Matt Williams
Matthew Derrick Williams (Carson Crusher)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 28, 1965 in Bishop, CA
High School: Carson (Carson City, NV)
School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1987
Final Game: May 31, 2003
Relatives: Grandson of Bert Griffith
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 SFG NL 21 SS 70 63 538.2 322 104 210 8 49 .975 3.4 7.6 2.4 0.7 1.6 1 5.25 4.49 .965 4.72 3.89
1987 SFG NL 21 3B 17 10 104.1 31 6 24 1 3 .968 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0 2.59 1.76 .952 2.82 2.34
1988 SFG NL 22 3B 43 33 301.2 122 35 83 4 5 .967 4.3 17.1 4.3 1.7 2.7 0 3.52 2.74 .946 2.77 2.35
1988 SFG NL 22 SS 14 10 91.2 41 13 25 3 4 .927 -3.2 -41.9 -2.2 -0.7 -1.5 -1 3.73 2.71 .968 4.63 3.99
1989 SFG NL 23 3B 73 62 518.1 205 71 126 8 10 .961 12.2 28.2 12.2 6.9 5.3 0 3.42 2.70 .942 2.71 2.25
1989 SFG NL 23 SS 30 14 153.0 63 19 42 2 5 .968 0.2 1.6 0.2 -0.9 1.1 0 3.59 2.03 .967 4.51 3.88
1990 SFG NL 24 3B 159 157 1371.2 465 140 306 19 33 .959 6.5 5.7 5.5 1.7 3.8 1 2.93 2.81 .946 2.73 2.31 AS,MVP-6,SS
1991 SFG NL 25 3B 155 152 1317.2 440 131 293 16 30 .964 8.1 7.4 8.1 2.1 6.0 0 2.90 2.74 .949 2.74 2.31 GG
1991 SFG NL 25 SS 4 1 14.0 5 3 2 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.21 1.25 .960 4.69 3.88 GG
1992 SFG NL 26 3B 144 140 1248.0 417 105 289 23 33 .945 5.5 5.3 4.5 0.2 4.3 1 2.84 2.74 .952 2.67 2.29
1993 SFG NL 27 3B 144 143 1275.2 395 117 266 12 34 .970 10.0 9.4 9.0 5.5 3.5 1 2.70 2.66 .944 2.70 2.31 MVP-6,GG,SS
1994 SFG NL 28 3B 110 110 965.1 326 79 235 12 22 .963 7.5 9.3 7.5 9.4 -1.9 0 2.93 2.85 .950 2.65 2.24 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1995 SFG NL 29 3B 74 74 642.1 237 49 178 10 10 .958 5.8 10.8 6.8 -3.4 10.2 -1 3.18 3.07 .945 2.77 2.33 AS
1996 SFG NL 30 3B 92 90 796.1 263 74 176 13 18 .951 -3.4 -5.1 -3.4 -5.6 2.2 0 2.83 2.72 .948 2.71 2.21 AS
1996 SFG NL 30 1B 13 12 106.0 103 90 12 1 10 .990 0.9 10.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 8.66 7.85 .992 9.62 8.35 AS
1996 SFG NL 30 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00 AS
1997 CLE AL 31 3B 151 148 1284.2 399 88 299 12 21 .970 16.9 15.8 16.9 12.7 4.2 0 2.71 2.56 .952 2.67 2.32 GG,SS
1998 ARI NL 32 3B 134 129 1126.2 391 99 281 11 18 .972 7.6 8.1 7.6 6.9 0.7 0 3.04 2.84 .956 2.73 2.37
1999 ARI NL 33 3B 153 151 1358.0 429 124 295 10 30 .977 6.9 6.1 7.9 6.8 1.1 -1 2.78 2.74 .952 2.68 2.30 AS,MVP-3
2000 ARI NL 34 3B 94 93 804.0 249 68 172 9 19 .964 2.4 3.6 2.4 1.3 1.1 0 2.69 2.55 .949 2.64 2.18
2000 ARI NL 34 DH 1
2001 ARI NL 35 3B 102 99 852.1 243 57 177 9 17 .963 3.1 4.4 3.1 7.2 -4.0 0 2.47 2.29 .949 2.57 2.17
2001 ARI NL 35 SS 2 2 14.0 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -8.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 5.14 4.00 .962 4.50 3.95
2002 ARI NL 36 3B 56 54 472.0 127 29 94 4 7 .969 1.0 2.5 1.0 -0.3 1.4 0 2.35 2.20 .957 2.71 2.29
2003 ARI NL 37 3B 42 35 323.2 97 21 72 4 5 .959 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.5 -0.4 -1 2.59 2.21 .955 2.74 2.36
17 Seasons 3B 1743 1680 14762.2 4836 1293 3366 177 315 .963 94.3 7.7 94.3 54.6 40.1 0 2.84 2.67 .950 2.70 2.29
6 Seasons SS 121 90 812.1 439 142 284 13 61 .970 0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.9 1.1 0 4.72 3.52 .965 4.67 3.90
1 Season 1B 13 12 106.0 103 90 12 1 10 .990 0.9 10.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 8.66 7.85 .992 9.62 8.35
1 Season DH 1
17 Seasons TOT 1877 1782 15681.0 5378 1525 3662 191 386 .964 95.5 7.3 95.5 54.2 41.6 0 2.98 2.76 .916 2.84 2.43
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 SFG NL 21 84 73 84 81 0 0 0 0 17 70 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1988 SFG NL 22 52 43 52 52 0 0 0 0 43 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 SFG NL 23 84 76 84 82 0 0 0 0 73 30 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 SFG NL 24 159 157 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 SFG NL 25 157 153 157 156 0 0 0 0 155 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1992 SFG NL 26 146 140 146 144 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993 SFG NL 27 145 143 145 144 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 SFG NL 28 112 110 112 110 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 SFG NL 29 76 74 76 74 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 SFG NL 30 105 102 105 104 0 0 13 0 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 CLE AL 31 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 ARI NL 32 135 129 135 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 ARI NL 33 154 151 154 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 ARI NL 34 96 94 96 94 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2001 ARI NL 35 106 101 106 103 0 0 0 0 102 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2002 ARI NL 36 60 54 60 56 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 ARI NL 37 44 35 44 42 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
17 Seasons 1866 1783 1866 1839 0 0 13 0 1743 121 0 0 0 0 1 50 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 SFG NL 21 473 48% 72% 27% 31 90% 0 6 5 0 1 23 19 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 100%
1988 SFG NL 22 1288 60% 79% 33% 125 91% 0 34 31 1 2 84 72 10 1 1 4 0 4 0 4 5 3 1 4 1 1 0 10 70%
1989 SFG NL 23 2208 52% 79% 32% 199 91% 3 72 58 3 11 125 97 24 0 5 8 0 7 1 8 10 8 0 9 0 0 0 13 54%
1990 SFG NL 24 6166 49% 79% 33% 453 90% 3 143 120 9 14 303 243 37 2 9 19 0 16 3 15 33 18 3 25 6 5 0 21 67%
1991 SFG NL 25 5841 55% 77% 31% 455 87% 2 131 109 8 14 293 229 48 3 5 16 0 11 5 13 30 20 3 25 3 2 1 32 94%
1992 SFG NL 26 5420 54% 77% 31% 417 87% 5 104 78 5 21 289 231 43 5 10 23 1 19 3 20 33 26 0 29 3 2 0 30 83%
1993 SFG NL 27 5505 56% 76% 31% 385 89% 2 118 88 11 20 263 207 41 2 10 12 0 9 3 11 33 20 1 24 6 4 1 23 74%
1994 SFG NL 28 4238 55% 77% 33% 327 90% 1 79 64 1 14 235 181 44 2 3 12 0 6 6 10 22 17 0 19 3 3 0 15 73%
1995 SFG NL 29 2878 60% 78% 34% 246 89% 14 50 40 4 6 176 146 17 5 1 10 0 8 2 10 10 5 1 8 1 1 0 11 73%
1996 SFG NL 30 3573 61% 74% 30% 267 85% 4 74 56 3 15 178 134 28 6 6 13 0 10 3 13 18 8 1 12 2 2 0 13 62%
1997 CLE AL 31 5899 53% 74% 32% 415 89% 3 89 67 10 12 302 241 53 3 6 12 0 6 6 10 21 17 3 20 1 0 1 13 62%
1998 ARI NL 32 5000 58% 77% 32% 404 87% 7 98 76 6 16 276 222 45 1 3 11 0 11 0 10 18 11 1 14 4 2 2 19 68%
1999 ARI NL 33 6013 66% 72% 29% 449 85% 3 124 93 6 25 298 231 55 2 11 10 0 10 0 10 30 15 1 18 5 4 1 23 35%
2000 ARI NL 34 3575 62% 72% 25% 236 92% 5 67 44 8 16 172 133 33 5 7 9 0 6 3 6 19 12 2 16 2 0 2 23 52%
2001 ARI NL 35 3641 62% 70% 25% 231 95% 0 57 47 2 8 177 146 22 2 4 9 0 7 2 8 17 10 1 13 4 2 2 18 83%
2002 ARI NL 36 2001 60% 71% 28% 119 95% 1 30 18 5 7 92 80 10 1 3 4 0 3 1 4 7 4 1 6 1 0 1 4 75%
2003 ARI NL 37 1428 55% 70% 30% 100 86% 0 21 18 2 1 72 58 9 0 1 4 0 1 3 4 5 2 0 2 3 2 1 5 80%
17 Seasons 65147 57% 75% 31% 4859 89% 53 1297 1012 84 203 3358 2670 523 40 86 177 1 135 41 157 314 197 19 247 45 30 12 276 70%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 63%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 SFG NL 21 2473 51% 75% 28% 235 91% 0 105 31 55 19 211 175 31 1 2 8 1 6 1 5 51 19 2 17 1 5 46 21 24 2 2 0
1988 SFG NL 22 412 57% 78% 33% 42 76% 4 15 6 2 7 26 17 6 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 23 651 48% 81% 30% 63 87% 0 18 12 5 1 46 36 8 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 2 0 1 0 1 5 3 2 1 1 0
1991 SFG NL 25 75 55% 79% 17% 4 50% 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1996 SFG NL 30 3 33% 67% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 35 66 50% 92% 26% 6 100% 0 3 2 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3680 51% 77% 29% 350 89% 4 143 51 65 27 290 234 46 3 3 13 2 9 2 9 63 24 3 18 2 6 56 28 27 3 3 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1996 SFG NL 30 486 65% 76% 27% 25 96% 0 90 5 85 1 11 12 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1 Season 486 65% 76% 27% 25 96% 0 90 5 85 1 11 12 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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