Matt Williams (third baseman)

Matt Williams
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 Diamondbacks
MLB statistics
Batting average	.268
Home runs	378
Runs batted in	1,218
Managerial record	179–145
Winning %	.552
Teams
As player San Francisco Giants (1987–1996) Cleveland Indians (1997) Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2003) As manager Washington Nationals (2014–2015) Kia Tigers (2020–2021) As coach Arizona Diamondbacks (2010–2013, 2016) Oakland Athletics (2018–2019) San Diego Padres (2022–2023) San Francisco Giants (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1990, 1994–1996, 1999) World Series champion (2001) 4× Gold Glove Award (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997) 4× Silver Slugger Award (1990, 1993, 1994, 1997) NL home run leader (1994) NL RBI leader (1990) NL Manager of the Year (2014) San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame

Matthew Derrick Williams (born November 28, 1965), nicknamed "Matt the Bat" and "the Big Marine", is an American professional baseball manager and former third baseman who is the third base coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).^[1] A right-handed batter, Williams played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, and Arizona Diamondbacks. He managed the Washington Nationals from 2014 to 2015, and was the third base coach for the San Diego Padres from 2022 to 2023.

Williams played in a World Series for each of the teams he played for (1989 with the Giants, 1997 with the Indians, and 2001 with the Diamondbacks in which he won over the New York Yankees). During these years, Williams became the only player to hit at least one World Series home run for three different Major League baseball teams.^[2] During his career, Williams had an overall batting average of .268, with 378 home runs and 1,218 runs batted in (RBI). He scored 997 Major League runs, and he accumulated 1,878 hits, 338 doubles, and 35 triples, while playing in 1,866 regular-season games.