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Matt Williams
Matthew Derrick Williams (Carson Crusher)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Debut April 11, 1987
  vs. LAD 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 31, 2003
Born November 28, 1965 in Bishop, CA

Grandson of Bert Griffith

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        Before all the 1998 McGwire/Sosa steroid-driven homers, Matt Williams chased Roger Maris in 1994. Williams was on pace to hit 61 homeruns (exactly!) when play stopped. Another casualty of the baseball strike - we'll never know if Matty would have made it.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 21 SFG NL  84  245   28   46   9  2   8   21   4  3  16  68  .188  .240  .339   54   83   3   1   4   1   5
 1988 22 SFG NL  52  156   17   32   6  1   8   19   0  1   8  41  .205  .251  .410   91   64   3   1   0   2   7
 1989 23 SFG NL  84  292   31   59  18  1  18   50   1  2  14  72  .202  .242  .455   98  133   1   2   1   2   5
 1990 24 SFG NL 159  617   87  171  27  2  33  122   7  4  33 138  .277  .319  .488  123  301   2   5   9   7  13 SS,MVP-6,AS
 1991 25 SFG NL 157  589   72  158  24  5  34   98   5  5  33 128  .268  .310  .499  129  294   0   7   6   6  11
 1992 26 SFG NL 146  529   58  120  13  5  20   66   7  7  39 109  .227  .286  .384   94  203   0   2  11   6  15
 1993 27 SFG NL 145  579  105  170  33  4  38  110   1  3  27  80  .294  .325  .561  136  325   0   9   4   4  12 SS,MVP-6
 1994 28 SFG NL 112  445   74  119  16  3  43   96   1  0  33  87  .267  .319  .607  141  270   0   3   7   2  11 SS,MVP-2,AS
 1995 29 SFG NL  76  283   53   95  17  1  23   65   2  0  30  58  .336  .399  .647  176  183   0   3   8   2   8 AS
 1996 30 SFG NL 105  404   69  122  16  1  22   85   1  2  39  91  .302  .367  .510  134  206   0   6   9   6  10 AS
 1997 31 CLE AL 151  596   86  157  32  3  32  105  12  4  34 108  .263  .307  .488  101  291   0   2   4   4  14 SS
 1998 32 ARI NL 135  510   72  136  26  1  20   71   5  1  43 102  .267  .327  .439  100  224   0   1   8   3  19
 1999 33 ARI NL 154  627   98  190  37  2  35  142   2  0  41  93  .303  .344  .536  118  336   0   8   9   2  17 MVP-3,AS
 2000 34 ARI NL  96  371   43  102  18  2  12   47   1  2  20  51  .275  .315  .431   83  160   0   3   1   3  11
 2001 35 ARI NL 106  408   58  112  30  0  16   65   1  0  22  70  .275  .314  .466   92  190   0   3   3   3  15
 2002 36 ARI NL  60  215   29   56   7  2  12   40   3  1  21  41  .260  .324  .479  100  103   0   2   1   0   8
 2003 37 ARI NL  44  134   17   33   9  0   4   16   0  0  16  26  .246  .327  .403   84   54   0   4   1   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7000      1878     35     1218     35    1363  .268  .317  .489  112        9  62  86  55 182
               1866       997      338    378       53    469                            3420
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        608   87  163  29  3  33  106   5  3  41 118  .268  .317  .489  112  297   1   5   7   5  16
 Career High    159  627  105  190  37  5  43  142  12  7  43 138  .336  .399  .647  176  336   3   9  11   7  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 21 SFG NL  266  211   19   2.4   102| .188  .264| .240  .333| .339  .412| .579  .745|  54  .225 -17.1  -1.7  57%
 1988 22 SFG NL  170  136   14   2.8    86| .205  .252| .251  .315| .410  .369| .661  .684|  91  .339  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1989 23 SFG NL  311  243   30   3.3    88| .202  .250| .242  .317| .455  .373| .697  .690|  98  .412  -2.6  -0.3  33%
 1990 24 SFG NL  664  470   92   5.2    95| .277  .260| .319  .325| .488  .390| .807  .715| 123  .580  16.2   1.6  63%
 1991 25 SFG NL  635  454   88   5.2    90| .268  .253| .310  .320| .499  .379| .809  .699| 129  .598  18.6   1.9  50%
 1992 26 SFG NL  576  433   54   3.4    87| .227  .252| .286  .317| .384  .371| .670  .688|  94  .408  -6.4  -0.7  50%
 1993 27 SFG NL  619  433  101   6.2   101| .294  .267| .325  .332| .561  .407| .886  .740| 136  .633  25.8   2.5  25%
 1994 28 SFG NL  483  340   83   6.5   104| .267  .267| .319  .333| .607  .418| .926  .751| 141  .627  22.5   2.1 100%
 1995 29 SFG NL  318  199   72   9.7   103| .336  .266| .399  .335| .647  .414|1.046  .748| 176  .781  30.4   2.9 100%
 1996 30 SFG NL  455  300   75   6.7   102| .302  .264| .367  .332| .510  .413| .877  .745| 134  .645  20.0   1.9  33%
 1997 31 CLE AL  636  459   85   5.0   112| .263  .275| .307  .345| .488  .434| .795  .779| 101  .482  -2.7  -0.3  75%
 1998 32 ARI NL  557  395   69   4.7   107| .267  .269| .327  .340| .439  .424| .766  .764| 100  .484  -1.6  -0.1  83%
 1999 33 ARI NL  678  462  112   6.5   117| .303  .277| .344  .352| .536  .446| .880  .798| 118  .591  14.6   1.3 100%
 2000 34 ARI NL  397  285   47   4.4   121| .275  .279| .315  .357| .431  .456| .746  .814|  83  .414 -11.8  -1.1  33%
 2001 35 ARI NL  436  314   55   4.7   118| .275  .278| .314  .350| .466  .455| .780  .805|  92  .468  -6.0  -0.6 100%
 2002 36 ARI NL  238  170   32   5.0   116| .260  .278| .324  .354| .479  .443| .803  .797| 100  .522  -1.5  -0.1  75%
 2003 37 ARI NL  156  106   19   4.8   116| .246  .278| .327  .351| .403  .446| .730  .797|  84  .488  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     7595 5410 1047   5.2   104| .268  .266| .317  .335| .489  .414| .806  .749| 112  .541  92.8   8.7  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 21 SFG NL SS 70 104 210 8 49 .975 .965 4.49 3.89 5.25 4.72 63 538.7 3B 17 6 24 1 3 .968 .952 1.76 2.34 2.59 2.82 10 104.3 1988 22 SFG NL 3B 43 35 83 4 5 .967 .947 2.74 2.35 3.52 2.77 33 301.7 SS 14 13 25 3 4 .927 .967 2.71 3.99 3.73 4.63 10 91.7 1989 23 SFG NL 3B 73 71 126 8 10 .961 .943 2.70 2.25 3.42 2.71 62 518.3 SS 30 19 42 2 5 .968 .967 2.03 3.88 3.59 4.51 14 153.0 1990 24 SFG NL 3B 159 140 306 19 33 .959 .947 2.81 2.31 2.93 2.73 157 1371.7 AS 1991 25 SFG NL 3B 155 131 293 16 30 .964 .950 2.74 2.31 2.90 2.74 152 1317.7 GG SS 4 3 2 0 2 1.000 .962 1.25 3.88 3.21 4.69 1 14.0 1992 26 SFG NL 3B 144 105 289 23 33 .945 .952 2.74 2.29 2.84 2.67 140 1248.0 1993 27 SFG NL 3B 144 117 266 12 34 .970 .945 2.66 2.31 2.70 2.70 143 1275.7 GG 1994 28 SFG NL 3B 110 79 235 12 22 .963 .951 2.85 2.24 2.93 2.65 110 965.3 GG,AS 1995 29 SFG NL 3B 74 49 178 10 10 .958 .946 3.07 2.33 3.18 2.77 74 642.3 AS 1996 30 SFG NL 3B 92 74 176 13 18 .951 .948 2.72 2.21 2.83 2.71 90 796.3 AS 1B 13 90 12 1 10 .990 .992 7.85 8.35 8.66 9.62 12 106.0 AS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 AS 1997 31 CLE AL 3B 151 88 299 12 21 .970 .953 2.56 2.32 2.71 2.67 148 1284.7 GG 1998 32 ARI NL 3B 134 99 281 11 18 .972 .957 2.84 2.37 3.04 2.73 129 1126.7 1999 33 ARI NL 3B 153 124 295 10 30 .977 .953 2.74 2.30 2.78 2.68 151 1358.0 AS 2000 34 ARI NL 3B 94 68 172 9 19 .964 .950 2.55 2.18 2.69 2.64 93 804.0 DH 1 2001 35 ARI NL 3B 102 57 177 9 17 .963 .950 2.29 2.17 2.47 2.57 99 852.3 SS 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 4.00 3.95 5.14 4.50 2 14.0 2002 36 ARI NL 3B 56 29 94 4 7 .969 .957 2.20 2.29 2.35 2.71 54 472.0 2003 37 ARI NL 3B 42 21 72 4 5 .959 .955 2.21 2.36 2.59 2.74 35 323.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 30 SFG NL 1B 13 90 12 1 10 .990 .992 7.85 8.35 8.66 9.62 12 106.0 1987 21 SFG NL 3B 17 6 24 1 3 .968 .952 1.76 2.34 2.59 2.82 10 104.3 1988 22 SFG NL 3B 43 35 83 4 5 .967 .947 2.74 2.35 3.52 2.77 33 301.7 1989 23 SFG NL 3B 73 71 126 8 10 .961 .943 2.70 2.25 3.42 2.71 62 518.3 1990 24 SFG NL 3B 159 140 306 19 33 .959 .947 2.81 2.31 2.93 2.73 157 1371.7 1991 25 SFG NL 3B 155 131 293 16 30 .964 .950 2.74 2.31 2.90 2.74 152 1317.7 1992 26 SFG NL 3B 144 105 289 23 33 .945 .952 2.74 2.29 2.84 2.67 140 1248.0 1993 27 SFG NL 3B 144 117 266 12 34 .970 .945 2.66 2.31 2.70 2.70 143 1275.7 1994 28 SFG NL 3B 110 79 235 12 22 .963 .951 2.85 2.24 2.93 2.65 110 965.3 1995 29 SFG NL 3B 74 49 178 10 10 .958 .946 3.07 2.33 3.18 2.77 74 642.3 1996 30 SFG NL 3B 92 74 176 13 18 .951 .948 2.72 2.21 2.83 2.71 90 796.3 1997 31 CLE AL 3B 151 88 299 12 21 .970 .953 2.56 2.32 2.71 2.67 148 1284.7 1998 32 ARI NL 3B 134 99 281 11 18 .972 .957 2.84 2.37 3.04 2.73 129 1126.7 1999 33 ARI NL 3B 153 124 295 10 30 .977 .953 2.74 2.30 2.78 2.68 151 1358.0 2000 34 ARI NL 3B 94 68 172 9 19 .964 .950 2.55 2.18 2.69 2.64 93 804.0 2001 35 ARI NL 3B 102 57 177 9 17 .963 .950 2.29 2.17 2.47 2.57 99 852.3 2002 36 ARI NL 3B 56 29 94 4 7 .969 .957 2.20 2.29 2.35 2.71 54 472.0 2003 37 ARI NL 3B 42 21 72 4 5 .959 .955 2.21 2.36 2.59 2.74 35 323.7 2000 34 ARI NL DH 1 1987 21 SFG NL SS 70 104 210 8 49 .975 .965 4.49 3.89 5.25 4.72 63 538.7 1988 22 SFG NL SS 14 13 25 3 4 .927 .967 2.71 3.99 3.73 4.63 10 91.7 1989 23 SFG NL SS 30 19 42 2 5 .968 .967 2.03 3.88 3.59 4.51 14 153.0 1991 25 SFG NL SS 4 3 2 0 2 1.000 .962 1.25 3.88 3.21 4.69 1 14.0 1996 30 SFG NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 2001 35 ARI NL SS 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 4.00 3.95 5.14 4.50 2 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1743 1293 3366 177 315 .963 .950 2.67 2.29 2.84 2.70 1680 14762.7 SS* 121 142 284 13 61 .970 .965 3.52 3.90 4.72 4.67 90 812.3 1B* 13 90 12 1 10 .990 .992 7.85 8.35 8.66 9.62 12 106.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1877 1525 3662 191 386 .964 .952 2.76 2.43 2.98 2.84 1782 15681
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1989   NLCS  SFG CHC     W   5  20   2   6  1  0  2   9   0   2  .300  .333  .650   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    SFG OAK     L   4  16   1   2  0  0  1   1   0   6  .125  .125  .313   0  0   0   0   0 
 1997   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   5  17   4   4  1  0  1   3   3   3  .235  .381  .471   0  0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  CLE BAL     W   6  23   1   5  1  0  0   2   3   7  .217  .308  .261   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   7  26   8  10  1  0  1   3   7   6  .385  .515  .538   0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   NLDS  ARI NYM     L   4  16   3   6  1  0  0   0   0   1  .375  .375  .438   0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   NLDS  ARI STL     W   5  16   0   1  1  0  0   0   4   4  .063  .250  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ARI ATL     W   5  18   1   5  1  0  0   3   2   3  .278  .350  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ARI NYY     W   7  26   3   7  2  0  1   7   0   6  .269  .250  .462   0  0   1   2   0 
 2002   NLDS  ARI STL     L   3  12   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .083  .083  .083   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2  17  61   7  12  3  0  1   3   7  11  .197  .290  .295   0  0   0   0   1 
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0  16  61   4  16  3  0  2  14   5  12  .262  .328  .410   1  0   0   0   1 
  3 World Series        1-2  18  68  12  19  3  0  3  11   7  18  .279  .338  .456   0  0   1   2   0 
 10 Postseason Series   6-4  51 190  23  47  9  0  6  28  19  41  .247  .319  .389   1  0   1   2   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1990   SFG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1994   SFG NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1995   SFG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1996   SFG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1999   ARI NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  1   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/5      2   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   4   0  1   0   0   0  .143  .143  .143 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1990 *
1994 (3B)
1995
1996
1999 (3B)

Gold Gloves
1991-NL--3B
1993-NL--3B
1994-NL--3B
1997-AL--3B
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
1990-NL--3B
1993-NL--3B
1994-NL--3B
1997-AL--3B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1990-NL-6-0.28
1993-NL-6-0.26
1994-NL-2-0.72
1999-NL-3-0.60
Car-105-1.86 shares

Slugging %
1991 NL-.499-7
1993 NL-.561-3
1994 NL-.607-5

Games
1990 NL-159-5
1991 NL-157-5
1994 NL-112-9

At Bats
1990 NL-617-5
1991 NL-589-6
1994 NL-445-5
1999 NL-627-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1994 NL-483-10

Runs
1993 NL-105-6

Hits
1999 NL-190-8

Total Bases
1990 NL-301-4
1991 NL-294-4
1993 NL-325-2
1994 NL-270-2
1999 NL-336-7

Home Runs
1990 NL-33-4
1991 NL-34-2
1993 NL-38-3
1994 NL-43-1
Car-378-61

RBI
1990 NL-122-1
1991 NL-98-10
1993 NL-110-5
1994 NL-96-2
1999 NL-142-2

Strikeouts
1990 NL-138-2
1991 NL-128-4
1992 NL-109-3
Car-1363-76

Adjusted OPS+
1993 NL-136-10
1994 NL-141-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1995 NL-30-8

Batting Wins
1995 NL-2.9-8

Extra-Base Hits
1990 NL-62-8
1991 NL-63-8
1993 NL-75-2
1994 NL-62-3

Hit By Pitch
1990 NL-7-2
1991 NL-6-6

Sac. Flies
1993 NL-9-2
1999 NL-8-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1992 NL-15-5
1998 NL-19-10
1999 NL-17-10

At Bats per Home Run
1990 NL-18.7-9
1991 NL-17.3-4
1993 NL-15.2-7
1994 NL-10.3-3
Car-18.5-79

Outs
1990 NL-470-4
1994 NL-340-4

Salary
1995 NL-$5,850,000-6
1996 NL-$6,600,000-3
1997 AL-$7,150,000-7

Youngest Player
1987 NL-21-7

         

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (272) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 58 (426) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 29.4 (286) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 70.0 (258) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.

November 13, 1996: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Jeff Kent, Julian Tavarez, and Jose Vizcaino. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Roa (December 16, 1996) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade. The San Francisco Giants sent Trenidad Hubbard (December 16, 1996) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

December 1, 1997: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Travis Fryman, Tom Martin, and cash.

June 29, 2003: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989San Francisco Giants$95,000
1990San Francisco Giants$190,000
1991San Francisco Giants$600,000
1992San Francisco Giants$2,000,000
1993San Francisco Giants$2,275,000
1994San Francisco Giants$4,200,000
1995San Francisco Giants$5,850,000
1996San Francisco Giants$6,600,000
1997Cleveland Indians$7,150,000
1998Arizona Diamondbacks$4,800,000
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$8,100,000
2000Arizona Diamondbacks$8,500,000
2001Arizona Diamondbacks$9,000,000
2002Arizona Diamondbacks$9,500,000
2003Arizona Diamondbacks$10,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$78,860,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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