Recognition
There was a "Smokey Joe Williams Day" at the Polo Grounds in 1950.
Considerable debate existed and still exists over whether Williams or Paige was the greatest of the Negro league pitchers. Most modern sources lean toward Paige, but in 1952, a poll taken by the Pittsburgh Courier named Williams the greatest pitcher in Negro league history.
In 1999, after extensive research on the early years of black baseball revealed his outstanding record, Williams was selected for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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