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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 12	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
3	3	Apr 13	LAD		PHI	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 14	LAD		PIT	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 15	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
6	6	Apr 16	LAD		PIT	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 17	LAD		STL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
8	8	Apr 18	LAD		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
9	9	Apr 19	LAD		STL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	8	1	12	2	SS
10	10	Apr 20	LAD		STL	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
11	11	Apr 21	LAD		CIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
12	12	Apr 22	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
13	13	Apr 23	LAD		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 25	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
15	15	Apr 26	LAD		SFG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 29	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
17	17	Apr 30 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	21 (3)	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	CG	50	9.1	2	3	0	5	1	SS
19	22	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	23	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
21	24	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
22	25	May 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
23	26	May 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	27	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
25	28	May 12	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	2	9	0	SS
26	29	May 13	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
27	30	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,8-10	CG	53	11.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
28	31	May 15	LAD		MLN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
29	32	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
30	33	May 17	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	49	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
31	34	May 19	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
32	35	May 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
33	36	May 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
34	37	May 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
35	38	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
36	39	May 24	LAD	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
37	40	May 25	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
38	41	May 26	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
39	42	May 27	LAD	@	MLN	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
40	43	May 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	44	May 29	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
42	45	May 30	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
43	46	May 31	LAD		CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 2	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	CG	44	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
45	48	Jun 3	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
46	49	Jun 4	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
47	50	Jun 5	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
48	51	Jun 6	LAD		PIT	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	9	1	11	2	SS
49	52	Jun 7	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
50	53	Jun 8	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
51	54	Jun 9	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
52	55	Jun 10	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
53	56	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
54	57	Jun 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
55	58	Jun 13	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
56	59	Jun 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
57	60	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,6-3	CG	53	12.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
58	61	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
59	64 (2)	Jun 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
60	65	Jun 21 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
61	66	Jun 21 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
62	67	Jun 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	68	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	2	SS
64	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
65	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
66	71	Jun 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
67	72	Jun 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	73	Jun 29	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
69	74	Jun 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	76	Jul 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
72	77	Jul 3	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
73	78	Jul 4	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
74	79	Jul 5	LAD		STL	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
75	80	Jul 6	LAD		STL	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
76	81	Jul 7 (1)	LAD		CIN	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
77	82	Jul 7 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
78	83	Jul 8	LAD		CIN	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
79	84	Jul 9	LAD		CIN	L,3-14	CG	51	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
80	85	Jul 13	LAD		PHI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
81	86	Jul 14	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	CG	52	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
82	88 (1)	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	W,12-11	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	89	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
84	90	Jul 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
85	91	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
86	92	Jul 21	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
87	93	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
88	94	Jul 23	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	95	Jul 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
90	96	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
91	97	Jul 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
92	98	Jul 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
93	99	Jul 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	SS
94	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	101	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	2	8	2	SS
96	102	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
97	103	Aug 4	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
98	104	Aug 5	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	CG	63	13.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
99	105	Aug 6	LAD		CHC	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	106	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
101	107	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
102	108	Aug 12	LAD		STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
103	109	Aug 13	LAD		STL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
104	110	Aug 14	LAD		STL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
105	111	Aug 15	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
106	112	Aug 16 (1)	LAD		CIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
107	113	Aug 16 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
108	114	Aug 18	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
109	115	Aug 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	7	0	11	3	SS
110	116	Aug 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
111	117	Aug 22	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
112	118	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
113	119	Aug 24	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	46	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
114	120	Aug 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
115	121	Aug 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
116	122	Aug 27 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
117	123	Aug 27 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	124	Aug 29	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
119	125	Aug 30	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
120	126	Aug 31	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	127	Sep 1	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
122	128	Sep 2	LAD	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
123	129	Sep 3	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
124	130	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
125	131	Sep 5	LAD		SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	2	9	0	SS
126	132	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
127	133	Sep 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
128	134	Sep 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
129	135	Sep 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
130	136	Sep 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
131	137	Sep 12	LAD		PHI	L,10-19	GS	42	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
132	138	Sep 13	LAD		PIT	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
133	139	Sep 14	LAD		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
134	140	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
135	141	Sep 16	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
136	142	Sep 17	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
137	143	Sep 18	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
138	144	Sep 19	LAD		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
139	145	Sep 20	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	50	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
140	146	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
141	147	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
142	148	Sep 24	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
143	149	Sep 26 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
144	150	Sep 26 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
145	151	Sep 27	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
146	152	Sep 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
147	153	Sep 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	19	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
148	154	Oct 1	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
							148gm		1305.1	253	428	29	710	104