Tim Wallach

Tim Wallach
Wallach as manager of the Albuquerque Isotopes, Triple-A affiliates of the Dodgers, in 2010.
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 26
Third baseman
Born: September 14, 1957 (1957-09-14) Huntington Park, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 6, 1980 for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1996 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
Batting average	.257
Home runs	260
Runs batted in	1,125
Teams
Montreal Expos (1980–1992) Los Angeles Dodgers (1993–1995) California Angels (1996) Los Angeles Dodgers (1996)
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990) 3× Gold Glove Award winner (1985, 1988, 1990) 2× Silver Slugger Award winner (1985, 1987) 1979 Golden Spikes Award 1994 NL Comeback Player of the Year

Medal record
Baseball
Competitor for the United States
Amateur World Series
Silver	1978 Italy	Team

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.

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

On September 6th, 1980 Wallach, with the Expos, hit a home run in his first major league at bat. He was the first player from Cal State Fullerton to do this. On September 6th, 2011, Brett Pill, with the SF Giants, became the 2nd player from Cal State Fullerton to also hit a home run in his first at bat in the major league.</ref>Baseball Almanac.

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. He led the Isotopes into the playoffs with a franchise record 80 wins and was named as Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year.

On November 22, 2010 he was named the new third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

See also

• List of top 300 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

External links

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

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dale Murphy	National League Player of the Month May, 1982	Succeeded by Al Oliver
Preceded by Andrés Galarraga	NL Comeback Player of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Ron Gant
Sporting positions
Preceded by George Hendrick	Los Angeles Dodgers Hitting Coach 2004-2005	Succeeded by Eddie Murray
Preceded by Dean Treanor	Albuquerque Istotopes Manager 2009-2010	Succeeded by Lorenzo Bundy
Preceded by Larry Bowa	Los Angeles Dodgers Third Base Coach 2011-present	Succeeded by Incumbent