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Chapters: Maury Wills, Lu Blue, Brendan Donnelly, Paul Hines, Algie Mcbride, Curtis Pride, Milt Thompson, Don Money, Joe Engel, Dick Simpson, Art Devlin, Bubba Morton, Joe Gerhardt, Emmanuel Burriss, Walter Beall, George Keefe, Bump Wills, Johnny Klippstein, Holly Hollingshead, Doc White, Denny Sothern, Sadie Houck, Kris Wilson, Bob Barr, Oscar Bielaski, Bill Wise, Jake Atz, Howard Wall, Hal Kurtz, Bill Stearns, Billy Taylor, Nelson Simmons, John Greason, Craig Anderson, Tom Kinslow, Ryan Hanigan, Joe Stanley, John Smith, Hal O'hagan, Mike Cantwell, Mike Handiboe, Charles Witherow, Dizzy Sutherland, Dan Sheehan, Red Waller, Fred Talbot, Red Webb, Val Robinson, Dave Howard, Frank Watt, Chick Tolson, Charlie Vinson, Vic Correll. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 140. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. 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 (195966, 196972), and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates (196768) and Montreal Expos (1969). He was an essential component of the Dodgers' championship teams in the mid-1960s, and deserves much credit 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, 2134 hits, 1067 runs, 177 doubles, 71 triples, and 586 stolen bases in 1942 games. As of 2009, Wills is a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization serving as a representative of the Dodgers Legend Bureau. Maurice, or Sonny as he was called at Cardozo High School, first showed up as an All City Pitcher in the local Washington Daily News. He played on Sal Hall's '48 Cardozo football team that went unbeaten and unscored on. In the '49'50 school year, 3 sport standou...http://booksllc.net/?id=515445 ... Read more