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| Books LLC : People From Crawford County, Kansas: Red Berry, Bill Russell, Johnny Orr, Kenneth A. Spencer, Ronald Michael Gilmore, Chuck Broyles | |
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People From Crawford County, Kansas: Red Berry, Bill Russell, Johnny Orr, Kenneth A. Spencer, Ronald Michael Gilmore, Chuck Broyles |
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English |
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Paperback |
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70 |
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2010-05-04 |
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1155474996 |
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Books LLC |
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0.25 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Red Berry, Bill Russell, Johnny Orr, Kenneth A. Spencer, Ronald Michael Gilmore, Chuck Broyles, Don Gutteridge, Vance Randolph, Samuel Triplett, Kerry Meier, Jack William Wintle, Page Cavanaugh, Dennis Hayden, Ed Nealy, Lee Allen, Roy Glenn, Carla Stovall, P. J. Forbes, Robert Arthur, Steve Quinn. Excerpt: Bill Russell As manager item Career highlights and awards item William Ellis Russell (born October 21, 1948, in Pittsburg, Kansas ) is a former shortstop , coach and manager in Major League Baseball . Russell played his entire 18-year, 2,181-game career with the Los Angeles Dodgers as the starting shortstop for four National League pennant winners and one World Series champion. Career A right-handed batter and thrower, Russell came to the Dodgers as a 20-year-old outfielder in 1969, and his first two MLB seasons were spent in the outfield (veteran Maury Wills was the Dodger shortstop). During the 1970 71 offseason, Russell was converted to a second baseman , and then the following year to shortstop, becoming a regular in 1972. Russell was the club's everyday shortstop for the next 12 years, anchoring an infield that included third baseman Ron Cey , second baseman Davey Lopes and first baseman Steve Garvey . This infield crew has the distinction of being the longest intact unit in baseball history with eight and a half seasons together. Russell batted .263 over his regular season career, and - coincidentally - posted the same average in 23 World Series games in 1974, 1977, 1978, and 1981. Russell's finest Fall Classic was in 1978, when he garnered 11 hits and batted .423 in a losing effort against the New York Yankees . He also hit .337 over five National League Championship Series . After his retirement as a player in 1986, Russell became a coach on manager Tommy Lasorda 's s...
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