Ron Stillwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1939
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Death: 25-Jan-2016
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Ron Stillwell
- Ronald Roy Stillwell (December 3, 1939 – January 25, 2016) was an American Major League Baseball player who played parts of two seasons for the Washington Senators.
- A shortstop, he batted and threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).
- Stillwell also help build the baseball programs at Thousand Oaks High School, Moorpark College and California Lutheran University.
- As a player, he played shortstop at University of Southern California (USC) and captained its 1961 national championship team.
- A week after graduating, he signed a contract with Major League Baseball’s Washington Senators.
- His MLB career was limited to fourteen games.Born in Los Angeles, Stillwell attended John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California and the University of Southern California, where he co-captained the national champion 1961 USC Trojans varsity baseball team.
- He was signed by the Senators as an amateur free agent during the 1961 season—the inaugural season of that incarnation of the Senators—and made his big league debut on July 3 against the Boston Red Sox at Griffith Stadium.
- Starting at shortstop in back-to-back games, both Washington victories, he collected one hit in eight total at bats, a double off Don Schwall.
- That was Stillwell's only MLB extra-base hit in 38 at bats and 42 plate appearances.
- He notched three runs batted in. Stilwell retired after five professional seasons in 1965.
- He became a teacher, and was baseball coach at Thousand Oaks High School, California Lutheran University and Moorpark College.
- He died of cancer on January 25, 2016.
- His son, Kurt, had a nine-season MLB career.
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