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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1987 21 SFG NL 84 266 245 28 46 9 2 8 21 4 3 16 68 .188 .240 .339 .578 54 83 5 1 3 1 4 65
1988 22 SFG NL 52 170 156 17 32 6 1 8 19 0 1 8 41 .205 .251 .410 .662 91 64 7 2 3 1 0 56
1989 23 SFG NL 84 311 292 31 59 18 1 18 50 1 2 14 72 .202 .242 .455 .697 98 133 5 2 1 2 1 56
1990 24 SFG NL 159 664 617 87 171 27 2 33 122 7 4 33 138 .277 .319 .488 .807 123 301 13 7 2 5 9 *5 AS,MVP-6,SS
1991 25 SFG NL 157 635 589 72 158 24 5 34 98 5 5 33 128 .268 .310 .499 .809 129 294 11 6 0 7 6 *5/6 GG
1992 26 SFG NL 146 576 529 58 120 13 5 20 66 7 7 39 109 .227 .286 .384 .670 94 203 15 6 0 2 11 *5
1993 27 SFG NL 145 619 579 105 170 33 4 38 110 1 3 27 80 .294 .325 .561 .886 136 325 12 4 0 9 4 *5 MVP-6,GG,SS
1994 28 SFG NL 112 483 445 74 119 16 3 43 96 1 0 33 87 .267 .319 .607 .926 141 270 11 2 0 3 7 *5 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1995 29 SFG NL 76 318 283 53 95 17 1 23 65 2 0 30 58 .336 .399 .647 1.046 176 183 8 2 0 3 8 5 AS
1996 30 SFG NL 105 455 404 69 122 16 1 22 85 1 2 39 91 .302 .367 .510 .877 134 206 10 6 0 6 9 53/6 AS
1997 31 CLE AL 151 636 596 86 157 32 3 32 105 12 4 34 108 .263 .307 .488 .795 101 291 14 4 0 2 4 *5 GG,SS
1998 32 ARI NL 135 557 510 72 136 26 1 20 71 5 1 43 102 .267 .327 .439 .766 100 224 19 3 0 1 8 *5
1999 33 ARI NL 154 678 627 98 190 37 2 35 142 2 0 41 93 .303 .344 .536 .880 118 336 17 2 0 8 9 *5 AS,MVP-3
2000 34 ARI NL 96 397 371 43 102 18 2 12 47 1 2 20 51 .275 .315 .431 .746 83 160 11 3 0 3 1 5/D
2001 35 ARI NL 106 436 408 58 112 30 0 16 65 1 0 22 70 .275 .314 .466 .780 92 190 15 3 0 3 3 5/6
2002 36 ARI NL 60 238 215 29 56 7 2 12 40 3 1 21 41 .260 .324 .479 .803 100 103 8 0 0 2 1 5
2003 37 ARI NL 44 156 134 17 33 9 0 4 16 0 0 16 26 .246 .327 .403 .730 84 54 1 2 0 4 1 5
17 Seasons 1866 7595 7000 997 1878 338 35 378 1218 53 35 469 1363 .268 .317 .489 .805 112 3420 182 55 9 62 86
162 Game Avg. 162 659 608 87 163 29 3 33 106 5 3 41 118 .268 .317 .489 .805 112 297 16 5 1 5 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SFG (10 yrs) 1120 4497 4139 594 1092 179 25 247 732 29 27 272 872 .264 .312 .498 .811 122 2062 97 38 9 39 59
ARI (6 yrs) 595 2462 2265 317 629 127 7 99 381 12 4 163 383 .278 .327 .471 .798 100 1067 71 13 0 21 23
CLE (1 yr) 151 636 596 86 157 32 3 32 105 12 4 34 108 .263 .307 .488 .795 101 291 14 4 0 2 4
NL (16 yrs) 1715 6959 6404 911 1721 306 32 346 1113 41 31 435 1255 .269 .318 .489 .806 113 3129 168 51 9 60 82
AL (1 yr) 151 636 596 86 157 32 3 32 105 12 4 34 108 .263 .307 .488 .795 101 291 14 4 0 2 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 23 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 5 21 20 2 6 1 0 2 9 0 0 0 2 .300 .333 .650 .983 13 0 1 0 0 0
1989 23 SFG NL WS OAK L 4 16 16 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .313 .438 5 0 0 0 0 0
1997 31 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 5 21 17 4 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .235 .381 .471 .852 8 0 1 0 0 0
1997 31 CLE AL ALCS BAL W 6 26 23 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 .217 .308 .261 .569 6 0 0 0 0 0
1997 31 CLE AL WS FLA L 7 33 26 8 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 7 6 .385 .515 .538 1.054 14 0 0 0 0 0
1999 33 ARI NL NLDS NYM L 4 16 16 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .438 .813 7 1 0 0 0 0
2001 35 ARI NL NLDS STL W 5 20 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .063 .250 .125 .375 2 1 0 0 0 0
2001 35 ARI NL NLCS ATL W 5 20 18 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .278 .350 .333 .683 6 0 0 0 0 0
2001 35 ARI NL WS NYY W 7 29 26 3 7 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 .269 .250 .462 .712 12 0 0 1 2 0
2002 36 ARI NL NLDS STL L 3 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (10 Series) 51 214 190 23 47 9 0 6 28 1 0 19 41 .247 .319 .389 .709 74 2 2 1 2 0
1 ALDS 5 21 17 4 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .235 .381 .471 .852 8 0 1 0 0 0
3 NLDS 12 48 44 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .182 .250 .227 .477 10 2 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 10 41 38 3 11 2 0 2 12 0 0 2 5 .289 .341 .500 .841 19 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 6 26 23 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 .217 .308 .261 .569 6 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 18 78 68 12 19 3 0 3 11 0 0 7 18 .279 .338 .456 .794 31 0 0 1 2 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
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 (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1990-NL-6-28%
1993-NL-6-26%
1994-NL-2-72%
1999-NL-3-60%
1.86 Career Shares (105th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1991 NL--.499--7th
1993 NL--.561--3rd
1994 NL--.607--5th
Career--.489--138th

Games Played s c a p y
1990 NL--159--5th
1991 NL--157--5th
1994 NL--112--9th

At Bats s c a p y
1990 NL--617--5th
1991 NL--589--6th
1994 NL--445--5th
1999 NL--627--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1994 NL--483--10th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1993 NL--105--6th

Hits s c a p y
1999 NL--190--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1990 NL--301--4th
1991 NL--294--4th
1993 NL--325--2nd
1994 NL--270--2nd
1999 NL--336--7th
Career--3420--169th

Home Runs s c a p y
1990 NL--33--4th
1991 NL--34--2nd
1993 NL--38--3rd
1994 NL--43--1st
Career--378--62nd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1990 NL--122--1st
1991 NL--98--10th
1993 NL--110--5th
1994 NL--96--2nd
1999 NL--142--2nd
Career--1218--126th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1990 NL--138--2nd
1991 NL--128--4th
1992 NL--109--3rd
Career--1363--81st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1993 NL--136--10th
1994 NL--141--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1995 NL--30--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1995 NL--2.9--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1990 NL--62--8th
1991 NL--63--8th
1993 NL--75--2nd
1994 NL--62--3rd
Career--751--132nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 NL--7--2nd
1991 NL--6--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1993 NL--9--2nd
1999 NL--8--8th
Career--62--191st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--86--150th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1992 NL--15--5th
1998 NL--19--10th
1999 NL--17--10th
Career--182--131st

AB per HR s c a p y
1990 NL--18.697--9th
1991 NL--17.324--4th
1993 NL--15.237--7th
1994 NL--10.349--3rd
Career--18.519--80th

Outs Made s c a p y
1990 NL--470--4th
1994 NL--340--4th
Career--5410--244th

Salary s c a p y
1995 NL--$5,850,000--6th
1996 NL--$6,600,000--3rd
1997 AL--$7,150,000--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1987 NL--born 1965-11-28--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 49 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 70 (260), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (293), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Vinny Castilla (921)
  2. George Foster (900)
  3. Andruw Jones (900)
  4. Rocky Colavito (887)
  5. Ron Cey (881)
  6. Robin Ventura (874)
  7. Jermaine Dye (870)
  8. Johnny Bench (867) *
  9. Frank Howard (866)
  10. Gil Hodges (860)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Rico Petrocelli (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dean Palmer (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Earl Williams (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Presley (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lance Parrish (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Schmidt (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dean Palmer (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dean Palmer (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dean Palmer (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Troy Glaus (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Howard (879)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Carter (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Carter (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. George Foster (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Vinny Castilla (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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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