Matt Williams (third baseman)

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Matt Williams
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Williams with the Washington Nationals in 2015
San Francisco Giants – No. 9
Third baseman / Manager / Third base coach
Born: (1965-11-28) November 28, 1965 (age 58)
Bishop, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 11, 1987, for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
May 31, 2003, for the Arizona DiamondbacksDates
National League champion 2 1989, 2001
World Series champion 1 2001
Awards received
Name of awardTimesDates
Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame N/A2017 [22]
MLB All-Star 5 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999
MLB Player of the Month 2May 1995, [23] April 1999 [23]
MLB Player of the Week 4Jun. 16, 1990 [24]
Jul. 30, 1994 [24]
Apr. 24, 1999 [24]
Jun. 26, 1999 [24]
National League Manager of the Year 1 2014
Rawlings Gold Glove Award at third base 41991, [25] 1993, [25] 1994 [25] 1997 [25]
San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame N/A2008
Silver Slugger Award at third base 4 1990, [26] 1993, [26] 1994, [26] 1997 [26]
Southern Nevada Sports Hall of FameN/A2005 [27]
UNLV Athletics Hall of FameN/A1997 [28]
National League statistical leader
CategoryTimesSeasons
National League home run leader 1 1994 [29]
National League RBI leader 1 1990 [29]

Hall of Fame candidacy

Williams became eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. He received just 1.3% of the votes, and was dropped from the ballot. [30]

Personal life

Williams has been married three times. He and his first wife, Tracie, had three children. [31] [32] He was selected for the 1989 Triple-A All-Star Game but withdrew from the contest in order to get married. [33] He married his second wife, film actress Michelle Johnson, in 1999. They divorced in 2002, and did not have children together. [34] In 2003, Williams married Phoenix news anchor Erika Monroe. [32] In 2007 the couple co-hosted the weekend pre-game shows for the Arizona Diamondbacks called "DBacks on Deck".

In September 2023, Erika Monroe filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences. They share one child, an adult daughter. [35]

Williams is the grandson of former major league outfielder Bert Griffith.

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References

  1. ↑ "Former SF Giants superstar third baseman returning to team as a coach". si.com . November 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ Washington Nationals, MLB.com Matt Williams #9 Archived November 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Page Accessed March 11, 2013
  3. ↑ Downing, Garrett (March 9, 2009). "Matt Williams: Baseball (1984-86)". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cleveland Indians Trade Third Baseman Matt Williams to Arizona Diamondbacks for Travis Fryman". Associated Press. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ "1998 Arizona Diamondbacks Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Batting Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, Playing for the ARI, From 1871 to 2020, (requiring RBI>=100), sorted by greatest Runs Batted In". Stathead. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Franchise-best 151 D-backs games to be televised in 2007". Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  8. ↑ Comak, Amanda (October 31, 2013). "Nationals Name Matt Williams Manager". MLB.com Blogs.
  9. ↑ Janes, Chelsea; Wagner, James (February 21, 2015). "Nationals exercise 2016 option on manager Matt Williams". The Washington Post.
  10. ↑ "2014 National League Standings". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Washington Nationals fire manager Matt Williams". ESPN. October 5, 2015.
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  13. ↑ Rubin, Shayna. "Why Matt Williams left the A’s to manage a team in Korea: Former San Francisco Giants star and A’s coach is managing the Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization," The Mercury News (May 11, 2020).
  14. ↑ "SF Giants: Matt Williams out as Kia Tigers manager". November 5, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Dave Martinez Managerial Record".
  16. ↑ @JaneMLB (November 17, 2017). "Matt Williams will be back on the field in the Bay Area next year. He's agreed to be the A's third-base coach" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ↑ "Padres hire Matt Williams as 3B coach". MLB.com .
  18. ↑ "Former SF Giants superstar third baseman returning to team as a coach". si.com . November 10, 2023.
  19. ↑ Pavlovic, Alex (March 28, 2017). "Matt Williams joins NBC Sports Bay Area's Giants TV coverage". NBCsports.com. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  20. ↑ Mark Fainaru-Wada & Lance Williams (November 6, 2007). "Baseball's Jose Guillen, Matt Williams bought steroids from clinic". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
  21. ↑ Nightengale, Bob; Ortiz, Jorge L.; White, Paul (March 3, 2010). "The '07 Mitchell Report's effect: Five active players reflect". USA Today.
  22. ↑ "Matt Williams". Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
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  26. 1 2 3 4 "Silver Slugger". MLB. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  27. ↑ "Matt Williams". Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  28. ↑ "Matt Williams". UNLV. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  29. 1 2 "Matt Williams Career Statistics at Baseball Reference". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  30. ↑ Antonen, Mel (January 15, 2009). "Rice joins Henderson as newest baseball Hall of Famers". USA Today.
  31. ↑ Jenkins, Bruce (October 9, 1997). "Life Jabs at Williams / Divorce after trade to Indians". SFGate.com. San Francisco Chronicles. Retrieved May 15, 2016. Tracie asked for a divorce not long after the Giants traded Williams to Cleveland. The news blindsided him like a Mack truck...
  32. 1 2 Kilgore, Adam (February 7, 2014). "Matt Williams: Before the Washington Nationals, two jarring blows altered his path". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  33. ↑ Burchick, Joe (July 12, 1989). "Ex-Cap Tate Triple A star". The Times . p. 4B. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  34. ↑ "Matt Williams' actress-wife seeks divorce". Sports Illustrated. July 16, 2002. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
  35. ↑ "Ex-MLB Star Matt Williams' Wife Files For Divorce". TMZ. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by National League Player of the Month
May 1995
April 1999		Succeeded by
Preceded by Arizona Diamondbacks first base coach
2010		Succeeded by
Preceded by Arizona Diamondbacks third base coach
2011–2013
2016		Succeeded by
Preceded by Oakland Athletics third base coach
2018–		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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