# Baseball: Only player with WS HRs for 3 different teams?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 9, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962 "2007-08-09T04:00:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962/1 "2007-08-09T04:00:10Z")

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I caught part of the Giants game on the radio a little while ago. Their trivia question was “who is the only player to hit WS home runs for 3 different teams”?

I wasn’t able to hang around for the answer, and now it is driving me crazy.

They mentioned something about it being a “modern” player… I don’t remember the exact words, but I think they may have also used the words “current generation” of players… not sure if that means active or not.

All I have at this point is that it’s not Rickey.

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**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962/2 "2007-08-09T04:08:17Z")

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Hrm… Doesn’t appear to be anyone on the 2002 Giants, either.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962/3 "2007-08-09T04:11:42Z")

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It’s Matt Williams.

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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962/4 "2007-08-09T04:12:24Z")

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Matt Williams

'89 Giants  
'97 Indians  
'01 Diamondbacks

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962/5 "2007-08-09T14:09:12Z")

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I am having a heck of a time coming up with what “WS” stands for. Halp?

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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962/6 "2007-08-09T14:10:12Z")

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World Series

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-only-player-with-ws-hrs-for-3-different-teams/414962/7 "2007-08-09T14:24:33Z")

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Ah, thanks!

Being a Cleveland fan, I’m not always up on the latest championship lingo 😉