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	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Smokey Joe Williams
		With a blinding fastball that earned him the nicknames "Cyclone" and "Smokey Joe," he was a dominant force in fl baseball from his first appearance with Frank Leland's Chicago Giants in 1910 until his retirement from the Homestead Grays in 1932.
		Joe left Chicago to join the New York Lincoln Giants in 1912, teaming with Dick Redding for the first time, and pitching with the Lincolns through the 1923 season.
		However, in the spring of 1924, Williams was released during a youth movement house cleaning, although he was still one of the best pitchers in the league, and signed with the Brooklyn Royal Giants, again teaming with Dick Redding.
	www.blackbaseball.com /players/smokeyjoewilliams.htm (543 words)

	Cyclone Joe Williams Information
		Joseph Williams (April 6 1886 - February 25 1951), nicknamed "Cyclone Joe" or "Smokey Joe", was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball.
		Williams was born in Seguin, Texas; one of his parents was African American and the other was a Comanche Indian.
		Cyclone Joe Williams is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Cyclone_Joe_Williams (571 words)

	Strange Brew
		On August 2, 1930, Chet Brewer and Smokey Joe Williams faced one another in what has to be one of the greatest pitching duels the Negro Leagues ever saw.
		Smokey Joe Williams was considered to be the greatest pitcher that the Negro Leagues ever produced.
		Smokey Joe was to the Negro Leagues in the teens and twenties what Satchel Paige would be in the thirties and forties.
	www.thediamondangle.com /marasco/negleg/brew.html (1341 words)

	Joe Williams - BR Bullpen
		In 1911, Smokey Joe was 1-0 for the Leland Giants and 10-7 in the Cuban Winter League.
		At age 27, Cyclone Joe was 3-2 with a 2.20 RA and hit.300 for the New York Lincoln Giants.
		Williams went 2-1 in 1928 and 8-2 with a 4.76 RA in '29 at age 44 as Homestead joined the American Negro League.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Joe_Williams (1133 words)

	Brooklyn Papers Cyclones Coverage
		Joe Williams came to the Cyclones as merely “Joe,” but he has picked up a nickname, “Cyclone,” and it’s more than just a reference to the Brooklyn team and the ancient roller coaster beyond the left field fence.
		This Joe Williams is a 23 year-old southpaw from St. Xavier University in Illinois.
		The Cyclones’ Joe Williams does not have the fame of the greatest fl pitcher of the opening decades of the 20th century, but he has gotten off to a good start with a 3-1 record and 2.16 ERA.
	www.brooklynpaper.com /html/cyclones/html/action/2004season/27_30action.html (887 words)

	The 1930 Negro League Champions
		Williams shut down the bats of the Giants and won by the score of 9 to 1.
		Smokey Joe's first pitch is one he must have wanted back; Julio Rojo stroked it into right field for a triple.
		Smokey Joe Williams who had been playing since 1905 would last only two more years.
	www.thediamondangle.com /marasco/negleg/1930.html (1502 words)

	Joe Williams - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Joe Williams - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Williams, Joe (1886-1946), American baseball player, one of the dominating pitchers of the Negro Leagues.
		Born at Down Ampney on October 12, 1872, Vaughan Williams was educated at the University of Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London.
	encarta.msn.com /Joe_Williams.html (112 words)

	2 Walls Webzine - music review - Joe Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Joe Williams doesn't sing let's take a toaster into the bathtub with you type of blues.
		Actually according to Williams, he and the blues "spend a lot of time together." But Williams seems to appreciate the blues and not woe them and his songs come off as toe tapping, sing-a-long blues, with a smooth voice that could very well be crooning alongside Nat "King" Cole.
		Joe Williams wears his blues well, as a badge of honor, not shame, and that, as he sings on a previously unreleased track, "is good work if you can get it."
	www.2walls.com /REVIEWS/MUSIC/williams_joe.asp (130 words)

	Cyclone Joe Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joseph Williams (April 6, 1886 - February 25, 1951), nicknamed "Cyclone Joe" or "Smokey Joe", was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball.
		Williams was born in Seguin, Texas; one of his parents was African American and the other was a Comanche Indian.
		He grew up to become an outstanding baseball pitcher, but as his path to the major leagues was barred by the color line; Williams spent his entire 27-year career (1905-32) pitching in the Negro Leagues, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smokey_Joe_Williams (590 words)

	"Smokey Joe" Wood & the Boston Red Sox Curse
		Their ace pitcher that year, "Smokey Joe" Wood, was the star of the team.
		Smokey Joe himself had a house on the Parker"s Glen Road in Shohola Township, just down the road from his son's, where he lived by himself during the summer.
		Smokey Joe was among the phantom old-timers mentioned in the film, "Field of Dreams." But Joe Wood never made it to the Hall of Fame.
	www.worldhistorysite.com /smokeyjoe.html (948 words)

	Williams Field
		Joe Williams, sometimes known as Smokey Joe or Cyclone Joe Williams, was a baseball player in the Negro leagues.
		Williams was as a tall, lanky man who earned a reputation as the fastest fl pitcher of his era.
		In 1952 a poll of former writers associated with the Negro leagues chose Williams as the greatest pitcher in the history of the leagues.
	www.cmcsteelers.com /Williams_Field.html (290 words)

	The Official Site of Major League Baseball: History: Negro Leagues
		Smokey Joe Williams was 20-7 against Major League competition.
		It was impressive that Williams went 20-7 against Major League competition, defeating Hall of Famers Grover Cleveland Alexander, Walter Johnson, Waite Hoyt, Chief Bender and Rube Marquard in the process.
		So it was fitting when Williams, known to many as Smokey Joe because of his blazing fastball, was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_profile.jsp?player=williams_joe (695 words)

	Smokey Joe Williams thread - Baseball Fever
		Smokey Joe Williams is reputed to have been better than ole' Satch.
		One of the greatest pitchers in baseball’s Negro Leagues, Smokey Joe Williams is one of a handful of Native Americans inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Williams is known to have faced the other standout Native American pitcher of the day, Charles “Chief” Bender, at least twice.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?p=637861 (4598 words)

	Best Damn World Series Ever Played - OOTP Developments Forums
		Williams shut down the opposition until a 9th inning error by Kirkpatrick put a runner on second.
		Joe Williams took it upon himself to keep the game from going scoreless again and singled home both runner to give his team the 2-0 lead.
		Joe Williams made the game that way and kept it that way, blanking the Giants the rest of the way, earning the 2-0 win.
	www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=54487 (1836 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - 1999 Inductee Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A tall, lanky fireballer, "Smokey" Joe Williams is acknowledged as one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the game.
		Williams, the son of an African American father and American Indian mother, dominated the Negro Leagues for more than twenty years, whiffing batters at an alarming rate.
		Throughout his career, Williams, the man they called "Strikeout," "Cyclone" and, later, "Smokey Joe," regularly pitched exhibition matches against top-notch major league pitchers such as Pete Alexander, Waite Hoyt, Walter Johnson, and Rube Marquard.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hof_weekend/1999/inductees.htm (2471 words)

	The Ballplayers - Smokey Joe Williams \| BaseballLibrary.com
		The greatest fl pitcher of the opening decades of the 20th century, Smokey Joe Williams was a 6'5" 205-lb fireballer with exceptional control, a soft-spoken man of Negro and American Indian ancestry.
		Legend has it that it was after this game that Giants Hall of Famer Ross Youngs tagged Williams with the name "Smokey Joe." Ty Cobb, never a friend to the fl player, said Williams would have been a "sure 30-game winner" if he had played in the majors.
		Williams threw approximately 40 no-hitters, some against semi-pro competition, recording his last gem in 1928 at forty-two.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /ballplayers/player.php?name=Smokey_Joe_Williams_1886 (402 words)

	The Baseball Guru - THE DEATH OF SMOKEY JOE by John B. Holway
		Smoky Joe, or his wraith, was honored with a day in his honor at the Polo Grounds in 1950.
		When Joe finally retired, he traded his toeplate for a shot jigger and began mixing drinks as a bartender in Harlem, regaling patrons with stories of the old days.
		Joe's quote on his "day" in 1950 was as eloquent a statement of a race's experience as any I know in American history literature, ranking with the famous speech by his Native American forebear, Chief Joseph.
	www.baseballguru.com /jholway/analysisjholway18.html (784 words)

	Smokey Joe Williams
		Satchel Paige referred to Smokey Joe Williams as "the best pitcher I've ever seen." It is likely that Williams' contemporaries would all likely agree.
		During the greater part of a career that spanned 27 seasons Williams was the dominant pitcher in fl baseball.
		Williams reportedly strike out an amazing 27 batters in a single extra-inning game against the Kansas City Monarchs, and is credited with having fanned 20 New York Giants hitters in one of his several matchups against major league competition.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Williams.html (327 words)

	Jayrand1: All Star Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Joe Jackson, DH Jimmy Williams, 2B (have to look him up, don't you?) Willie Wells, SS Lou Gehrig, 1B Mickey Mantle, RF Tony Gwynn, CF Paul Molitor, 3B Mike Piazza, C (there were a lot of injuries at catcher in the Early Division) Dutch Leonard, P
		Smokey Joe Williams comes in and easily dispenses with the rest of the side.
		Joe Williams and Christy Mathewson bear down, each looking like they could go on forever until Babe Herman comes up and fulfills the Reggie-esque legacy: he hits a shot almost identical to his first two to give victory to the Late Stars in 11.
	www.seanet.com /~tomlink/earlnews/AllStar.html (361 words)

	Williams, Joe 'Smokey' - Negro League Baseball Player
		Most of Williams' pitching statistics are difficult to verify because Negro Leagues statistics are incomplete.
		Williams is believed to have been born on April 6, 1886, in Seguin, a small town along Interstate 10 about 50 miles east of San Antonio.
		Williams is primarily remembered for his performances for the New York Lincoln Giants (1911-1923) and Homestead Grays (1925-1932).
	www.nlbpa.com /williams__joe_-_smokey.html (541 words)

	CNN/SI - Baseball - Hall of Fame 99 - Tearful Brett headlines Cooperstown's Class of 1999 - Monday July 26, 1999 ...
		Late umpire Nestor Chylak, Negro Leagues pitcher Smokey Joe Williams and turn-of-the-century manager Frank Selee also were honored.
		Ted Williams, the oldest at 80, stayed more than an hour in the sweltering heat before leaving in a wheelchair.
		Williams, the hero of the recent All-Star Game at Fenway Park, and Willie Mays, who made a rare return to see former teammate Cepeda, got some of the biggest ovations.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/1999/07/25/hall_induction_ap (1071 words)

	BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Smokey Joe Williams
		Williams lasted for a very long time, and for the last decade was a less than full time pitcher.
		Williams’ winning percentage against actual major league teams is impressive, but the teams he beat generally were not.
		On the whole, Williams’ teams were probably slightly better than average vs. Negro-League competition, but their calibre varied over the many years of his career.
	www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/smokey_joe_williams (8727 words)

	Smokey Joe's Cafe
		Smokey Joe's Cafe, which appeared recently at Capital Playhouse, is a musical revue featuring 39 songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who provided a long list of 1950's - 60's rock 'n' roll classics through such performers as the Coasters, the Drifters, Elvis Presley, Dion, and Ben E. King.
		Williams to accompany me wherever I go to punctuate my daily round with his soul-tickling bass.
		Williams enriched the music as Leiber and Stoller surely planned.
	www.capitalplayhouse.com /SJ_SD.htm (514 words)

	The Negro Leagues: Gone But Not Forgotten:Remembering Jose Mendez (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		From 1908 to 1914, Mendez was one of the greatest Negro League pitchers, along with Rube Foster and Smokey Joe Williams.
		A year later, he beat Smokey Joe Williams 1-0 in extra innings.
		His record against American teams in ‘08 and ‘09 was 44-2, and in his career he won more than 70% of his decisions.
	www.blackathletesportsnetwork.net /artman/publish/printer_467.shtml (451 words)

	Smokey Joe Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Smokey Joe was of African American and Native American ancestry.
		At 6'5", Smokey Joe was a noted strikeout pitcher.
		His nickname was supposedly given by Ross Youngs, the New York Giants outfielder, after Smokey Joe had pitched an exhibition game against the major leaguers.
	www.ettinger.ca /smokey.htm (80 words)

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		The reputations of three pitchers during this era were so extraordinary that their names became immortal to fl fans and sportswriters throughout the land.
		They were "Smokey Joe" Williams, Dick "Cannonball" Redding, and Wilber "Bullet" Rogan.
		Smokey Joe Williams pitched from 1897 to 1932, and, in 1952, was voted the greatest fl pitcher of all time by a group of sportswriters from the African American press who had seen him in his prime.
	www.footstepsmagazine.com /BaseballGreatsArticle.html (822 words)

	The Gazette-Enterprise
		The gala is the primary fundraiser for the “Smokey” Joe Williams scholarship, which is named after one of the greatest Negro League pitchers in history and a native Seguinite.
		At the end of the forum, the five Black Aces and Cleveland Grant praised Seguin for its efforts in keeping alive the legacy of a Negro League great and, at the same time, helping to further the education of young men and women.
		Each of them also said he would be honored to be invited back for next year’s “Smokey” Joe Williams Scholarship Gala.
	www.seguingazette.com /story.lasso?ewcd=1466f7d507368d32&page=all (941 words)

	`Smokey Joe' Williams Of Negro Leagues Gets Hall Of Fame Spot - Brief Article Jet - Find Articles
		"Smokey Joe" Williams, who pitched for the Chicago Leland Giants and Homestead Grays in the early 1900s, was recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Williams, who at 6-foot-4 towered over most players, was most noted for his control and fastballs.
		A 1952 Pittsburgh Courier poll had Williams edging out the better-known Satchel Paige as the greatest Negro League pitcher of all time.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_11_96/ai_55588180 (179 words)

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