James B. Williams
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Born: May 15, 1926 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Died: June 6, 2016 (aged 90) Baltimore, Maryland |
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James Bernard Williams (May 15, 1926 – June 6, 2016) was a Canadian outfielder, coach and manager in minor league baseball and coach in Major League Baseball. Williams threw and batted right-handed, stood 5'10" (178 cm) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). He is a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Williams graduated from Toronto's De La Salle College School, where he played varsity baseball, hockey (as a right wing), football and lacrosse.
He played in the farm system of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers in 1947–64. Although he never was called to the majors as a player, Williams enjoyed several highly productive seasons. In his first year as a professional, split between three Dodger farm teams in the lower minors, Williams batted a composite .367 with 15 triples, 121 runs batted in, 24 stolen bases and 12 home runs. He played three seasons (1955–57) of Triple-A baseball in his native Canada with the Montreal Royals of the International League, batting .329 in 1955 with 93 runs scored, 33 doubles, eight triples, 13 homers, and 21 stolen bases, and also exceeded the .300 mark with the 1958 Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League.
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