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The All-D.C. Native Team

WASHINGTON - According to baseball-reference.com, more than 100 players born in Washington, D.C. made it to the major leagues.

With that in mind – and who knows when we may see a major league game this year – here is one person’s look at the all-D.C. native team...

(Just a few caveats: The player had to spend at least three years in the majors and had to play at least in one season in 1947, the year Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, or later. And a story of Negro League stars born in D.