Maury Wills

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC us

Died: September 19, 2022 in Sedona, AZ

High School: Cardozo HS (Washington, DC)

Debut: June 6, 1959 (Age 26-247d, 11,643rd in major league history)
vs. MLN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1972 (Age 40-002d)
vs. ATL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: Maurice Morning Wills

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Relatives: Father of Bump Wills

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.6

7588

2134

.281

1067

RBI

458

586

OBP

.330

SLG

.331

OPS

.661

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	43-28 / in Starts: 16-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	44 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 152 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	86 (46-29-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 152 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (46-29-14)

Most Driven In
C Cannizzaro	1
W Crawford	1
D Sutton	1
B Grabarkewitz	1
B Russell	0

Most Driven In By
B Buckner	3
W Davis	3
M Mota	3
C Osteen	2
S Yeager	1
B Grabarkewitz	1
W Parker	1
L Lacy	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1872	1	Apr 15	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1.19	-0.110	1.79	-0.10%	-0.92	SS
2	1873	2	Apr 16	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.49	-0.047	.81	-0.05%	-1.05	SS
3	1874	3	Apr 17	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.86	-0.167	1.36	-0.16%	-2.48	SS
4	1875	4	Apr 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.69	-0.070	1.14	-0.07%	-0.64	SS
5	1876	5	Apr 19	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.045	.136	.182	1	.92	0.015	1.63	0.02%	0.14	SS
6	1877	6	Apr 20	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-1	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.192	.308	1	.59	0.035	1.05	0.04%	1.06	SS
7	1878	7	Apr 21	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	GS-5	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214	.357	1	.48	0.037	.98	0.05%	0.04	SS
8	1879	8	Apr 22	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313	1	.77	-0.075	1.65	-0.10%	-0.69	SS
9	1880	9	Apr 23	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.222	.384	1	1.77	0.024	3.92	0.03%	0.68	SS
10	1881	10	Apr 25	LAD		MON	W,6-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.167	.200	.367	1	.64	-0.053	1.11	-0.06%	-0.37	SS
11	1882	11	Apr 26	LAD		MON	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.152	.182	.334	1	1.05	-0.104	1.93	-0.12%	-0.75	SS
12	1883	12	Apr 27	LAD		MON	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.143	.170	.313	1	.95	-0.073	1.71	-0.08%	-0.58	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	1884	16 (3)	May 1	LAD		PHI	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.143	.170	.313	6						PR
14	1885	17	May 2	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.188	.348	6	3.45	0.130	6.14	0.14%	0.85	PH
15	1886	20 (2)	May 7	LAD	@	MON	L,0-1	5-GF(13)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.118	.151	.176	.327	1	2.97	-0.330	5.58	-0.37%	-1.28	SS
16	1887	21	May 8	LAD	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.140	.164	.304	1	.74	-0.076	1.34	-0.08%	-0.84	SS
17	1888	22	May 10	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG(14)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.117	.159	.167	.325	8	1.32	-0.074	2.61	-0.09%	-0.22	SS
18	1889	33 (10)	May 21	LAD		HOU	L,1-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.159	.167	.325	6	5.42	-0.047	16.56	-0.09%	-0.17	PH
19	1890	34	May 22	LAD		SFG	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.159	.167	.325	6						PR
20	1891	36 (1)	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.159	.167	.325	9	4.10	-0.038	8.15	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
21	1892	38 (1)	May 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.159	.167	.325	6						3B
22	1893	39	May 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.164	.159	.323	1	.59	0.001	1.74	0.00%	-0.13	3B
23	1894	42 (2)	May 31	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.164	.159	.323	9	3.47	-0.020	8.09	-0.03%	-0.18	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1895	51 (8)	Jun 10	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.121	.171	.167	.338	1	1.74	-0.045	3.66	-0.06%	-0.47	SS
25	1896	52	Jun 11	LAD		PIT	L,5-7	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.187	.159	.346	1	.96	-0.013	2.04	-0.02%	0.06	SS
26	1897	53	Jun 12	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.110	.177	.151	.328	1	1.08	-0.104	2.22	-0.13%	-0.72	SS
27	1898	54	Jun 13	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.190	.167	.357	1	.91	-0.035	1.78	-0.04%	-0.33	SS
28	1899	55	Jun 16	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.193	.171	.364	1	.65	-0.048	1.26	-0.06%	-0.48	SS
29	1900	56	Jun 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.140	.196	.174	.370	8	.95	-0.097	1.79	-0.11%	-0.98	SS
30	1901	57	Jun 18	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(11)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.184	.163	.347	1	2.13	-0.323	3.66	-0.33%	-2.02	SS
31	1902	59 (1)	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.161	.343	9	2.21	-0.053	3.40	-0.05%	-0.20	SS
32	1903	67 (7)	Jun 29	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.180	.160	.340	8	.23	-0.006	.42	-0.01%	-0.09	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1904	74 (6)	Jul 7	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.192	.165	.357	8	1.11	0.065	1.05	0.04%	0.55	SS
34	1905	75	Jul 8	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.194	.160	.354	8	1.52	-0.092	1.84	-0.07%	-0.86	SS
35	1906	76	Jul 9	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.126	.189	.155	.345	8	1.32	-0.111	1.40	-0.07%	-1.22	SS
36	1907	77	Jul 10 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.191	.159	.350	8	1.54	-0.041	2.14	-0.03%	-0.37	SS
37	1908	78	Jul 10 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.186	.155	.341	8	.54	-0.039	.80	-0.04%	-0.56	SS
38	1909	79	Jul 11	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.124	.182	.150	.332	8	.49	-0.036	.62	-0.03%	-0.50	SS
39	1910	84 (4)	Jul 18	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.124	.182	.150	.332	8						PR
40	1911	86 (1)	Jul 20	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.124	.182	.150	.332	7	5.42	-0.047	5.16	-0.03%	-0.17	PH
41	1912	88 (1)	Jul 22	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.124	.182	.150	.332	7						3B
42	1913	91 (2)	Jul 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.180	.149	.329	8	.40	-0.009	.42	-0.01%	-0.13	SS
43	1914	94 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.176	.145	.321	8	.88	-0.075	.80	-0.04%	-1.32	3B
44	1915	95	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.172	.142	.314	8	1.44	-0.103	1.21	-0.05%	-1.10	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	1916	97 (1)	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	W,12-11	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.172	.142	.314	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 3B
46	1917	100 (2)	Aug 5	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.172	.142	.314	6						3B
47	1918	102 (1)	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.172	.142	.314	9	3.50	-0.018	3.66	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
48	1919	105 (2)	Aug 11	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.169	.139	.309	6	2.36	-0.110	1.02	-0.03%	-0.86	PH 3B
49	1920	107 (1)	Aug 13	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	8-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.176	.154	.330	9	.51	0.040	.40	0.02%	0.61	3B
50	1921	108	Aug 15	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.176	.154	.330	6						3B
51	1922	109	Aug 16	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.174	.153	.327	7	5.42	-0.119	3.98	-0.05%	-0.33	PH
52	1923	113 (3)	Aug 20	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.173	.152	.325	9	.94	-0.023	.37	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
53	1924	115 (1)	Aug 22	LAD		STL	W,1-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.173	.152	.325	6						3B
54	1925	116	Aug 23	LAD		STL	W,3-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.172	.151	.322	6	.06	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.13	3B
55	1926	117	Aug 25 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	9-GF(12)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.119	.178	.151	.329	6	2.20	0.326	.36	0.03%	1.50	PH 3B
56	1927	118	Aug 25 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.178	.151	.329	6						3B
57	1928	120 (1)	Aug 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.178	.151	.329	6						3B
58	1929	123 (2)	Aug 31	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.178	.151	.329	2						3B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	1930	127 (3)	Sep 3	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.176	.150	.326	9	.05	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.09	3B
60	1931	128	Sep 4 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.176	.150	.326	6						3B
61	1932	129	Sep 4 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.175	.148	.324	9	.35	-0.009	.09	0.00%	-0.20	PH
62	1933	134 (4)	Sep 9	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.175	.148	.324	6						3B
63	1934	135	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.175	.148	.324	6						PR 3B
64	1935	136	Sep 11	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.175	.148	.324	9						PR
65	1936	139 (2)	Sep 15	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.175	.148	.324	6						3B
66	1937	140	Sep 16	LAD	@	HOU	W,10-0	5-GF	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.186	.168	.354	2	.07	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.39	3B
67	1938	142 (1)	Sep 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	7-GF(10)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.191	.168	.359	9	2.16	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.36	3B
68	1939	144 (1)	Sep 20	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.191	.168	.359	6						3B
69	1940	148 (3)	Sep 25	LAD		SDP	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.190	.167	.357	6	4.01	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.43	PR 3B
70	1941	152 (3)	Sep 30	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.190	.167	.357	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 3B
71	1942	155 (2)	Oct 4	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.190	.167	.357	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 3B
							43-28		152	132	16	17	3	1	0	4	10	0	18	0	10	0	1	3	1	1	.129	.190	.167	.357		1.28	-2.175	2.01	-2.32%	-17.15

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