From SI, on or around his 31-game hitting streak in 1969:

Resorting to the bottle has, in a few short weeks, transformed Willie Davis of Los Angeles (4-1) from a glum, ready-to-quit player into a happy, hard-hitting one. The bottle, in Davis’ case, is the shape of the bat that he borrowed from teammate Ken Boyer. When Davis began using the bat on Aug. 1, his average was down to .260. Since then he has batted .439, capping his resurgence last week with a nine-for-20 spree that brought his season’s average up to .317. What’s more, Davis has hit in all 27 games since first picking up the bottle, the longest streak in the league since a 29-game string in 1959. The hitter that time? None other than Ken Boyer. Perhaps even more important to Davis than a change in bats has been his change in attitude. He traces that to the St. Louis-bound flight after he had gone 0 for 6 against the Pirates. “Chuck baseball,” he told himself, “I’ll make it as a professional golfer.” Minutes later, though, he recanted, telling himself, “Give it one more try. I’ll concentrate on meeting the ball, forget the fences and see what happens.” His outburst with Boyer’s 37-ounce bottle, coupled with Claude Osteen’s 17th and 18th wins, Bill Singer’s 16th win and Tom Haller’s clutch hitting, kept the Dodgers in the thick of the Western race.

A story Eric wrote on the Willie Davis / “Iron” Mike Marshall trade contains several 3Dog baseball cards.

Willie Davis & the Summer of ’69

Davis still holds the record for most HR by a Dodger, all on the road (sorry James Loney) with 11

Willie Davis hit 42 triples in two minor league seasons, including 26 (!!!) in 1960 in Spokane

from the Dodgers. Here’s Willie:

Here is a spring training shot from 1965 (L to R, Willie Davis, Derrell Griffith, John Roseboro, Ron Fairly and Tommy Davis.):

Davis is also the L.A. Dodger career leader in Win Shares.

Very sad. Willie was such a young man in my eyes because of how he was able to move so quickly. I hope he is in a better place. He had those long legs and a long stride you had a better chance throwing him out at second than going from first to third.