My Take
Bernie Williams is one of those rare people who makes you feel almost inadequate, because how is one person allowed to be that good at two completely different things? He spent 16 years as the center fielder for the New York Yankees — calm, elegant, impossibly consistent — winning four World Series rings and earning a Gold Glove while doing it. Then he hung up the cleats and just… picked up his guitar and started releasing jazz albums. Not as a vanity project either; the man genuinely plays. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, there's a Latin warmth and fluidity to everything he does on the fretboard that tells you music was always in him, even when he was tracking down fly balls in Yankee Stadium. The quiet grace he showed in center field translates perfectly to his musicianship — never flashy, always deeply assured.
Overview
Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. (born September 13, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and current musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006. A center fielder, Williams was a member of four World Series championship teams with the Yankees.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bernie Williams
- Name (Japanese)
- バーニー・ウィリアムス
- Reading
- ばーにー・うぃりあむす
- Born
- September 13, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- San Juan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player / jazz musician / singer / musician / guitarist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.