Anthony Joseph "Antone" Williamson (born July 18, 1973) is an American former
Major League Baseball
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(MLB)
first baseman
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who played for the
Milwaukee Brewers in 1997.
Amateur career
Williamson attended
Arizona State University, and in 1992 he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Harwich Mariners
The Harwich Mariners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Harwich, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's East Division. The Mariners play their home games at Whitehouse Fiel ...
of the
Cape Cod Baseball League.
Professional career
Williamson was a first-round draft pick (fourth overall) by the
Milwaukee Brewers in the
1994 MLB Draft.
He played minor league baseball for most of his career, and had a .271 batting average, and 415 hits in his six-year minor-league career.
Williamson's only Major League action came in a 24-game stint in 1997 for the Brewers. In those 24 games, he recorded a .204 average. He played first base, and occasionally pinch-hit. He left affiliated baseball in 2000 to play for the independent
Greenville Bluesmen of the
Texas–Louisiana League
The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was a independent baseball league whose member teams were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises.
In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron P ...
, after which he retired.
See also
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1993 College Baseball All-America Team
References
External links
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Major League Baseball first basemen
Living people
Milwaukee Brewers players
1973 births
Baseball players from California
Harwich Mariners players
Helena Brewers players
Stockton Ports players
El Paso Diablos players
New Orleans Zephyrs players
Tucson Toros players
Louisville Redbirds players
Huntsville Stars players
Louisville RiverBats players
People from Harbor City, Los Angeles
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball players