Jimy Williams

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Jimy Williams

Born:	October 4, 1943
Birthplace:	Santa Maria, California
Hometown:
Height:	5' 10"
Weight:	170 lbs
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Drafted:	1964: Amateur Free Agent by the Boston Red Sox
College:	Cal State University, Fresno
High School:
Other Teams:	Toronto Blue Jays 1986-1989 Houston Astros 2002-2004
Years with Boston:	Manager 1997-2001

Jimmy Williams

1 Overall Career
2 Moment in the Sun
3 Managerial Record
4 Trivia
5 External Links

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Overall Career

James Francis "Jimy" Williams (born October 4, 1943 in Santa Maria, California) is the current bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies and a former manager of other Major League Baseball teams. He was the third base coach with the Toronto Blue Jays until the 1986 season, when he was named manager after Bobby Cox left to join the Atlanta Braves organization. Williams lasted until the 1989 season, when he was fired after a very poor start (the Jays hired Cito Gaston, the current batting coach, who went on to win two World Series titles with the team). He spent most of the 1990's with the Atlanta Braves as their third base coach, working under Bobby Cox - the man he had replaced in Toronto.

Williams has since managed with the Boston Red Sox, leading them to wild card playoff berths in 1998 and 1999 (the latter involved the Red Sox reaching the American League Championship Series against their arch-rivals the New York Yankees, who wound up beating them 4 games to 1), and the Houston Astros beginning in 2002.

While on hand for the 2004 All-Star Game in Houston, at a time when the Astros were struggling at the .500 mark, the crowd at Minute Maid Park responded to the introduction of Williams with a decidedly mixed reaction, in contrast to the ovations generally given members of the home team who are introduced at an All Star game. The Astros fired Williams and two principal coaches the following day, having likely waited until after the festivities to avoid a public embarrassment. Williams was replaced by Phil Garner, who led the Astros to within one game of going to their first ever World Series before managing Houston to the NL pennant in 2005.

On October 16, 2006, he was hired as the bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Moment in the Sun

In 1999, Jimy Williams won the AL Manager of the Year award with our beloved Sox.

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Managerial Record

Year    League   Team     Age    G     W    L    WP Finish
1986 AL East     Toronto   42   163   86   76   .531      4
1987 AL East     Toronto   43   162   96   66   .593      2
1988 AL East     Toronto   44   162   87   75   .537      3
1989 AL East     Toronto   45    36   12   24   .333      1

1997 AL East     BostonRS  53   162   78   84   .481      4
1998 AL East     BostonRS  54   162   92   70   .568      2
1999 AL East     BostonRS  55   162   94   68   .580      2
2000 AL East     BostonRS  56   162   85   77   .525      2
2001 AL East     BostonRS  57   118   65   53   .551      2
2002 NL Cent     Houston   58   162   84   78   .519      2
2003 NL Cent     Houston   59   162   87   75   .537      2
2004 NL Cent     Houston   60    88   44   44   .500      5
                 BostonRS       766  414  352   .540
                 Houston        412  215  197   .522
                 Toronto        523  281  241   .538
     TOTAL                     1701  910  790   .535

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Trivia

Could often be seen in the Red Sox dugout with his hand down his pants.

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent prior to the 1964 season and was later taken by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 First-Year draft.