[2] Williams also had an extensive minor league baseball playing career, spanning eighteen seasons from 1952 to 1969.

[3] After spending two seasons with the independent Norton Braves of the Mountain State League, Williams signed with the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1954.

[3] During his brief big league career, Williams made twelve plate appearances, drawing a walk, but not collecting a hit in any of his official at bats.

[2] After his playing days, he became owner of Billy Williams' Men's Boutique in Oakland, California.

He became hitting coach for the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball's Sioux City Explorers in 2005, serving as interim manager for the last month of the season.