Editing Matt Williams (third baseman) (section)

===Washington Nationals (2014–2015)===
On October 31, 2013, the [[Washington Nationals]] announced that they had hired Williams to replace [[Davey Johnson]] as their manager for the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Comak |first=Amanda |date=October 31, 2013 |title=Nationals Name Matt Williams Manager |url=http://curlyw.mlblogs.com/2013/10/31/nationals-name-matt-williams-manager/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031162932/http://curlyw.mlblogs.com/2013/10/31/nationals-name-matt-williams-manager/ |archive-date=October 31, 2013 |website=MLB.com Blogs}}</ref> Prior to the 2015 season, the Nationals exercised an option to extend Williams through the 2016 season.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Janes |first=Chelsea |author2=Wagner |first2=James |date=February 21, 2015 |title=Nationals exercise 2016 option on manager Matt Williams |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/nationals-journal/wp/2015/02/21/nationals-exercise-2016-option-on-manager-matt-williams/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
Williams managed the Nationals to a 96–66 record and an NL East division title in his first season,<ref name="Division_Title">{{cite web |title=2014 National League Standings |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2014-standings.shtml |access-date=May 15, 2016 |website=[[Baseball Reference]]}}</ref> but the team lost the [[2014 National League Division Series|NLDS]] to the [[San Francisco Giants]]. Williams was named the 2014 National League [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2014 |title=Nats' Williams tabbed NL Manager of the Year |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/11860775/2014-national-league-manager-year-matt-williams-washington-nationals-named-nl-winner |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en}}</ref>

On October 5, 2015, the Nationals fired Williams after a disappointing season where they were World Series favorites and failed to make the postseason.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 5, 2015 |title=Washington Nationals fire manager Matt Williams |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/13814518/washington-nationals-fire-manager-matt-williams |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> He finished with a record of 179 wins and 145 losses.<ref name=":0" />