Zack Weiss
American-Israeli baseball player (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zachary Daniel Weiss (Hebrew: זאק וייס; born June 16, 1992) is an American-Israeli professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox.
Zack Weiss | |
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Minnesota Twins | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1992-06-16) June 16, 1992 (age 32) Irvine, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 12, 2018, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Win–loss record | 1–1 |
Earned run average | 4.61 |
Strikeouts | 33 |
Teams | |
Weiss was a 2015 Southern League All Star, and a 2015 MILB.com Cincinnati Organization All Star, after a season in which his 30 saves were second-most in Minor League Baseball. The Cincinnati Reds added Weiss to their active roster for Opening Day 2018, and he made his major league debut that year.[1]
In 2018, he became a dual Israeli citizen. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He also pitched for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021, and won its game against Mexico. He pitched for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.