There are players on this list that higher WAR numbers than Walt Weiss. But no one has contributed to the Colorado Rockies organization quite like Weiss. No matter what you think about Weiss as a player or a coach, he cared tremendously about the Rockies and his players.
Let’s start with his contributions during his playing career.
Weiss got his start with Tony LaRussa and the Oakland Athletics where he won the AL Rookie of the Year award in 1988. The very next year he won the World Series in the “Earthquake Series.”
Weiss was not a part of the inaugural 1993 Rockies team but he was a part of the inaugural 1993 Florida Marlins.