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 ...
Topics covered
- Negro Leagues
- baseball history
- Texas baseball
- biographical essays
- pitchers
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