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Jimy Williams

Retrosheet

Full name James Francis Williams
Born October 4, 1943, Santa Maria, California
Died January 26, 2024, Tarpon Springs, Florida
First Game: April 26, 1966; Final Game: September 21, 1967
Managed First Game: April 8, 1986; Managed Final Game: July 11, 2004
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 170
Father of Brady Williams
Named Internet Baseball Awards' AL Manager of the Year (1999)
Named AL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1999)
Named AL Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1999)
Ejections as coach: 1981 (1), 1984 (1). Total: 2
Ejections as manager: 1986 (3), 1987 (5), 1988 (3), 1989 (1), 1997 (1), 1998 (4), 1999 (3), 2000 (4), 2001 (2), 2002 (3), 2003 (3), 2004 (2). Total: 34
SABR Biography

Top Performances 

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1966 STL N Daily Splits 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .333 .273 -0.4 1966 STL N 1967 STL N Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1967 STL N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .231 .286 .231 -0.4 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1966 STL N Daily Splits SS 7 1 1 27 2 5 0 1 0 1.000 1966 STL N 2B 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1967 STL N Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits SS 8 2 1 34 8 6 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1986 TOR A 163 86 76 .531 809 733 4 1987 TOR A 162 96 66 .593 845 655 2 1988 TOR A 162 87 75 .537 763 680 3 1989 TOR A 36 12 24 .333 149 163 5-14 6 1 1997 BOS A 162 78 84 .481 851 857 4 1998 BOS A 162 92 70 .568 876 729 2 1999 BOS A 162 94 68 .580 836 718 2 2000 BOS A 162 85 77 .525 792 745 2 2001 BOS A 118 65 53 .551 583 515 8-15 2 2 2002 HOU N 52 23 29 .442 243 222 5-29 4 2 2002 HOU N 109 60 49 .550 502 472 6- 1 4 2 2003 HOU N 162 87 75 .537 805 677 2 2004 HOU N 88 44 44 .500 396 379 7-11 5 2 Total (12 Years) 1700 909 790 .535 8450 7545 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

       Division Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1998 BOS A 4 1 3 .250 20 18 1999 BOS A 5 3 2 .600 47 32 Total ( 2 Years) 9 4 5 .444 67 50 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

League Championship Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1999 BOS A 5 1 4 .200 21 23

              Coaching Record

Year Team Position START END 1980 TOR A Third base 4- 9 10- 5 1981 TOR A Third base 4- 9 10- 4 1982 TOR A Third base 4- 9 10- 3 1983 TOR A Third base 4- 5 10- 2 1984 TOR A Third base 4- 4 9-30 1985 TOR A Third base 4- 8 10-16 1990 ATL N Third base 6-22 10- 3 1991 ATL N Third base 4-10 10-27 1992 ATL N Third base 4- 7 10-24 1993 ATL N Third base 4- 5 10-13 1994 ATL N Third base 4- 4 8-11 1995 ATL N Third base 4-26 10-28 1996 ATL N Third base 4- 1 10-26 2007 PHI N Bench 4- 2 10- 6 2008 PHI N Bench 3-31 9-28 Total (15 Years)

Ejection Information

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 4-17-1986(2) BOX TOR A Joe Brinkman Balls and strikes 8- 8-1986 BOX TOR A Terry Cooney HBP call 8-28-1986 BOX TOR A Drew Coble Balls and strikes 5-19-1987 BOX TOR A Larry Young Call at 1B 6-17-1987 BOX TOR A John Hirschbeck Interference call 6-20-1987 BOX TOR A Rich Garcia Call at 2B 6-29-1987 BOX TOR A Derryl Cousins Check swing 9-17-1987 BOX TOR A Tim Welke Catch/non-catch of strike 3 4- 8-1988 BOX TOR A Durwood Merrill Balls and strikes 6-28-1988 BOX TOR A Durwood Merrill Home run call (Reversed) 8-20-1988 BOX TOR A Joe Brinkman Called third strike 5- 2-1989 BOX TOR A Dave Phillips Fighting 8-22-1997 BOX BOS A Larry Barnett Balls and strikes 6- 3-1998 BOX BOS A Tim Welke Balls and strikes 6-20-1998 BOX BOS A Rich Garcia HBP call (Reversed) 9- 6-1998 BOX BOS A Dale Scott Balls and strikes 9-19-1998 BOX BOS A Jim Evans Balls and strikes 5-23-1999 BOX BOS A Marty Foster Balls and strikes 9- 3-1999 BOX BOS A Brian O'Nora Call at 1B 10-17-1999 BOX BOS A Dale Scott Call at 1B Date Team Umpire Reason 4-30-2000 BOX BOS A Tim Tschida Intentional HBP 5-31-2000 BOX BOS A Jerry Crawford Fan interference non-call 6-28-2000 BOX BOS A Jim Reynolds Balls and strikes 9-20-2000(1) BOX BOS A Rich Rieker Balls and strikes (Foul ball call) 5-10-2001 BOX BOS A Mark Wegner Call at HP 7-17-2001 BOX BOS A Rob Drake Call at 1B 5-12-2002 BOX HOU N Jim Wolf Balls and strikes 6-27-2002 BOX HOU N Laz Diaz Call at 1B 9- 6-2002 BOX HOU N Ron Kulpa Call at 1B 5- 6-2003 BOX HOU N Ted Barrett Balls and strikes 7-26-2003 BOX HOU N Matt Hollowell Check swing 8-30-2003 BOX HOU N Marty Foster Call at 2B 5- 8-2004 BOX HOU N Rob Drake Reversal of HBP call 5-29-2004 BOX HOU N Mike Winters Fair/foul call

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 4-29-1981 BOX TOR A Nick Bremigan Balls and strikes 7-20-1984 BOX TOR A Jim McKean Balk non-call

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1964).

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 29, 1965).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Pat Corrales to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Johnny Edwards (February 8, 1968).

Selected by Montreal Expos from Cincinnati Reds (32nd pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).

Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Mets in exchange for Tony Canzano (June 16, 1971).

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