Matt Williams stats

Last played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2003

Third Baseman · #9

Age 60 · 6' 2"

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Matt Williams played 17 MLB seasons, 1987 to 2003.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,866
AB
7,000
R
997
H
1,878
HR
378
RBI
1,218
SB
53
AVG
.268

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1987SF8424528468214.188
1988SF5215617328190.205
1989SF84292315918501.202
1990SF15961787171331227.277
1991SF1575897215834985.268
1992SF1465295812020667.227
1993SF145579105170381101.294
1994SF1124457411943961.267
1995SF76283539523652.336
1996SF1054046912222851.302
1997CLE151596861573210512.263
1998ARI1355107213620715.267
1999ARI15462798190351422.303
2000ARI963714310212471.275
2001ARI1064085811216651.275
2002ARI60215295612403.260
2003ARI4413417334160.246

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
51
AB
190
R
23
H
47
HR
6
RBI
27
SB
1
AVG
.247

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
7,595
TB
3,420
XBH
751
HBP
55
IBB
86
GIDP
182
P/PA
0.19

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1987SF26683191450
1988SF17064152070
1989SF311133372150
1990SF6643016279130
1991SF6352946366110
1992SF57620338611150
1993SF6193257544120
1994SF4832706227110
1995SF318183412880
1996SF4552063969100
1997CLE6362916744140
1998ARI5572244738190
1999ARI6783367429170
2000ARI3971603231110
2001ARI4361904633150
2002ARI238103210183.6
2003ARI15654132113.6

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
43.5
RC
1,040.0
RC/27
5.20
ISOP
.220
SECA
.290
BB/K
0.34
AB/HR
18.5
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1987SF-0.117.82.3.1510.20.230.60
1988SF0.913.82.7.2050.30.219.50
1989SF2.731.53.5.2530.30.216.20
1990SF4.792.65.3.2110.30.218.70
1991SF5.188.55.3.2310.30.317.30
1992SF1.653.93.4.1570.20.426.50
1993SF5.6100.96.3.2680.30.315.20
1994SF4.582.96.6.3390.40.410.30
1995SF4.567.29.1.3110.40.512.30
1996SF2.772.86.6.2080.30.418.40
1997CLE3.986.65.1.2250.30.318.60
1998ARI2.4694.7.1730.30.425.50
1999ARI3.8109.96.4.2330.30.417.90
2000ARI0.147.34.5.1560.20.430.90
2001ARI0.955.64.8.1910.20.325.50
2002ARI0.731.85.2190.30.517.90
2003ARI-0.519.24.9.1570.30.633.50

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
60 yearsNov 28, 1965
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1987
Birthplace
Bishop, CA
College
UNLV
NL Gold Glove
3x
NL Silver Slugger
3x
AL Gold Glove
1997
All awards (4)
  • 3x NL Gold Glove
  • 3x NL Silver Slugger
  • 1x AL Gold Glove
  • 1x AL Silver Slugger

Latest performance

Matt Williams

May 31 · @ SD · L 8-7

AB
1
R
1
H
1
HR
0
RBI
1
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.246

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sat, May 31atSDL 8-711101
Wed, May 28atSFL 10-220000
Tue, May 27atSFL 4-3 F/1320201
Sun, May 25vsSDW 9-531100
Sat, May 24vsSDL 5-130000
Fri, May 23vsSDW 5-340100

What were Matt Williams's career stats?

Matt Williams played 17 seasons for the Giants, the Guardians and the Diamondbacks. He was a career .268 hitter with 1,878 hits, 378 home runs and 1,218 RBI. His best season was 1995: a .336 batting average, 23 home runs and 65 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

17 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1987 to 2003

Matt Williams led MLB in home runs (1994); finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 83rd in home runs (378)
  • 134th in rbi (1,218)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Matt Williams

Playoff series

Matt Williams played 20 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 3 won, 1 lost.

Matt Williams's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2002STLLost 0-3312100
2001STLWon 3-2516100
2001ATLWon 4-1518502
2001NYYWon 4-3726717

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Matt Williams’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.