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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Baseball players from Washington, D.C., Baseball teams in Washington, D.C., History of Washington, D.C. professional baseball, Maury Wills, Brendan Donnelly, Lu Blue, Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, 1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Don Money, Paul Hines, Curtis Pride, Milt Thompson, Algie McBride, Joe Engel, Dick Simpson, Art Devlin, Emmanuel Burriss, Bubba Morton, Joe Gerhardt, Doc White, Jake Atz, Walter Beall, George Keefe, Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League, Johnny Klippstein, Bump Wills, Holly Hollingshead, Denny Sothern, Craig Anderson, Bob Barr, Kris Wilson, Sadie Houck, Phil Geier, Oscar Bielaski, Hal Kurtz, Joe Stanley, Ryan Hanigan, Bill Wise, Hal O'Hagan, Nelson Simmons, Howard Wall, Tom Kinslow, Charlie Luskey, Bill Stearns, John Campbell, Billy Taylor, John Greason, John Smith, Perry Currin, Vic Correll, Mike Cantwell, Washington Nationals, Mike Handiboe, John Graff, Charles Witherow, Tony Madigan, Dizzy Sutherland, Red Webb, Val Robinson, Frank Watt, Gil Gallagher, Buck Stanley, Red Waller, Dan Sheehan, Billy Martin, Phil Wisner, Fred Talbot, Sam Edmonston, Dave Howard, Washington Senators, Chick Tolson, Charlie Vinson, Ernie Kish, Joe Giebel. Excerpt: Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills (born October 2, 1932 in Washington, D.C.) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1959-66, 1969-72), and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-68) and Montreal Expos (1969). He was an essential component of the Dodgers' championship teams in the mid-1960s, and is credited for reviving the stolen base as part of baseball strategy. In 14-seasons career, Wills batted .281 with 20 home runs, 458 runs batted in, 2,134 hits, 1,067 runs, 177 doubles, 71 triples, and 586 stolen bases in 1,942 games. As of 2009, Wills is a...
