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1969 Al Weis Topps Baseball Card
Light-hitting infielder Al Weis put the ball in play when it counted during the 1969 postseason. He drove in the winning run in Game 2 of the World Series and hit a solo shot to tie up Game 5 in the 7th inning, which helped propel the Mets to a 5-3 victory.
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A Franchise First: Mets World Series Win
The Mets pulled out a close 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on the road in Game 2 of the 1969 World Series. It was the Mets’ first WS win in franchise history. Al Weis was the game’s hero with an RBI single in the top of the 9th to give the Mets the one-run […]
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A Mets Family Man: Al Weis and Daughter
Al Weis worked the Mets infield for four seasons, including the team’s run to the World Series in 1969.
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Al Weis Goes To Bat for the Mets in 1968
In 1968, his first season as a Met, Al Weis made 301 plate appearances and ended up with a .172 batting average. Admittedly, Weis was known more for his defense than his offense, but his bat would deliver in a big way during the 1969 season.
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Al Weis in the Swinging Sixties
Al Weis made his Mets debut in 1968 after being traded from the Chicago White Sox. The switch-hitter played in 90 games, recording 47 hits, 15 runs and 14 RBIs.
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Clutch Al Weis’s Autographed Bat
Al Weis saw limited play during the 1969 NLCS, but he broke out during the World Series in a big way. In Game 2, Weis hit a ninth-inning RBI single to give the Mets the late lead and eventually the 2-1 win. We don’t know when or even if he ever swung this bat, but […]
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Dealing With a Defeat: 1969 World Series
More than 50,000 fans packed Memorial Stadium for Game 1 of the 1969 World Series, where the Mets lost to the Baltimore Orioles, 4-1. The Orioles blanked the Mets until the 7th inning when they scored on an Al Weis sacrifice fly, but it was too little and too late. Despite losing the first game, […]
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In Good Company: 1969 World Champion Mets
The 1969 Mets won the World Series through great teamwork. The Series featured key efforts from multiple players, including Al Weis’s ninth-inning RBI single to win Game 2, Tommie Agee’s stellar outfield catches in Game 3 and Rod Gaspar’s winning, extra-inning run scored on an error in Game 4.
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It’s a Miracle Someone Saved These Toys
Original Met Ed Kranepool, second baseman Al Weis and Cy Young winner Tom Seaver joined forces in a 1969 World Series toy collector set. Kranepool appeared only in Game 3, but he made his presence known with an eighth-inning home run. Weis added a dinger of his own in the Series, sending one over the […]
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Seaver and Co. Return for Old Timers Day
Tom Seaver and fellow former Mets Rusty Staub, Buddy Harrelson, Al Weis, Ron Swoboda and Art Shamsky saluted fans at Shea Stadium during an Old Timers Day, a long Mets tradition of hosting former players at the ballpark for exhibition games.