280 - Texans in the Hall: Joe Williams, Andy Cooper and Hilton Smith w/ Thomas Kern

About this episode

Thomas Kern discusses the careers of Texas-born pitchers Joe Williams, Andy Cooper, and Hilton Smith in this episode of Hooks & Runs.

Pennsylvania native Thomas Kern has been a Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) member for over 40 years and has several biographical essays about Negro League stars during that time. Thomas joins us this episode to resume our series, "Texans in the Hall" to talk about three great Texas-born pitchers - Joe Williams, Andy Cooper and Hilton Smith. Kern introduces us to all three Texans, from their beginnings in rural Texas to the Texas amateur circuit to the Major Leagues in the Negro ...

People in this episode

Guest: Thomas Kern

Topics covered

• Negro Leagues
• baseball history
• Texas baseball
• biographical essays
• pitchers

Keywords

• Negro Leagues
• Joe Williams
• Andy Cooper
• Hilton Smith
• Texas baseball
• Thomas Kern
• SABR

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Society for American Baseball Research

Places: Pennsylvania, Texas

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