Walter William Weiss was born on November 28,1963 and is an American former professional baseball shortstop and manager and current bench coach for the Atlanta Braves.
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11 Facts About Walt Weiss
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Walt Weiss played in Major League Baseball from 1987 through 2000 for the Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies, and Atlanta Braves.
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Walt Weiss was a member of the 1998 National League All-Star Team.
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The A's won their third straight pennant, but Walt Weiss was injured in the 1990 American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox and missed Oakland's 1990 World Series loss to the Cincinnati Reds, four games to none.
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Walt Weiss played in 158 games in 1993 for the Marlins, but after the season became a free agent, chose to sign with the Colorado Rockies and was the first player to play for both of these 1993 expansion teams.
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Walt Weiss spent four years in Colorado, posting career highs in home runs and RBIs.
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Walt Weiss ranged hard to his left, fell on his stomach and threw to home for the force.
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Walt Weiss left that job to spend more time with his family, and coach his sons' baseball and football teams.
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Walt Weiss was signed on November 7,2012, to be the manager of the Colorado Rockies.
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Walt Weiss made the decision to step down as the manager of the Colorado Rockies after four managerial seasons with the club on October 3,2016.
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Walt Weiss, while serving a bench coach for the Atlanta Braves, won a World Series Championship in 2021 after defeating the Houston Astros 4 games to 2 on November 2,2021.
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