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Walt Weiss

Walter William Weiss

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 28, 1963 in Tuxedo, NY
High School: Suffern HS (Suffern, NY)
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1987 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rockies/Braves/Marlins 1987-2000
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 36)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #896. Charlie Hickman… #897. Joe Ferguson… #898. Dale Alexander… #899. WALT WEISS… #900. Adam LaRoche… #901. Roy McMillan… #902. Tito Francona…

All-Time Rank (among batters): #896. Charlie Hickman… #897. Joe Ferguson… #898. Dale Alexander… #899. WALT WEISS… #900. Adam LaRoche… #901. Roy McMillan… #902. Tito Francona…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1985	21	OAK-min	Rk,A	70	310	280	36	73	13	4	0	28	9	3	24	38	.261	.317	.336	.653		94		1	1	4	0		PCT,MOD · PION,CALL
1986	22	OAK-min	A,AA	130	537	482	69	137	17	6	2	67	17	6	44	105	.284	.343	.357	.700		172		3	1	7	1		MAD,HVL · MIDW,SOUL
1987	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	137	605	516	78	143	20	5	1	49	32	6	75	98	.277	.370	.341	.711		176		3	8	3	2		HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1987	23	OAK	AL	16	29	26	3	12	4	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	.462	.500	.615	1.115	204	16	0	0	1	0	0	6/D
1988	24	OAK	AL	147	511	452	44	113	17	3	3	39	4	4	35	56	.250	.312	.321	.633	81	145	9	9	8	7	1	*6	RoY-1
1989	25	OAK-min	AAA,A	7	23	17	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	.235	.391	.294	.685		5		1	0	1	0		TAC,MOD · PCL,CALL
1989	25	OAK	AL	84	263	236	30	55	11	0	3	21	6	1	21	39	.233	.298	.318	.616	77	75	5	1	5	0	0	6
1990	26	OAK	AL	138	505	445	50	118	17	1	2	35	9	3	46	53	.265	.337	.321	.658	90	143	7	4	6	4	5	*6
1991	27	OAK	AL	40	148	133	15	30	6	1	0	13	6	0	12	14	.226	.286	.286	.571	63	38	3	0	1	2	0	6
1992	28	OAK-min	AAA	4	16	13	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	.231	.313	.308	.620		4	0	0	0	1	0		TAC · PCL
1992	28	OAK	AL	103	375	316	36	67	5	2	0	21	6	3	43	39	.212	.305	.241	.545	59	76	10	1	11	4	1	6
1993	29	FLA	NL	158	591	500	50	133	14	2	1	39	7	3	79	73	.266	.367	.308	.675	81	154	5	3	5	4	13	*6
1994	30	COL	NL	110	486	423	58	106	11	4	1	32	12	7	56	58	.251	.336	.303	.639	58	128	6	0	4	3	0	*6
1995	31	COL	NL	137	537	427	65	111	17	3	1	25	15	3	98	57	.260	.403	.321	.724	76	137	7	5	6	1	8	*6
1996	32	COL	NL	155	624	517	89	146	20	2	8	48	10	2	80	78	.282	.381	.375	.756	85	194	9	6	14	6	5	*6
1997	33	COL	NL	121	469	393	52	106	23	5	4	38	5	2	66	56	.270	.377	.384	.761	85	151	7	2	7	1	3	*6
1998	34	ATL	NL	96	424	347	64	97	18	2	0	27	7	1	59	53	.280	.386	.343	.729	94	119	4	3	12	3	0	6	AS
1999	35	ATL	NL	110	327	279	38	63	13	4	2	29	7	3	35	48	.226	.315	.323	.637	63	90	1	3	6	4	1	6
2000	36	ATL	NL	80	227	192	29	50	6	2	0	18	1	1	26	32	.260	.353	.313	.665	71	60	2	3	3	3	1	6
14 Yrs				1495	5516	4686	623	1207	182	31	25	386	96	35	658	658	.258	.351	.326	.677	78	1526	75	40	89	42	38
162 Game Avg.				162	598	508	68	131	20	3	3	42	10	4	71	71	.258	.351	.326	.677	78	165	8	4	10	5	4

OAK (6 yrs)				528	1831	1608	178	395	60	7	8	130	32	13	159	203	.246	.316	.307	.623	79	493	34	15	32	17	7
COL (4 yrs)				523	2116	1760	264	469	71	14	14	143	42	14	300	249	.266	.375	.347	.722	77	610	29	13	31	11	16
ATL (3 yrs)				286	978	818	131	210	37	8	2	74	15	5	120	133	.257	.354	.329	.683	78	269	7	9	21	10	2
FLA (1 yr)				158	591	500	50	133	14	2	1	39	7	3	79	73	.266	.367	.308	.675	81	154	5	3	5	4	13

NL (8 yrs)				967	3685	3078	445	812	122	24	17	256	64	22	499	455	.264	.368	.336	.704	78	1033	41	25	57	25	31
AL (6 yrs)				528	1831	1608	178	395	60	7	8	130	32	13	159	203	.246	.316	.307	.623	79	493	34	15	32	17	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1987	23	OAK	AL	16	29	4	-1	0	2	0	5	0.5	1	6	0.6	.531	.503	0.4	0.2	4		6/D
1988	24	OAK	AL	147	511	-10	-1	-0	13	8	9	1.2	16	25	2.6	.507	.506	1.2	2.4	12	$62,500	*6	RoY-1
1989	25	OAK	AL	84	263	-5	0	0	-6	4	-6	-0.6	8	2	0.2	.492	.496	0.8	-0.1	8	$180,000	6
1990	26	OAK	AL	138	505	-5	1	0	17	7	21	2.4	17	38	4.0	.517	.514	2.2	2.7	21	$235,000	*6
1991	27	OAK	AL	40	148	-7	2	0	-0	2	-3	-0.2	5	2	0.3	.493	.498	0.3	0.2	2	$780,000	6
1992	28	OAK	AL	103	375	-17	0	0	-10	5	-21	-2.1	13	-8	-0.9	.479	.486	0.2	-0.4	2	$760,000	6
1993	29	FLA	NL	158	591	-16	0	2	2	8	-4	-0.3	16	12	1.3	.497	.497	1.0	1.2	11	$925,000	*6
1994	30	COL	NL	110	486	-22	0	1	-6	6	-22	-2.2	12	-9	-1.0	.480	.486	-0.4	-0.0	-3	$600,000	*6
1995	31	COL	NL	137	537	-11	2	1	2	7	1	0.1	15	16	1.6	.501	.501	1.3	0.9	14	$2,256,446	*6
1996	32	COL	NL	155	624	-11	3	2	-9	8	-8	-1.0	17	9	0.6	.495	.495	1.7	-0.2	18	$1,650,000	*6
1997	33	COL	NL	121	469	-5	-2	1	6	6	6	0.5	13	19	1.8	.505	.504	1.3	1.2	13	$2,700,000	*6
1998	34	ATL	NL	96	424	2	1	0	8	5	16	1.5	12	27	2.6	.516	.510	1.9	1.3	19	$3,050,000	6	AS
1999	35	ATL	NL	110	327	-14	1	3	-6	4	-12	-1.2	9	-3	-0.3	.490	.493	0.3	-0.2	3	$3,000,000	6
2000	36	ATL	NL	80	227	-4	-0	1	6	3	6	0.6	6	12	1.2	.507	.504	0.6	0.9	6	$3,000,000	6
14 Seasons				1495	5516	-120	7	12	17	74	-11	-0.7	159	149	14.6	.499	.500	12.8	10.0	132	$19,198,946

OAK (6 yrs)				528	1831	-40	2	1	16	27	6	1.3	59	65	6.8	.501	.501	5.1	5.0	50	$2,017,500
COL (4 yrs)				523	2116	-49	3	4	-8	27	-23	-2.6	57	35	3.0	.496	.496	3.9	1.9	43	$7,206,446
ATL (3 yrs)				286	978	-16	2	4	8	12	10	0.9	27	37	3.5	.504	.502	2.8	1.9	29	$9,050,000
FLA (1 yr)				158	591	-16	0	2	2	8	-4	-0.3	16	12	1.3	.497	.497	1.0	1.2	11	$925,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1988	24	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	4	15	15	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.467	.800	7	0	0	0	0	0
1988	24	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	L	5	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	0	0	1	0	0
1989	25	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	W	4	11	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.111	.200	.222	.422	2	0	0	1	0	0
1989	25	OAK	AL	WS	SFG	W	4	17	15	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.133	.235	.333	.569	5	0	0	0	0	2
1990	26	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	2	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	0	0	0

1992	28	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	L	3	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	1	0	0	0	0	0

1995	31	COL	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	4	16	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	.167	.375	.167	.542	2	0	1	0	0	1

1998	34	ATL	NL	NLDS	CHC	W	3	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	0	0	0
1998	34	ATL	NL	NLCS	SDP	L	4	17	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.200	.294	.200	.494	3	0	0	0	0	0
1999	35	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
1999	35	ATL	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	6	24	21	2	6	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	4	.286	.348	.381	.729	8	2	0	1	0	0
1999	35	ATL	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
2000	36	ATL	NL	NLDS	STL	L	1	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs (13 Series)							46	166	147	18	28	6	0	1	7	8	0	15	30	.190	.270	.252	.522	37	2	1	3	0	3
4 NLDS							11	39	34	4	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	4	8	.206	.308	.235	.543	8	0	1	0	0	1
2 NLCS							10	41	36	2	9	2	0	0	2	3	0	4	9	.250	.325	.306	.631	11	2	0	1	0	0
4 ALCS							13	43	37	7	7	3	0	0	2	3	0	5	8	.189	.286	.270	.556	10	0	0	1	0	0
3 WS							12	43	40	5	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	5	.125	.167	.200	.367	8	0	0	1	0	2

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1987	OAK	AL	23	SS	11	8	7	74.0	39	8	30	1	4	.974	2	26	4.62	3.45	.970	4.59	4.54
1987	OAK	AL	23	DH	2	0
1988	OAK	AL	24	SS	147	140	114	1240.2	700	254	431	15	83	.979	13	13	4.97	4.66	.971	4.69	4.65	RoY-1
1989	OAK	AL	25	SS	84	71	67	651.0	316	106	195	15	44	.953	-6	-11	4.16	3.58	.971	4.79	4.74
1990	OAK	AL	26	SS	137	128	118	1154.0	579	194	373	12	77	.979	17	18	4.42	4.14	.973	4.74	4.69
1991	OAK	AL	27	SS	40	37	34	324.2	168	64	99	5	21	.970	-0	-0	4.52	4.08	.971	4.67	4.66
1992	OAK	AL	28	SS	103	96	92	859.2	433	144	270	19	57	.956	-10	-14	4.33	4.02	.969	4.71	4.69
1993	FLA	NL	29	SS	153	149	144	1322.1	650	229	406	15	80	.977	2	1	4.32	4.15	.965	4.69	4.66
1994	COL	NL	30	SS	110	104	96	910.1	488	157	318	13	69	.973	-6	-8	4.70	4.32	.966	4.53	4.50
1995	COL	NL	31	SS	136	130	116	1140.2	623	201	406	16	99	.974	2	2	4.79	4.46	.968	4.51	4.49
1996	COL	NL	32	SS	155	148	130	1275.0	700	220	450	30	90	.957	-9	-9	4.73	4.32	.967	4.60	4.57
1997	COL	NL	33	SS	119	112	101	970.1	573	191	372	10	88	.983	6	7	5.22	4.73	.973	4.58	4.54
1998	ATL	NL	34	SS	96	95	76	789.1	366	97	257	12	63	.967	8	12	4.04	3.69	.968	4.52	4.50	AS
1999	ATL	NL	35	SS	102	74	65	692.0	323	108	203	12	41	.963	-6	-11	4.04	3.05	.967	4.42	4.39
2000	ATL	NL	36	SS	69	63	43	528.0	295	83	197	15	38	.949	6	13	4.77	4.06	.967	4.51	4.47
	14 Seasons			SS	1462	1355	1203	11932.0	6253	2056	4007	190	854	.970	17	2	4.57	4.15	.969	4.62	4.58
	14 Seasons			TOT	1462	1355	1203	11932.0	6253	2056	4007	190	854	.970	17	2	4.57	4.15	.969	4.62	4.58

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2006 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	All-Star Games 1998 (SS)	Awards (yr lg award) 1988 AL Rookie of the Year	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1988 AL 2.4 (2nd) 1990 AL 2.7 (3rd) 1998 NL 1.3 (10th) Career 10.0 (207th)
On-Base% s c a p y 1995 NL .403 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1993 NL 158 (7th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1994 NL 486 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1993 NL 79 (10th) 1994 NL 56 (10th) 1995 NL 98 (2nd) 1996 NL 80 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1988 AL 9 (6th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1992 AL 11 (7th) 1996 NL 14 (5th) 1998 NL 12 (6th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1993 NL 13 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 1995 NL 83.33 (7th) Career 73.28 (223rd)
Outs Made s c a p y 1994 NL 337 (6th)	Assists† s c a p y 1995 NL 406 (5th) 1996 NL 450 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1996 NL 30 (1st)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1993 NL 153 (4th) 1994 NL 110 (1st) 1995 NL 136 (1st) 1996 NL 155 (1st) Career 1,462 (65th)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1988 AL 254 (4th) 1993 NL 229 (5th) 1994 NL 157 (4th) 1995 NL 201 (3rd) 1996 NL 220 (3rd) Career 2,056 (98th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1988 AL 431 (5th) 1994 NL 318 (3rd) 1995 NL 406 (4th) 1996 NL 450 (3rd) Career 4,007 (78th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1992 AL 19 (5th) 1996 NL 30 (1st)	Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y 1994 NL 69 (2nd) 1995 NL 99 (1st) 1996 NL 90 (2nd) 1997 NL 88 (5th) Career 854 (57th)
Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1988 AL 13 (2nd) 1990 AL 17 (3rd) 1998 NL 8 (1st) 2000 NL 6 (3rd) Career 17 (82nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1988 AL 4.97 (3rd) 1994 NL 4.70 (3rd) 1995 NL 4.79 (4th) 1997 NL 5.22 (1st) Career 4.57 (83rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1988 AL 4.66 (4th) 1995 NL 4.46 (5th) 1997 NL 4.73 (1st)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1988 AL .979 (5th) 1990 AL .979 (3rd) 1993 NL .977 (2nd) 1994 NL .973 (3rd) 1995 NL .974 (4th) 1997 NL .983 (2nd) Career .970 (89th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1474), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 29 (626), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 20 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Shortstop (128th), 14.6 career WAR/15.1 7yr-peak WAR/14.8 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

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Ricky Gutierrez (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rudy Hulswitt (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lennie Merullo (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Fermin (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rey Ordonez (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rey Ordonez (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Gerber (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Gerber (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Wally Gerber (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1988	24	Oakland Athletics	$62,500*
1989	25	Oakland Athletics	$180,000*
1990	26	Oakland Athletics	$235,000*
1991	27	Oakland Athletics	$780,000	USA Today survey
1992	28	Oakland Athletics	$760,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	29	Florida Marlins	$925,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $100,000 earned bonus
1994	30	Colorado Rockies	$600,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $50,000 signing bonus
1995	31	Colorado Rockies	$2,256,446	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $50K signing bonus, $606,446 earned bonus
1996	32	Colorado Rockies	$1,650,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $275,000 signing bonus, $150,000 earned
1997	33	Colorado Rockies	$2,700,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1; 1997 postseason AP	Includes $275,000 signing bonus, $100,000 earned
1998	34	Atlanta Braves	$3,050,000	11/23/98 USA Today	Includes $50,000 earned bonus
1999	35	Atlanta Braves	$3,000,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	36	Atlanta Braves	$3,000,000	4/5/00 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$19,198,946

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $70,000 - 12/13/88 USAT - 4/1/88 USAT: $62,500
*1989 - $190,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $275,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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