Matt Williams

Third Base

1987—2003

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
#29

Player Detail

Matthew Derrick
GIVEN NAME
Williams
SURNAME
November 28, 1965, in Bishop, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1987—2003
Playing Career
Played from 21-37
PLAYING AGE
San Francisco Giants
Cleveland Indians
Arizona Diamondbacks
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
San Francisco Giants
PRIMARY TEAM
2001
World Series titles
Carson Crusher, Matt the Bat, Big Marine
NICKNAME
9
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 205
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 11, 1987
Major League Debut
May 31, 2003
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 Third Baseman —
— Giants ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Matt Williams?

Was robbed of chance to chase 60 homers when 1994 season was cancelled due to a player strike.
Matt Williams is the only player to hit a World Series home run for three different Major League teams (Giants, Indians, D-Backs).
  • Matt Williams Scouting Report

60

HITTING

70

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1866
1878
378
1218
.268
5 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
40.2
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.805
.746
108.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.268
.317
.489

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Bobby Bonilla
Edgar Martinez
Ken Caminiti
Robin Ventura

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.268
.318
.486

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Benito Santiago
Will Clark
Robby Thompson
Omar Vizquel
Kevin Mitchell
Barry Bonds
Steve Finley
Manny Ramirez
Randy Johnson
Curt Schilling
Roger Craig

Matt Williams Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Williams
553
148
79
27
3
30
96
37
108
4
270
190
.268
.317
.489
805
AVG 3B
536
142
70
27
3
16
52
92
7
222
198
.265
.331
.415
.746

Matt Williams Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
29
26
32
28
36
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
30
32
50
51
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Matt Williams PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
46.6
33.9
22.8
16.3
4.04
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Matt Williams
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
238.4
153.0
104.8
74.2
20.6
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Matt Williams
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B