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John Montgomery Ward (March 3, 1860 - March 4, 1925), known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman, third baseman, manager, executive, union organizer, owner and author. Ward, of English descent, was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new baseball league, the Players'' League. In his short time in Pennsylvania State University, he helped jumpstart a baseball program and is often credited for developing the first curveball. His 1888 book, Base-Ball: How to Become a Player, with the Origin, History and Explanation of the Game was the first published effort to explore baseball''s development from its early roots.

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John Montgomery Ward (1860-1925) tossed the second perfect game in major league history and later became the game''s best shortstop and a great, inventive manager. He led the players into their own league in 1890 and came within a hair''s breadth of changing the structure of baseball forever. Baseball: How to Become a Player is one of the game''s early classics, and should be in every serious baseball library.