Joe Wallis

Joe Wallis
Joe Wallis
	Center fielder
	Born: January 9, 1952 (age 72); East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
	Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 2, 1975, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
	September 30, 1979, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.244
Home runs	16
Runs batted in	68
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Chicago Cubs (1975–1978); Oakland Athletics (1978–1979);

Harold Joseph Wallis (born January 9, 1952) is an American former center fielder who spent five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics. He was nicknamed "Tarzan" because of his penchant for cliff diving.^[1]

A native of East St. Louis, Illinois, Wallis attended McCluer High School and Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In 1971 and 1972, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[2] He was selected by the Cubs in the sixth round of the 1973 MLB Draft.

Wallis broke up Tom Seaver's fifth attempt at his first-ever no-hitter with a two-out single to right field in the ninth inning of the Cubs' eleven-inning 1–0 win over the New York Mets at Wrigley Field on September 24, 1975.^[3]

Wallis was dealt twice at the trade deadline on June 15, 1978. The Cubs first traded him to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Vail. The Indians then sent him to the Oakland Athletics for Gary Alexander an hour after the first transaction.^[4]^[5] Wallis finished his major league career with Oakland the following season.

References

^ Markusen, Bruce. "Cooperstown Confidential: Tarzan Joe Wallis," The Hardball Times, Friday, August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ "Seaver Foiled In No‐Hitter Bid," The New York Times, Thursday, September 25, 1975.
^ "Ex-Salukis Wallis, Dwyer are traded," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, June 16, 1978. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
^ Durso, Joseph. "Traders of Baseball Hit Florida Drought," The New York Times, Sunday, December 10, 1978. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

[1] Markusen, Bruce. "Cooperstown Confidential: Tarzan Joe Wallis," The Hardball Times, Friday, August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[2] "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[3] "Seaver Foiled In No‐Hitter Bid," The New York Times, Thursday, September 25, 1975.

[4] "Ex-Salukis Wallis, Dwyer are traded," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, June 16, 1978. Retrieved January 18, 2023.

[5] Durso, Joseph. "Traders of Baseball Hit Florida Drought," The New York Times, Sunday, December 10, 1978. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

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