Kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 2002, Williams ya zama manajan Houston Astros. Yayin da yake aiki a matsayin kocin National League a 2004 All-Star Game a Houston <unk> a lokacin da Astros ke gwagwarmaya a alamar.500 <unk> taron jama'a a Houston's Minute Maid Park sun amsa ga gabatarwar Williams tare da halayen halayen halayen, sabanin yadda aka ba da 'yan wasa na gida wanda aka gabatar a wasan All-Star. Washegari, Astros sun kori Williams da manyan masu horarwa guda biyu, da alama sun jira har sai bayan bukukuwan don kauce wa abin kunya na jama'a. An maye gurbin Williams da Phil Garner, wanda ya jagoranci Astros zuwa
Wasannin Gasar Zakarun Kasa na 2004 amma ya fadi wasa daya kafin ya tafi Wasannin Duniya na farko na Houston. (A shekara mai zuwa, Garner ya jagoranci Astros zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya.) Williams ya gama da rikodin nasara 215 da rashin nasara 197.