Jackson Williams

American baseball player (born 1986)

Baseball player

Jackson Williams

Williams with the San Francisco Giants in 2013

Catcher
Born: (1986-05-14) May 14, 1986 (age 37)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut
August 27, 2014, for the Colorado Rockies
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 2015, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average| .208
Home runs| 1
Runs batted in| 4
Teams

* Colorado Rockies (2014)
* San Francisco Giants (2015)

Jackson Thomas Williams (born May 14, 1986) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants in 2014 and 2015.

## Career[edit]

### Amateur[edit]

Williams played college baseball at the University of Oklahoma. In 2005, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and returned to the league in 2006 to play for the Hyannis Mets.[1][2][3]

### San Francisco Giants[edit]

Williams was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.[4] He played in the Giants organization until 2013 without making the majors.

### Colorado Rockies[edit]

He signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies before the 2014 season.[5]

Williams was called up to the majors for the first time on June 22, 2014.[6]

### Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim[edit]

Williams was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on October 22, 2014.

### Second Stint with Giants[edit]

He never appeared in an MLB game for the Angels, and was purchased by the San Francisco Giants (the team who originally drafted him in the first round in 2007) on March 17, 2015. As a September callup, Williams appeared in 7 games for the Giants, with 2 hits and 4 walks in 14 plate appearances.

### Second Stint with Rockies[edit]

On November 10, 2015, Williams signed as a free agent with the Colorado Rockies.

### Pittsburgh Pirates[edit]

Williams split the 2017 season between the Double–A Altoona Curve and Triple–A Indianapolis Indians. In 55 total games, he batted .201/.276/.249 with 2 home runs and 10 RBI. He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2017.[7]

On December 24, 2017, Williams re–signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a minor league contract. He became a free agent after the 2018 season.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2005 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
2. ^ "2006 Hyannis Mets". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
3. ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
4. ^ Giants Select Williams 43rd Overall
5. ^ "Rockies release non-roster spring invitees list". Archived from the original on 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
6. ^ "Rockies place McKenry on bereavement list". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
7. ^ "Minor League Free Agents 2017". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Oklahoma Sooners bio

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2007 Major League Baseball draft first round selections

* David Price
* Mike Moustakas
* Josh Vitters
* Daniel Moskos
* Matt Wieters
* Ross Detwiler
* Matt LaPorta
* Casey Weathers
* Jarrod Parker
* Madison Bumgarner
* Phillippe Aumont
* Matt Dominguez
* Beau Mills
* Jason Heyward
* Devin Mesoraco
* Kevin Ahrens
* Blake Beavan
* Pete Kozma
* Joe Savery
* Chris Withrow
* J. P. Arencibia
* Tim Alderson
* Nick Schmidt
* Michael Main
* Aaron Poreda
* James Simmons
* Rick Porcello
* Ben Revere
* Wendell Fairley
* Andrew Brackman
* Josh Smoker
* Nick Noonan
* Jon Gilmore
* Todd Frazier
* Julio Borbón
* Clayton Mortensen
* Travis d'Arnaud
* Brett Cecil
* James Adkins
* Kellen Kulbacki
* Sean Doolittle
* Eddie Kunz
* Jackson Williams
* Neil Ramírez
* Justin Jackson
* Drew Cumberland
* Nathan Vineyard
* Josh Donaldson
* Michael Burgess
* Wes Roemer
* Charlie Culberson
* Matt Mangini
* Kyle Lotzkar
* Tommy Hunter
* Nick Hagadone
* Trystan Magnuson
* Mitch Canham
* Jonathan Bachanov
* Corey Brown
* Brandon Hamilton
* Ed Easley
* Ryan Dent
* Cory Luebke
* Danny Payne

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San Francisco Giants first-round draft picks

* 1965: Gallagher
* 1966: Reynolds
* 1967: Rader
* 1968: Matthews
* 1969: Phillips
* 1970: D'Acquisto
* 1971: Riccelli
* 1972: Dressler
* 1973: LeMaster
* 1974: Lee
* 1975: Barnicle
* 1976: Kuecker
* 1977: Landis
* 1978: Cummings
* 1979: Garrelts, Luecken
* 1980: Reid
* 1981: Grant
* 1982: Stanicek
* 1983: None
* 1984: Cockrell, Mulholland
* 1985: Clark
* 1986: M. Williams
* 1987: Remlinger
* 1988: Clayton, Wood
* 1989: Hosey
* 1990: Hyzdu, Christopherson, Jensen
* 1991: Whitaker
* 1992: Murray
* 1993: Soderstrom
* 1994: Powell, Cruz
* 1995: Fontenot
* 1996: White
* 1997: Grilli, McKinley
* 1998: Torcato, Bump, McDowell, Jones, Urban
* 1999: Ainsworth, Je. Williams
* 2000: Bonser
* 2001: Hennessey, Lowry, Linden
* 2002: Cain
* 2003: Aardsma, Whitaker
* 2004: None
* 2005: None
* 2006: Lincecum, Burriss
* 2007: Bumgarner, Alderson, Fairley, Noonan, Ja. Williams, Culberson
* 2008: Posey, Gillaspie
* 2009: Wheeler
* 2010: Brown
* 2011: Panik, Crick
* 2012: Stratton
* 2013: Arroyo
* 2014: Beede
* 2015: Bickford, Shaw
* 2016: None
* 2017: Ramos
* 2018: Bart
* 2019: Bishop
* 2020: Bailey
* 2021: Bednar
* 2022: Crawford
* 2023: Eldridge

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