Don Williams (baseball scout), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player-scout
Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1937
Place of Birth: Paragould, Arkansas, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Don Williams (baseball scout)
- Donald Ellis Williams (born December 24, 1937) is an American former professional baseball player, manager and scout.
- A shortstop and second baseman in minor league baseball during his 13-year active career, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). A shortstop and second baseman, Williams played in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system from 1956–68, though he missed much of the 1962 season due to service in the military.
- He won the California League MVP award in 1961 as a member of the Reno Silver Sox.
- That season, he batted .363, scored 132 runs and collected 197 hits, leading the Class C circuit in all three categories. He later managed the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1968, was a scout for the San Diego Padres from 1969–74, a minor league instructor for the Padres from 1974–76 and a Major League coach for the Padres from 1977–80, working under managers John McNamara, Alvin Dark, Roger Craig and Jerry Coleman.
- He later was an area scout for the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, based in Paragould.
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