Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan-- Sanadkii 2002, Williams wuxuu noqday tababaraha kooxda Houston Astros. Intii uu ahaa tababaraha horyaalka qaranka ee 2004 All-Star Game ee Houston <unk> waqtigaas oo Astros ay ku dhibtoodeen.500 mark <unk> dadkii badnaa ee ku sugnaa Houston's Minute Maid Park waxay ka jawaabeen soo bandhigida Williams oo leh falcelin isku dhafan, taas oo ka soo horjeedda hambalyo guud ahaan la siiyo xubnaha kooxda guriga ee lagu soo bandhigo ciyaarta All-Star. Maalintii xigtay, Astros waxay eryeen Williams iyo laba tababare oo waaweyn, iyagoo u badan inay sugeen illaa xafladaha ka dib si ay uga fogaadaan ceeb dadweyne. Williams waxaa badalay Phil Garner, oo hogaamiyay Astros ilaa 2004 National League Championship Series
laakiin waxa laga badiyay hal kulan guuldaradii ugu horeysay ee ay Houston waligeed la kulanto horyaalka aduunka. (Sannadkii xigay, Garner wuxuu hogaamiyay Astros ilaa World Series.) Williams waxay ku dhameysatay rikoor 215 guul iyo 197 guuldaro.