Editing Matt Williams (third baseman) (section)

{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Matt Williams
|image=Matt Williams (19613632042) (cropped).jpg
|image_size=250
|caption=Williams with the [[Washington Nationals]] in 2015
|position=[[Third baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] / [[Coach (baseball)|Third base coach]]
|team=San Francisco Giants
|number=9
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|11|28}}
|birth_place=[[Bishop, California]], U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 11
|debutyear=1987
|debutteam=San Francisco Giants
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 31
|finalyear=2003
|finalteam=Arizona Diamondbacks
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.268
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=378
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=1,218
|stat4label=Managerial record
|stat4value=179–145
|stat5label=Winning %
|stat5value={{Winning percentage|179|145}}
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1996}})
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|1997}})
* [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|2003}})
'''As manager'''
* [[Washington Nationals]] ({{mlby|2014}}–{{mlby|2015}})
* [[Kia Tigers]] ({{baseball year|2020}}–{{baseball year|2021}})
'''As coach'''
* [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] ({{mlby|2010}}–{{mlby|2013}}, {{mlby|2016}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|2018}}–{{mlby|2019}})
* [[San Diego Padres]] ({{mlby|2022}}–{{mlby|2023}})
* [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|2024}}–present)
|highlights=
* 5× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1990]], [[1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1994]]–[[1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1996]], [[1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1999]])
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|2001}})
* 4× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997)
* 4× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1990, 1993, 1994, 1997)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|NL home run leader]] (1994)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|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 (baseball)|manager]] and former [[third baseman]] who is the [[third base coach]] for the [[San Francisco Giants]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keane |first=Sean |date=November 10, 2023 |title=Former SF Giants superstar third baseman returning to team as a coach |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/news/sf-giants-hire-former-all-star-slugger-matt-williams-coaching-staff |website=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref> 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 ({{wsy|1989}} with the Giants, {{wsy|1997}} with the Indians, and {{wsy|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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Matt Williams #9 |url=http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=was&coachorstaffid=124326 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004309/http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=was&coachorstaffid=124326 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |website=[[Washington Nationals]] |publisher=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> During his career, Williams had an overall [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] of .268, with 378 [[home run]]s and 1,218 [[runs batted in]] (RBI). He scored 997 [[run (baseball)|Major League runs]], and he accumulated 1,878 [[hit (baseball)|hits]], 338 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], and 35 [[triple (baseball)|triples]], while playing in 1,866 regular-season games.