Former major league manager Jimy Williams, who helmed the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros over parts of 12 different seasons, passed away Friday, it has been announced. Williams was 80.
After a professional playing career that included a couple of cups of coffee in the majors, Williams spent most of the 70s as a minor league manager. He became Bobby Cox’s third base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in the early 80s, and took over for Cox as manager when Cox left the Blue Jays to return to the Atlanta Braves in 1986.