Matt Williams

Baseball Player

Male

Born Nov 28, 1965

Age 47

Hometown Bishop, California

Team Cleveland Indians...

Position Third baseman

Matthew Derrick Williams, nicknamed "Matt the Bat", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played for the San Francisco Giants, the Cleveland Indians, and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Williams played in a World Series… Read More

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MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies

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Apr 20, 2013

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MLB: Spring Training-Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago White Sox

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Mar 20, 2013

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MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Aug 9, 2012

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MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Aug 7, 2012

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Romance

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Erika Monroe

Married 2003
Michelle Johnson
Married 1999 - 2002
Tracie Duncan (wife)

Married 1989 - 1997

Places

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Bangkok
Aug 03, 2012
Such a small world! Complete coincidence but I bumped into Matt Williams and his girls at Bangkok Royal Palace today #gobsmacked

News + Updates

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George Lopez Is Back
Huffington Post - Apr 18, 2013

There's a new George Lopez show on the way! FX has picked up Lopez's half-hour sitcom "Saint George," which he co-created and will star in. The new Lopez show marks the comedian's first starring TV role since "George Lopez" ended its six-season run on ABC in May 2007. "Saint George" will be a multi-camera ensemble comedy that centers on the chaotic life of a recently divorced working class Mexican-American turned successful entrepreneur (Lopez). He struggles to balance his dem...
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Russia Bans 18 Americans From Country In Answer To Us List
Guardian (UK) - Apr 13, 2013

Former Bush staffers and Guantanamo Bay commanders on list released in response to US Treasury visa bans Moscow listed 18 Americans who are banned from entering Russia in an announcement Saturday – a tit-for-tat measure that comes a day after Washington imposed similar sanctions. The list, which was released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, includes staffers in the Bush administration and two former commanders of Guantanamo Bay. On Friday, the US Treasury announced financial sanctions and...
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Joe Garagiola A Legend Behind The Mike
San Francisco Chronicle - Feb 24, 2013

Joe Garagiola a legend behind the mike Covering spring training for three decades, I've seen my share of PFPs (pitchers' fielding practices), jersey numbers 65, 78 and 99 and red-eyed players missing workouts because of, ahem, "flu-like symptoms." Garagiola, 87, retired as a Hall of Fame broadcaster Wednesday after 58 years - he had been a part-timer in the Diamondbacks' TV booth since 1998 - and held a news conference in Scottsdale that more closely resembled a comedy...
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Who's Got It Better Than Bay Area Fans
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 26, 2013

Who's got it better than Bay Area fans In the pre-Super Bowl days, it happened in Detroit (1935 Tigers and Lions) and twice in New York (the Yankees and football Giants in 1938 and '56). Setting aside the post-New Year's timing of the Super Bowl, dual-championship seasons were accomplished in Baltimore (1970 Orioles and Colts), Pittsburgh (1979 Pirates and Steelers), New York (1986 Mets and Giants), the Bay Area (1989 A's and 49ers) and Boston (2004 Red Sox and Patriot...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1965 Birth Born on November 28, 1965.

TWENTIES

1986 20 Years Old Williams accepted a baseball scholarship to play for the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and after attending college and playing baseball there, Williams was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round (the 3rd pick) of the 1986 pro baseball draft. … Read More

1991 25 Years Old Williams was one of the premier fielders at third base, as he earned four Gold Glove Awards from 1991 through 1997. … Read More

1994 28 Years Old His best season was 1994 when he hit a National League-best 43 home runs and had an impressive 96 runs batted in (RBI), even though this was a Major League Baseball season that was shortened by nearly one-third because of a season-ending strike by Major League baseball players. … Read More

THIRTIES

1999 33 Years Old Williams was an original member of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and holds the Diamondbacks record for the most RBIs in one season with a total of 142 during 1999. (This record has since been tied by Luis Gonzalez in 2001, but has never been exceeded). … Read More

2002 36 Years Old 1 More Event

… Williams later told the Chronicle he used HGH on the advice of a doctor to treat an ankle injury he suffered during spring training in 2002.

2003 37 Years Old In 2003 Mr. Williams became engaged to Phoenix news anchor, Erika Monroe, who is a TV news anchor from KTVK-TV, a TV hostess and creator of the cooking and lifestyle website, The Hopeless Housewife; they married in 2002. … Read More

FORTIES

2007 41 Years Old On December 13, 2007, he was named among the dozens of players alleged to have used steroids in the Mitchell Report, commissioned by Major League Baseball and written by former Senator George J. Mitchell.

2009 43 Years Old 1 More Event

Williams was hired in November 2009 by the Diamondbacks to be the 1st-base coach for 2010.

2011 45 Years Old Williams moved from 1st-base coach to 3rd-base coach for the 2011 season, while working under 1st-year manager Kirk Gibson.

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