 While in the Pacific Coast League in 1936, Williams met future teammates and friends Dom DiMaggio and Bobby Doerr, who were on the Pacific Coast League's San Francisco Seals.When Shiver announced he was quitting to become a high school football coach in Savannah, Georgia, the job, by default, was open for Williams.Williams posted a .271 batting average on 107 at bats in 42 games for the Padres in 1936.