Jimy Williams, the 1999 American League Manager of the Year for Boston who won 910 games in a twelve seasons with Toronto and Houston, died. He was eighty.
The Red Sox announced Williams’ death Friday at AdventHealth North Pinellas Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Florida,
following a brief illness. Williams resided in nearby Palm Harbor.
Williams was named AL Manager of the Year after leading the Red Sox to their second consecutive postseason appearance. He stated it was simpler to be calm in a clubhouse than at home.
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“I have a wife and four children. “You want chaos?” Williams stated when he was recruited to manage Boston in
1996. “You need to discuss. You can’t pick sides and declare, ‘Let’s see who wins this battle.'”
Williams, an infielder, was born James Francis Williams in Santa Maria, California on October 4, 1943. He
graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in 1961 and originally spelled his name Jimy as a prank.
Williams went to Fresno State, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1964 in agri-business. He played summer ball
that year with the Alaska Goldpanners alongside Tom Seaver and Graig Nettles. Williams signed with Boston, played
at Class A Iowa and was selected by St. Louis in the 1965 Rule 5 draft.
