Matt Williams

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: November 28, 1965 in Bishop, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Carson HS (Carson City, NV) and the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Paradise, NV).

High School: Carson HS (Carson City, NV)

School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Paradise, NV)

Debut: April 11, 1987 (Age 21-134d, 15,300th in major league history)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 31, 2003 (Age 37-184d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Matthew Derrick Williams

Nicknames: Carson Crusher, Matt the Bat or Big Marine

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Relatives: Grandson of Bert Griffith

5x All-Star
2001 World Series
4x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger
Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.6

7000

1878

378

.268

997

RBI

1218

OBP

.317

SLG

.489

OPS

.805

OPS+

113

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
2	2	Apr 3	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 4	CLE	@	ANA	L,6-8	CG	49	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 5	CLE	@	ANA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 6	CLE	@	ANA	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 7	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 8	CLE	@	SEA	L,8-14	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 9	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-11	GS	32	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
9	9	Apr 11	CLE		ANA	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 13	CLE		ANA	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 14	CLE		SEA	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
12	12	Apr 15	CLE		SEA	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
13	13	Apr 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	15	Apr 18	CLE		MIL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
16	16	Apr 19	CLE		MIL	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	17	Apr 20	CLE		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	18	Apr 22	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 23	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	20	Apr 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
21	21	Apr 25	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-4	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
22	22	Apr 26	CLE	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	43	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	3B
23	23	Apr 27	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	1	4	0	5	1	3B
24	24	Apr 29	CLE		OAK	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
25	25	Apr 30	CLE		OAK	L,9-11	CG	49	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	26	May 1	CLE		OAK	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 3	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	28	May 4	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	30 (1)	May 7	CLE		TOR	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	31	May 8	CLE		TOR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
31	32	May 9	CLE	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	33	May 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
33	34	May 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	0	4	2	6	0	3B
34	35	May 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	36	May 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
36	37	May 14	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	38	May 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
38	39	May 17	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-1	GS	15	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	40	May 18	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	41	May 20	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	42	May 21	CLE		KCR	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	45 (2)	May 24	CLE		BAL	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
43	46	May 25	CLE		BAL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
44	47	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	48	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	49	May 28	CLE	@	KCR	W,10-3	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	50	May 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
48	51	May 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	52	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
50	53	Jun 4	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	55 (1)	Jun 6	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
52	56	Jun 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	57	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
54	58	Jun 10	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	59	Jun 11	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	60	Jun 12	CLE		MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	61	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
58	62	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
59	63	Jun 15	CLE	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
60	64	Jun 16	CLE		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	65	Jun 17	CLE		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	66	Jun 18	CLE		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	67	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	68	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	69	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
66	70	Jun 23	CLE		MIN	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	71	Jun 24	CLE		MIN	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
69	73	Jun 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
70	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	76	Jul 1	CLE	@	HOU	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	77	Jul 2	CLE	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
74	78	Jul 4	CLE		KCR	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
75	79	Jul 5	CLE		KCR	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
76	80	Jul 6	CLE		KCR	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
77	81	Jul 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
78	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
79	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	85	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	86	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
83	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
85	89	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
86	90	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	91	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
88	92	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	93	Jul 22	CLE		SEA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	94	Jul 23	CLE		SEA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
91	95	Jul 24	CLE		SEA	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
92	96	Jul 25	CLE		OAK	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
93	97	Jul 26	CLE		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	98	Jul 27	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
95	99	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		ANA	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
96	100	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		ANA	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
97	101	Jul 29	CLE		ANA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	102	Jul 30	CLE		ANA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	103	Aug 1	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
100	104	Aug 2	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
101	105	Aug 3	CLE	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
103	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
104	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
105	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
106	110	Aug 8	CLE		TEX	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	111	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	112	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	114 (1)	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
110	115	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-13	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	116	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
112	117	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	118	Aug 15	CLE		TOR	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	119	Aug 16	CLE		TOR	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
115	120	Aug 17	CLE		TOR	L,5-10	GS	32	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
116	122 (1)	Aug 19	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
117	123	Aug 20	CLE	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
118	124	Aug 21	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
119	125	Aug 22	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
120	126	Aug 23	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
121	127	Aug 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
122	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	ANA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	129	Aug 27	CLE	@	ANA	W,10-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
124	130	Aug 29	CLE		CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
125	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHC	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
126	132	Aug 31	CLE		CHC	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
128	134	Sep 2	CLE	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	135	Sep 3	CLE	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
130	136	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
131	137	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
132	138	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	139	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
134	140	Sep 9	CLE		BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
135	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
136	142	Sep 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-0	GS	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
137	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
138	144	Sep 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
139	145	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
140	146	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
141	147	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
142	149 (1)	Sep 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
143	150	Sep 18	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
144	151	Sep 19 (1)	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
145	152	Sep 19 (2)	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
146	153	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
147	154	Sep 21	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
148	155	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
149	157 (1)	Sep 25	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
150	159 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
151	161 (1)	Sep 28	CLE		MIN	L,1-5	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							151gm		1284.2	89	301	12	402	21