SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- John Henry Williams, the son of baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, signed Monday with the Schaumburg Flyers of the independent Northern League.

Williams, 33, played briefly for the Boston Red Sox's lowest-level minor league team last summer after the club said it was willing to give him a chance out of respect for his father.

His stint with the Red Sox lasted two games. Williams broke a rib chasing down a foul ball, going 0-for-6 in two games.

He played semipro baseball in the early 1990s but had no formal professional experience when he signed the contract.

Williams is better known for his controversial relationship with his father, who played 19 years for the Red Sox and is the last major leaguer to bat above .400.

Shortly after Ted Williams' death on July 5, John Henry Williams had his father's body moved to the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Arizona, where it remains frozen. He and a sibling have maintained they signed a handwritten pact with the elder Williams in 2000 agreeing that their bodies would be frozen.

"I only regret that my teacher, mentor and best friend -- the greatest hitter who ever lived, -- is unable to accompany me on this exciting journey,'' John Henry Williams said Monday in a team release announcing his signing.