Smokey Joe Williams: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Joseph Williams • Cyclone Joe Williams
Born April 6, 1886? • Seguin • Texas
Died February 25, 1951? • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Baseball Hall of Fame (1999)

The fastest base runner of all time
Cool Papa Bell
American baseball player
The “father of Black baseball”
Rube Foster
American baseball player
An all-time baseball great
Oscar Charleston
American baseball player and manager
Buck Leonard
Buck Leonard
American athlete
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Ted Radcliffe
American baseball player
Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson
American baseball player
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Ray Dandridge
American baseball player
Minnie Miñoso
Minnie Miñoso
Cuban baseball player
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John Henry Lloyd
American athlete and manager
Fergie Jenkins, 1983.
Fergie Jenkins
Canadian-American athlete
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Buck O’Neil
American baseball player and manager
Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella
American athlete
Mamie (“Peanut”) Johnson
Mamie (“Peanut”) Johnson
American baseball player
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John Montgomery Ward
American baseball player
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Jim Bunning
United States senator and baseball player
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Gaylord Perry
American baseball player
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Rollie Fingers
American baseball player
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Goose Gossage
American baseball player
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Dennis Lee Eckersley
American baseball player
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
American baseball player