Born November 28, 1963 in Tuxedo, NY

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1985. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 23 OAK AL  16   26    3   12   4  0   0    1   1  2   2   2  .462  .500  .615  204   16   1   0   0   0   0
 1988 24 OAK AL 147  452   44  113  17  3   3   39   4  4  35  56  .250  .312  .321   81  145   8   7   1   9   9 RoY-1
 1989 25 OAK AL  84  236   30   55  11  0   3   21   6  1  21  39  .233  .298  .318   77   75   5   0   0   1   5
 1990 26 OAK AL 138  445   50  118  17  1   2   35   9  3  46  53  .265  .337  .321   89  143   6   4   5   4   7
 1991 27 OAK AL  40  133   15   30   6  1   0   13   6  0  12  14  .226  .286  .286   63   38   1   2   0   0   3
 1992 28 OAK AL 103  316   36   67   5  2   0   21   6  3  43  39  .212  .305  .241   59   76  11   4   1   1  10
 1993 29 FLA NL 158  500   50  133  14  2   1   39   7  3  79  73  .266  .367  .308   81  154   5   4  13   3   5
 1994 30 COL NL 110  423   58  106  11  4   1   32  12  7  56  58  .251  .336  .303   58  128   4   3   0   0   6
 1995 31 COL NL 137  427   65  111  17  3   1   25  15  3  98  57  .260  .403  .321   76  137   6   1   8   5   7
 1996 32 COL NL 155  517   89  146  20  2   8   48  10  2  80  78  .282  .381  .375   85  194  14   6   5   6   9
 1997 33 COL NL 121  393   52  106  23  5   4   38   5  2  66  56  .270  .377  .384   85  151   7   1   3   2   7
 1998 34 ATL NL  96  347   64   97  18  2   0   27   7  1  59  53  .280  .386  .343   94  119  12   3   0   3   4 AS
 1999 35 ATL NL 110  279   38   63  13  4   2   29   7  3  35  48  .226  .315  .323   62   90   6   4   1   3   1
 2000 36 ATL NL  80  192   29   50   6  2   0   18   1  1  26  32  .260  .353  .313   70   60   3   3   1   3   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1495 4686  623 1207 182 31  25  386  96 35 658 658  .258  .351  .326   78 1526  89  42  38  40  75
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        508   68  131  20  3   3   42  10  4  71  71  .258  .351  .326   78  165  10   5   4   4   8
 Career High    158  517   89  146  23  5   8   48  15  7  98  78  .282  .403  .384   94  194  14   7  13   9  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 23 OAK AL   29   17    7  11.0   100| .462  .257| .500  .324| .615  .412|1.115  .736| 204  .810   4.1   0.4  33%
 1988 24 OAK AL  511  367   47   3.4    92| .250  .256| .312  .320| .321  .385| .633  .706|  81  .387 -10.5  -1.1  50%
 1989 25 OAK AL  263  192   23   3.2    91| .233  .257| .298  .322| .318  .379| .616  .700|  77  .365  -7.1  -0.7  85%
 1990 26 OAK AL  505  347   51   3.9    91| .265  .254| .337  .322| .321  .381| .658  .703|  89  .451  -4.7  -0.5  75%
 1991 27 OAK AL  148  109   12   3.0    92| .226  .253| .286  .321| .286  .384| .572  .705|  63  .314  -6.1  -0.6 100%
 1992 28 OAK AL  375  277   26   2.5    89| .212  .252| .305  .320| .241  .375| .546  .695|  59  .265 -15.2  -1.5  66%
 1993 29 FLA NL  591  384   63   4.4   107| .266  .276| .367  .341| .308  .420| .675  .761|  81  .476 -10.7  -1.1  70%
 1994 30 COL NL  486  337   47   3.7   123| .251  .293| .336  .363| .303  .459| .639  .823|  58  .377 -27.7  -2.7  63%
 1995 31 COL NL  537  333   66   5.3   130| .260  .302| .403  .376| .321  .470| .724  .846|  76  .543 -12.7  -1.2  83%
 1996 32 COL NL  623  402   82   5.5   125| .282  .295| .381  .368| .375  .462| .756  .830|  85  .556 -10.1  -1.0  83%
 1997 33 COL NL  469  304   61   5.4   126| .270  .295| .377  .370| .384  .463| .761  .833|  85  .545  -8.6  -0.8  71%
 1998 34 ATL NL  424  270   53   5.3   107| .280  .269| .386  .339| .343  .424| .729  .764|  94  .537   0.7   0.1  87%
 1999 35 ATL NL  327  230   32   3.7   116| .226  .276| .315  .351| .323  .444| .638  .795|  62  .344 -15.9  -1.5  70%
 2000 36 ATL NL  227  151   24   4.2   117| .260  .274| .353  .352| .313  .448| .666  .800|  70  .398  -8.1  -0.7  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5515 3720  594   4.3   110| .258  .276| .351  .346| .326  .426| .677  .772|  78  .453 -132.7 -12.9  73%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 23 OAK AL SS 11 8 30 1 4 .974 .969 3.45 4.02 4.62 4.59 8 74.0 DH 2 1988 24 OAK AL SS 147 254 431 15 83 .979 .971 4.66 4.14 4.97 4.69 140 1240.7 1989 25 OAK AL SS 84 106 195 15 44 .953 .971 3.58 4.11 4.16 4.79 71 651.0 1990 26 OAK AL SS 137 194 373 12 77 .979 .973 4.14 4.00 4.42 4.74 128 1154.0 1991 27 OAK AL SS 40 64 99 5 21 .970 .971 4.08 3.95 4.52 4.67 37 324.7 1992 28 OAK AL SS 103 144 270 19 57 .956 .969 4.02 4.13 4.33 4.71 96 859.7 1993 29 FLA NL SS 153 229 406 15 80 .977 .965 4.15 4.04 4.32 4.69 149 1322.3 1994 30 COL NL SS 110 157 318 13 69 .973 .966 4.32 4.05 4.70 4.53 104 910.3 1995 31 COL NL SS 136 201 406 16 99 .974 .968 4.46 3.97 4.79 4.51 130 1140.7 1996 32 COL NL SS 155 220 450 30 90 .957 .967 4.32 3.99 4.73 4.60 148 1275.0 1997 33 COL NL SS 119 191 372 10 88 .983 .973 4.73 3.85 5.22 4.58 112 970.3 1998 34 ATL NL SS 96 97 257 12 63 .967 .968 3.69 3.88 4.04 4.52 95 789.3 AS 1999 35 ATL NL SS 102 108 203 12 41 .963 .967 3.05 3.80 4.04 4.42 74 692.0 2000 36 ATL NL SS 69 84 199 15 38 .950 .967 4.10 3.88 4.82 4.52 63 528.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 23 OAK AL DH 2 1987 23 OAK AL SS 11 8 30 1 4 .974 .969 3.45 4.02 4.62 4.59 8 74.0 1988 24 OAK AL SS 147 254 431 15 83 .979 .971 4.66 4.14 4.97 4.69 140 1240.7 1989 25 OAK AL SS 84 106 195 15 44 .953 .971 3.58 4.11 4.16 4.79 71 651.0 1990 26 OAK AL SS 137 194 373 12 77 .979 .973 4.14 4.00 4.42 4.74 128 1154.0 1991 27 OAK AL SS 40 64 99 5 21 .970 .971 4.08 3.95 4.52 4.67 37 324.7 1992 28 OAK AL SS 103 144 270 19 57 .956 .969 4.02 4.13 4.33 4.71 96 859.7 1993 29 FLA NL SS 153 229 406 15 80 .977 .965 4.15 4.04 4.32 4.69 149 1322.3 1994 30 COL NL SS 110 157 318 13 69 .973 .966 4.32 4.05 4.70 4.53 104 910.3 1995 31 COL NL SS 136 201 406 16 99 .974 .968 4.46 3.97 4.79 4.51 130 1140.7 1996 32 COL NL SS 155 220 450 30 90 .957 .967 4.32 3.99 4.73 4.60 148 1275.0 1997 33 COL NL SS 119 191 372 10 88 .983 .973 4.73 3.85 5.22 4.58 112 970.3 1998 34 ATL NL SS 96 97 257 12 63 .967 .968 3.69 3.88 4.04 4.52 95 789.3 1999 35 ATL NL SS 102 108 203 12 41 .963 .967 3.05 3.80 4.04 4.42 74 692.0 2000 36 ATL NL SS 69 84 199 15 38 .950 .967 4.10 3.88 4.82 4.52 63 528.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1462 2057 4009 190 854 .970 .969 4.15 3.99 4.58 4.62 1355 11932.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1462 2057 4009 190 854 .970 .969 4.15 3.99 4.58 4.62 1355 11932
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   4  15   2   5  2  0  0   2   0   4  .333  .333  .467   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   5  16   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .063  .063  .063   1  0   1   0   0 
 1989   ALCS  OAK TOR     W   4   9   2   1  1  0  0   0   1   1  .111  .200  .222   1  0   1   0   0 
        WS    OAK SFG     W   4  15   3   2  0  0  1   1   2   2  .133  .235  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1990   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   2   7   2   0  0  0  0   0   2   2  .000  .222  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   ALCS  OAK TOR     L   3   6   1   1  0  0  0   0   2   1  .167  .375  .167   2  0   0   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  COL ATL     L   4  12   1   2  0  0  0   0   3   3  .167  .375  .167   1  0   0   0   1 
 1998   NLDS  ATL CHC     W   3  13   2   2  0  0  0   0   1   3  .154  .214  .154   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL SDP     L   4  15   0   3  0  0  0   1   2   5  .200  .294  .200   1  0   0   0   0 
 1999   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   3   6   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL NYM     W   6  21   2   6  2  0  0   1   2   4  .286  .348  .381   2  0   1   0   0 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   3   9   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .222  .222  .222   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   NLDS  ATL STL     L   1   3   0   2  1  0  0   2   0   0  .667  .667 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2  11  34   4   7  1  0  0   2   4   8  .206  .308  .235   1  0   0   0   1 
  6 Lg Champ Series     4-2  23  73   9  16  5  0  0   4   9  17  .219  .305  .288   6  0   2   0   0 
  3 World Series        1-2  12  40   5   5  0  0  1   1   2   5  .125  .167  .200   1  0   1   0   0 
 13 Postseason Series   7-6  46 147  18  28  6  0  1   7  15  30  .190  .270  .252   8  0   3   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1998   ATL NL   *   3   1   2  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   3   1   2  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1998 (SS)

Awards
1988-AL-ROY

On-base %
1995 NL-.403-5

Games
1993 NL-158-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1994 NL-486-9

Bases on Balls
1993 NL-79-10
1994 NL-56-10
1995 NL-98-2
1996 NL-80-8

Hit By Pitch
1988 AL-9-6

Sac. Hits
1992 AL-11-7
1996 NL-14-5
1998 NL-12-6

Intentional Walks
1993 NL-13-4

Outs
1994 NL-337-6

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 29.0 (601) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1985.

November 17, 1992: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later and Eric Helfand. The Florida Marlins sent Scott Baker (November 20, 1992) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

October 25, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Oakland Athletics$62,500
1989Oakland Athletics$180,000
1990Oakland Athletics$235,000
1991Oakland Athletics$780,000
1992Oakland Athletics$760,000
1993Florida Marlins$925,000
1994Colorado Rockies$600,000
1995Colorado Rockies$2,256,446
1996Colorado Rockies$1,650,000
1997Colorado Rockies$2,700,000
1998Atlanta Braves$3,050,000
1999Atlanta Braves$3,000,000
2000Atlanta Braves$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$19,198,946

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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