Timothy Charles Wallach (born September 14, 1957 in Huntington Park, California), nicknamed "Eli" in reference to actor Eli Wallach, is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1980 to 1996 for the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, and California Angels. He won three Gold Glove awards for defensive excellence and 2 Silver Slugger awards for offensive excellence. He was named to 5 All-star teams. Wallach spent the majority of his career with the Expos, forming a potent lineup with teammates Tim Raines, Gary Carter, and Andre Dawson. Bill James has referred to Wallach as a "poor man's Brooks Robinson," largely because of his defensive skills.^[1]

In 1979, while playing at Cal State Fullerton, Wallach won the award for best college player, the Golden Spikes Award.

In 8099 career at-bats, Wallach had 2085 hits. He batted .257 with 260 home runs and 1125 RBI. Wallach had 908 career runs scored.

In 2004 and 2005, Wallach was the hitting coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers. When Grady Little became the manager and replaced Jim Tracy in December, 2005, Wallach remained hitting coach until he was replaced by Eddie Murray. On January 12, 2009, he was named the manager for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes in the Dodgers organization.^[2] He led the Isotopes into the playoffs with a franchise record 80 wins and was named as Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year.^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters
• List of major league players with 2,000 hits
• List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
• List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
• Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

[edit] References

1. ^ Bill, James (2001). The new Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. The Free Press / Simon & Shuster. 
2. ^ "Isotopes name new manager". kob.com. 2009-01-12. http://kob.com/article/stories/S740398.shtml?cat=500. Retrieved 2009-01-12. 
3. ^ Tim Wallach Named PCL Manager of the Year

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

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