Al Weis
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Al Weis was an infielder for the Mets from 1968 to 1971. Although generally known as a second baseman, Weis played more games at shortstop than he did at second. As a Met, he played a total of 279 games and was a member of the 1969 World Championship team.
Weis joined the Mets in a trade with the White Sox on December 15, 1967. In his first game with the team, he had the bad luck of making an error that allowed the winning run to score in the 24th inning of the Mets' 1-0 loss to the Astros on April 15. However, he also got a game-winning single in the 10th inning for a 1-0 Met victory at Los Angeles on June 10. For the '68 season, Al appeared in 90 games and got 47 hits. His only home run of the season came off the Braves' Cecil Upshaw in the Mets' 9-1 win on May 25 at Atlanta.
In the '69 championship season, Weis was a quality utility infielder for the Mets. On June 4, he made an outstanding play of a ground ball on which he threw out the Dodgers' Billy Grabarkewitz at the plate in the 15th inning at Shea Stadium. The Mets won this game in the bottom half. Al also homered in two consecutive games at Chicago's Wrigley Field on July 15 and July 16, leading the Mets to crucial 5-4 and 9-5 victories over the Cubs. Weis's 23 runs batted in for the year tied his career high.
Al led all hitters with a .455 batting average in the 1969 World Series. In Game 2, he singled in the ninth inning to drive in the winning run for the Mets. Weis also homered in the seventh inning to tie Game 5, which the Mets went on to win to take the title. Both of these clutch hits came off the Orioles' Dave McNally.
Weis played 75 games for the Mets in 1970. He had 25 hits for the season, one of which was a two-run homer off Hall-of-Famer Steve Carlton at St. Louis on September 3. Al also drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in Ray Sadecki's 4-0 shutout over the Braves at Shea on May 23, 1971. This was Weis's last major league RBI. He played his final game a month later and was released by the Mets on July 1.
