From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matt Williams (third baseman)
Matt Williams (third baseman)
Matt Williams ball teams.[citation needed] During his career, Williams had
an overall batting average of .268, with 378 home runs
and 1218 runs batted in. He scored 997 Major League
runs, and he accumulated 1878 hits, 338 doubles, and 35
triples, while playing in 1866 regular-season games.
Early life
Williams was originally selected by the New York Mets
from Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada, but he
did not sign with the Mets. In high school, Williams also
started as quarterback on the Carson Senators football
Third baseman team. Two of his high school teammates in baseball, Bob
Ayrault and Charlie Kerfeld, also played baseball in the
Born: November 28, 1965 (1965-11-28) major leagues.
Bishop, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right
San Francisco Giants
MLB debut
Williams accepted a baseball scholarship to play for the
April 11, 1987 for the San Francisco Giants University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and after attending
college and playing baseball there, Williams was drafted
Last MLB appearance
by the San Francisco Giants in the first round (the 3rd
May 31, 2003 for the Arizona Diamondbacks pick) of the 1986 pro baseball draft. Despite suffering
Career statistics from several leg injuries and some lower-back ailments,
Williams was an excellent fielder at third base and a dan-
Batting average .268 gerous and productive hitter. As a third baseman, Wil-
Home runs 378 liams had good bodily reactions and excellent hands, plus
a quick release with his strong and accurate arm. Wil-
Runs batted in 1,218
liams was one of the premier fielders at third base as he
Teams earned four Gold Glove Awards from 1991 through 1997.
A hitter with exceptional power, six times he hit
• San Francisco Giants (1987–1996)
• Cleveland Indians (1997) more than 30 home runs in a baseball season as a Giant,
• Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2003) with more than 90 runs batted in. His best season was
1994, when he hit a National League-best 43 home runs
Career highlights and awards
and accumulated 96 runs batted in (RBI), even though
• 5× All-Star selection (1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999) this was a Major League Baseball season that was short-
• World Series champion (2001) ened by nearly one-third because of a season-ending
• 4× Gold Glove Award winner (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997) strike by Major League baseball players. Williams fin-
• 4× Silver Slugger Award winner (1990, 1993, 1994, 1997)
ished second in the voting for the National League Most
Valuable Player Award that year, finishing behind the
Matthew Derrick Williams (born November 28, 1965 in
first baseman Jeff Bagwell of the Houston Astros.
Matt Bat",
Bishop, California), nicknamed "Matt the Bat is a for-
mer Major League Baseball third baseman and right-
handed batter who played for the San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks
the Cleveland Indians, and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Williams was an original member of the Arizona Dia-
Williams played in a World Series for each of these
mondbacks, and he holds the Diamondbacks record for
teams (1989 with the Giants, 1997 with the Indians, and
the most RBIs in one season with a total of 142 during
2001 with the Diamondbacks). During these years, Wil-
1999. (This record has since been tied by Luis Gonzalez in
liams became the only player to hit at least one World
2001, but never exceeded).
Series home run for three different Major League base-
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Williams is now a partial owner of the Diamondbacks, • List of Major League Baseball home run champions
and he carries the title of "Special Assistant to the Gen-
eral Partner". Williams also occasionally serves as color
commentator during Diamondbacks radio and television
References
broadcasts,[1] and has also assisted in coaching and play- [1] Franchise-best 151 D-backs games to be televised in
er personnel matters. 2007
Williams was hired in November 2009 by the Dia- [2] Mark Fainaru-Wada & Lance Williams (November
mondbacks to be their first base coach for 2010. Williams 6, 2007). "Baseball’s Jose Guillen, Matt Williams
is moving from 1st base coach to 3rd base coach for the bought steroids from clinic". San Francisco Chronicle.
2011 season, while working under 1st year manager Kirk http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/
Gibson. 2007/11/06/MNM2T2U24.DTL&type=news.
Retrieved January 20, 2008.
[3] Nightengale, Bob; Ortiz, Jorge L.; White, Paul
Steroid allegations (March 3, 2010). "The ’07 Mitchell Report’s effect:
On November 6, 2007, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Five active players reflect". USA Today.
that Williams purchased $11,600 worth of human growth http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/
hormone, steroids and other drugs from the Palm Beach 2010-03-01-mitchell-report_N.htm.
clinic in 2002.[2] Williams later told the Chronicle he used [4] Antonen, Mel (January 15, 2009). "Rice joins
HGH on the advice of a doctor to treat an ankle injury he Henderson as newest baseball Hall of Famers". USA
suffered during spring training in 2002. Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/
On December 13, 2007, he was named among the hallfame/2009-01-12-henderson-rice-
dozens of players alleged to have used steroids in the elected_N.htm.
Mitchell Report, commissioned by Major League Baseball [5] "Matt Williams’ actress-wife seeks divorce". Sports
and written by former Senator George J. Mitchell.[3] Illustrated. July 16, 2002.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/
Hall of Fame candidacy 2002/07/15/williams_divorce_ap/. Retrieved
October 9, 2007.
Williams became eligible for the National Baseball Hall of [6] Ron Rapoport (June 3, 2003). "Roger and out".
Fame in 2009. He received just 1.3% of the votes, and was Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on
dropped off the ballot.[4] December 18, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/
20071218022157/http://findarticles.com/p/
Personal life articles/mi_qn4155/is_20030603/ai_n12502488.
Retrieved October 9, 2007. "He...is engaged to
Williams has been married three times. His second wife Phoenix news anchor Erika Monroe"
(January 1999 - July 2002) was the American film actress
Michelle Johnson. In 2002, she filed for divorce, listing
irreconcilable differences as the reason.[5] This married External links
couple had no children, and in July 2002, their divorce • Career statistics and player information from
was final. In 2003, Mr. Williams became engaged to an- Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball
other woman.[6] Since then, he has married Erika Mon- Cube
roe, who is a TV News anchor from KTVK-TV, a TV host- • Retrosheet
ess, and a member of VH1’s reality series Baseball Wives. Persondata
In 2007, the couple co-hosted the weekend pre-game
Name Williams, Matt
shows for the Arizona Diamondbacks called "DBacks on
Deck". They are the parents of one child. Alternative names
Williams is the grandson of former major league out- Short description American baseball player
fielder Bert Griffith. Date of birth November 28, 1965
Place of birth Bishop, California
See also Date of death
• List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run Place of death
hitters
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
• List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
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