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James Francis "Jimy" Williams (born October 4, 1943 in Santa Maria, California) is a former manager in Major League Baseball. 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).

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 booed Williams while he was introduced. 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 in return led the Astros within one game of going to their first ever World Series.

Quick fact:

The first pitcher Williams ever faced was Sandy Koufax. He got his first hit off another Hall of Famer: Juan Marichal.

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