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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
2	2	Apr 8	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	1	SS
3	3	Apr 9	LAD		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
4	4	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	LAD		SDP	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
9	9	Apr 15	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 16	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-12	GS	32	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
12	12	Apr 19	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	LAD	@	MON	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	56	15.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
15	15	Apr 25	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
16	16	Apr 26	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
19	19	Apr 29	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	3	SS
20	20	Apr 30	LAD		MON	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	LAD		MON	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
22	22	May 2	LAD		MON	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
23	23	May 3	LAD		MON	W,15-1	GS	23	6.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
24	24	May 5	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
25	25	May 6	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 7	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	43	12.0	2	10	0	12	2	SS
28	28	May 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-4	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
29	29	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
30	30	May 12	LAD		HOU	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
31	31	May 13	LAD		HOU	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	32	May 14	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	33	May 15	LAD		SFG	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
34	34	May 16	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
35	35	May 17	LAD		SFG	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	9	2	11	0	SS
36	36	May 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
37	38 (1)	May 20	LAD	@	SDP	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
38	39	May 21	LAD		ATL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	10	0	11	1	SS
39	40	May 22	LAD		ATL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
40	41	May 23	LAD		ATL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
41	42	May 24	LAD		ATL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
42	43	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,19-3	GS	32	7.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
43	44	May 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
44	45	May 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
45	46	May 29	LAD	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
46	47	May 30	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
47	48	May 31	LAD	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	48	11.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	49	Jun 1	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	50	Jun 3	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	49	10.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
50	51	Jun 4	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
51	52	Jun 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	54	11.2	4	7	0	11	2	SS
53	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
54	55	Jun 9	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
55	56	Jun 10	LAD		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	57	Jun 11	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	58	Jun 12	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
58	59	Jun 13	LAD		CHC	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	60	Jun 14	LAD		CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
60	61	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
61	62	Jun 16	LAD		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	63	Jun 17	LAD		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
63	64	Jun 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
64	65	Jun 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
65	66	Jun 21 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-3	GS	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
66	67	Jun 21 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	88 (20)	Jul 17	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
68	92 (3)	Jul 20	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	93	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
70	94	Jul 22	LAD		MON	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
71	98 (3)	Jul 27	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	99	Jul 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
73	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
74	101	Jul 31	LAD	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	102	Aug 1 (1)	LAD	@	MON	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
76	103	Aug 1 (2)	LAD	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
77	104	Aug 2	LAD	@	MON	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	105	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	106	Aug 4	LAD		SFG	L,4-11	GS	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
80	109 (2)	Aug 7	LAD		CIN	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
81	110	Aug 8	LAD		CIN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
82	111	Aug 9 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
83	112	Aug 9 (2)	LAD		CIN	W,13-3	GS	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
84	113	Aug 11	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS 3B
85	114	Aug 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
86	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	CHC	W,13-9	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
87	116	Aug 15 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
88	117	Aug 15 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS	23	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	118	Aug 16	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
90	119	Aug 17	LAD	@	STL	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
91	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
92	121	Aug 19	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
93	122	Aug 21	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
94	123	Aug 22	LAD		PIT	L,1-2	CG	61	16.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	124	Aug 23	LAD		PIT	L,0-11	GS	38	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
96	125	Aug 24	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
97	126	Aug 25	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
98	127	Aug 26	LAD		CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
99	128	Aug 28	LAD		STL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
100	129	Aug 29	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
101	130	Aug 30	LAD		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	131	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
103	135 (3)	Sep 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
104	136	Sep 5	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
105	137	Sep 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	10	0	11	0	SS
106	138	Sep 7 (1)	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
107	139	Sep 7 (2)	LAD		ATL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
108	140	Sep 8	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
109	141	Sep 9	LAD		CIN	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
110	142	Sep 10	LAD		CIN	L,4-13	GS	37	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	143	Sep 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
112	144	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
113	145	Sep 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	42	10.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
114	146	Sep 14	LAD		SDP	W,12-4	GS	27	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
115	147	Sep 15	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B SS
116	149 (1)	Sep 17	LAD		HOU	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
117	150	Sep 18	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
118	151	Sep 19	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	SS
119	152	Sep 20	LAD		HOU	W,7-6	CG	57	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
120	153	Sep 21	LAD		SFG	L,0-7	GS	37	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
121	154	Sep 22	LAD		SFG	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
122	155	Sep 23	LAD		SFG	L,10-14	CG	51	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
123	156	Sep 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
124	157	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
125	158	Sep 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
126	159	Sep 29	LAD	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	160	Sep 30	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
128	161	Oct 1	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-4	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							130gm		1082.0	171	397	24	592	58