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Old 06-08-2021, 08:58 AM
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Along with Cravath, it seems like Williams is in that unfortunate group who were held in very high regard by their contemporaries, fans and sportswriters but have mostly been forgotten to time. Guessing there will never be any phone calls coming from Cooperstown at this point.
Very true. Williams' biggest issue is that he lost a lot of his early years to various issues including ww1, so he did not have as many years of high performance as others, but he was the first 30-30 player in 1921 or 22, i think.
You never know though. Sometimes the vet committee does some corrections to add players who were previously under the radar. There are several dead ball era players, including Cravath, as well that people speak about quite frequently as being overlooked. I dont know all their names, but Smokey Joe Wood would also seem to be right there.

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