![]() ![]() His performance as a set-up pitcher, combined with his set-up and closing pitcher teammates Kyuji Fujikawa and Tomoyuki Kubota respectively, was well known by fans and other teams. ![]() He appeared in a total of 371 games and recorded 47 saves. Williams pitched for the Tigers for seven years through the 2009 season. In 2005, he reverted to the role of set-up pitcher, appearing in 75 games for the Hanshin Tigers, who won the championship. In 2004, he pitched in 51 games, earning 14 saves. In 2003, Williams signed with the Hanshin Tigers, and earned 25 saves as a closer (52 games), helping the Tigers win their first Central League championship in 18 years. However, the attention was short-lived, as both moved on to other franchises. While with the Dodgers in 20, the tandem of Williams and fellow Australian Luke Prokopec gained considerable popularity in the Los Angeles area. Williams began his Major League Baseball career in September 1999 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and pitched for the Dodgers until September 2002. Williams was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1996. Willams was credited with two saves during the tournament, including the semi-final game against Japan where he prevented the Japanese team from scoring, preserving the 1–0 win. The Australian team was awarded the Silver Medal in the competition after losing in the final to the team from Cuba. Williams again pitched for the Australian Olympic baseball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team placed 7th overall in the competition. Williams pitched for the Australian Olympic baseball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was a specialist set-up pitcher, or closer. Jeffrey Francis Williams (born 6 June 1972) is an Australian-born former left-handed pitcher who played for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. NPB: 20 July, 2009, for the Hanshin Tigers MLB: 28 September, 2002, for the Los Angeles Dodgers NPB: 29 March, 2003, for the Hanshin Tigers Williams was appointed as a Public Representative to the CPA Nova Scotia (Accountants) Board of Directors.MLB: 12 September, 1999, for the Los Angeles Dodgers He is currently active in the Tatamagouche Area Trails Association and the Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital Foundation. He was also a past elected member of the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board and served a term as Co-chair of the Tatamagouche New School Enhancements Fundraising Committee. In his life outside of dentistry, he owned a six bed long term care facility in his hometown of Tatamagouche, NS for 14 years and was also a Director on the Board of Windsor Elms Village, a 108 bed nursing home for four years. Williams is a member of the Nova Scotia Dental Association. ![]() He is also Chair of the Board at CDSPI where he has been a Director since 2003. Williams went on to complete a Master of Business Administration at Saint Mary’s University, and since 2001 has been an Associate with ROI Corporation. Unfortunately, that part of his career came to an end in 1996 when he suffered the partial loss of two fingers on his dominant hand in a carpentry accident.ĭr. His eventual return to Atlantic Canada saw him in the roles of associate dentist, part-time lecturer, locum practitioner and owner of a solo practice. Williams is a 1986 graduate from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry, who embarked on a varied clinical career one which first took him to Northern Ontario as a hospital-based dentist and then by bush plane to First Nations communities in the region. ![]()
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