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Walter William Weiss (born November 28 1963 in Tuxedo, New York) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Oakland Athletics (1987-92), Florida Marlins (1993), Colorado Rockies (1994-96), and Atlanta Braves (1997-2000).

Weiss was a member of the 1998 National League All-Star Team. He also won the 1988 Rookie of the Year award.

Early Success

Initially drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1982 amateur draft, Weiss decided to put his major league career on hiatus and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In June 1985, Weiss was the 11th overall pick in the 1985 draft.rancisco Giants]] in the 1989 World Series. Although the Series would be overshadowed by the earthquake which delayed play for three days, Weiss homered, and the A's swept the Giants to claim their first title in fifteen years.

1990 saw Weiss put up his best offensive numbers to date in hits, runs, and batting average, while stealing nine bases. The A's won their third straight pennant, but Weiss was injured in the 1990 American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox and missed the A's 1990 World Series loss to the Cincinnati Reds, four games to none.

Limited by previous injuries, Weiss did not play much in 1991 and Oakland missed the playoffs for the first time since 1987. In what would be his final year in Oakland, Weiss batted an anemic .212 in 1992 and was traded to the newly-formed Florida Marlins during the offseason.

Weiss played in 158 games in 1993 for the Marlins, but following the season he became a free agent and chose to sign with the Colorado Rockies.

Later career

In December 1997, Weiss signed with the Atlanta Braves, and became their starting shortstop. Weiss batted .280 and made the All-Star team for the 1998 Braves, who finished with 106 wins, but was slowed by injuries and appeared in less than a hundred games for the first time since 1991. The next season, Weiss's decline continued as he only finished with a .226 average.

However, in Game 3 of the 1999 NLDS against the Houston Astros, Weiss made a stunning defensive play to save the season. In the bottom of the tenth, with the bases loaded, one out, and the score tied, Tony Eusebio hit a sharp grounder right up the middle. Weiss ranged hard to his left, dove to his stomach, and threw to home to get the force out. After the game, Weiss said that the ball near1612102 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="wpSave"

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