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Walt Weiss
#22 | Shortstop | Atlanta Braves | Roster

Career Notes

1996
Set personal bests in average (.282), hits (146), doubles (20), homers (8), runs scored (89) and RBIs (48) ... Finished eighth in the National League in walks with 80 ... Stole 10 bases, the third straight year he's reached double figures in that category ... Tied a career best with his nine-game hitting streak (July 6-18) ...

1995
Established a career high and ranked second in the National League behind Barry Bonds with a club record 98 walks, shattering the previous team mark of 63 by Eric Young in 1993 ... Weiss also finished fourth in the league with a .403 on base average.

1994
Spent time in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career ... Reached base in 50 of the first 56 games of the year at the top of the order ... Had a season-high eight-game hitting streak April 11-19 ... Hit .316 for month of May ... Was set to challenge personal high for RBI (had 32, high is 39) in a season when strike cut short his effort ... Hit only .104 in his final 13 games to close the year.

1993
Was healthy for a full season for the first year since 1988, playing in all but four games for Florida ... His second-inning triple off Los Angeles' Orel Hershiser April 5 was the first extra-base hit in club history, and drove in the franchises' first two runs ... Established personal bests in hits (133), walks (79) and starts (149) ... Ranked fourth in the NL with 13 intentional walks and was the fifth toughest batter to double up, hitting into only five double plays in 500 at-bats ... Hit .333 (28-84) in May ... Ranked second among NL shortstops in fielding, committing 15 errors in 650 total chances for a .977 percentage ... Made only three errors in 238 chances in 64 games from June 22-Sept. 3.

1992
Tripled against Boston in his first at-bat of the season after missing Oakland's first 51 games ... Batted .300 in his first 40 at-bats ... Started 96 of the team's last 111 games ... Put together a 20-game errorless streak June 22-July 16, successfully handling 92 total chances ... Had two stolen bases and a run in the AL Championship Series against Toronto.

1991
Appeared in 40 games during the first two months of the season but his season ended when he tore ligaments in his left ankle while running out a ground ball in Oakland June 6 ... Had a career-high nine-game hitting streak May 7-16.

1990
Established then-career highs in runs (50), hits (118), walks (46), and stolen bases (9) ... Committed only 12 errors at shortstop, three fewer than in his Rookie of the Year 1988 season ... His post-season activity was cut short when he suffered cartilage damage in his knee during Game 2 of the ALCS in a collision with Ellis Burks.

1989
Was out of the lineup May 17-July 31 due to a knee injury he suffered while attempting to turn a double play against New York ... Shared time at shortstop with Mike Gallego when he returned ... Homered twice April 5 against Seattle ... Started all four World Series games at shortstop and hit a home run in Game 1.

1988
Honored as AL Rookie of the Year by the BBWAA and The Sporting News ... Committed 15 errors as Oakland's regular shortstop, and only one after July 8 ... Had a 58-game errorless streak July 9-Sept. 20 ... Hit his first major league homer May 15 at Baltimore off Mark Williamson ... Hit his first career grand slam July 10 off Detroit's Mike Trujillo ...Hit .281 after Aug. 1 ... Starred in his first ALCS, hitting .333 (5-15)and hitting the game-winning single off Boston's Lee Smith in Game 2 ... Went 1-for-16 in the World Series against Los Angeles.

1987
Opened the year at Huntsville (AA), but landed in the majors July 12, filling in for injured infielder Tony Phillips ... Was caught stealing as a pinch runner in his debut that day ... Started the last eight games of the season in place of the injured Alfredo Griffin and committed one error in 39 chances ... Collected his first major league hit Sept. 26 against Chicago ... Hit a sensational .462 (12-26) in 16 big league games.


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