The Purple Sox received 85 video games in 2000, and Williams was fired in August 2001, with the workforce at 65-53. He was employed that fall by the Houston Astros, however after two successful seasons with them he was fired midseason in 2004 with the workforce at 44-44.
Williams was terminated a day after followers on the All-Stars Sport, held at Minute Maid Park in Houston, booed when he was launched as a coach for the Nationwide League squad. (Houston joined the American League in 2013.)
Williams’s profession managing report was 910-790.
James Francis Williams was born on Oct. 4, 1943, in Santa Maria, Calif., northwest of Santa Barbara. He first spelled his identify Jimy as a prank in highschool. After graduating in 1961, he went to Fresno State, the place he earned a bachelor’s diploma in 1964 in agribusiness. He performed summer season ball that 12 months with the Alaska Goldpanners alongside the long run major-league stars Tom Seaver and Graig Nettles.
An infielder, Williams signed with Boston, performed at class A Iowa and was chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals in a 1965 draft. Williams made his main league debut on April 26, 1966, placing out in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax in his first at-bat. He performed in 14 main league video games, going 3 for 13 (.231) with one run batted in. His first hit was on Could 7, an R.B.I. single off San Francisco’s Juan Marichal, who like Koufax was a future Corridor of Famer.
