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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
2	2	Apr 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 9	LAD		SDP	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	W,9-2	GS	27	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
6	6	Apr 11	LAD		SDP	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 12	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
8	8	Apr 13	LAD		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 14	LAD		STL	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
11	11	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
12	12	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	GS	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS 3B
13	14 (1)	Apr 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
14	15	Apr 20	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
15	16	Apr 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-2	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
16	17	Apr 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	18	Apr 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
18	19	Apr 25 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
19	21 (1)	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
20	22	Apr 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
21	23	Apr 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
22	24	Apr 30	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-7	GS	32	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	25	May 1	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
24	26	May 2	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
25	27	May 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
26	28	May 5	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
27	29	May 6	LAD		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
28	30	May 7	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
29	31	May 8	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	32	May 9	LAD		PIT	L,5-11	CG	41	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
31	34 (1)	May 12	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
32	35	May 14	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
33	36	May 15	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	37	May 16	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
35	38	May 18	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	41	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS 3B
36	39	May 19	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
37	41 (1)	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
38	42	May 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
39	43	May 23	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
40	44	May 25	LAD		SFG	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
41	45	May 26	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
42	46	May 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
43	47	May 28	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
44	48	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
45	49	May 30	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
46	50	May 31	LAD		MON	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	51	Jun 1	LAD		MON	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	52	Jun 2	LAD		MON	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
49	53	Jun 4	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
50	54	Jun 5	LAD		NYM	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
51	55	Jun 6	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
52	56	Jun 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
53	57	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	58	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
55	59	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,12-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
56	60	Jun 12	LAD	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
57	61	Jun 13	LAD	@	MON	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
58	62	Jun 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
59	63	Jun 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS	32	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	3B SS
60	64	Jun 16	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
61	65	Jun 18	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
62	66	Jun 19	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
63	67	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
64	70 (2)	Jun 23	LAD		STL	L,1-3	CG	42	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
65	71	Jun 24	LAD		STL	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
66	72	Jun 25	LAD		SDP	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
67	73	Jun 26 (1)	LAD		SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
68	74	Jun 26 (2)	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
69	75	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
70	76	Jun 28	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
71	78 (1)	Jun 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	79	Jul 1	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
73	80	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
74	81	Jul 3	LAD	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
75	82	Jul 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,14-4	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
76	83	Jul 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	84	Jul 6	LAD		CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
78	85	Jul 7 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	SS
79	88 (2)	Jul 9	LAD		SFG	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
80	89	Jul 10	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
81	90	Jul 11	LAD		SFG	W,11-3	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
82	91	Jul 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
83	92	Jul 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	4	2	8	0	SS
84	93	Jul 17	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-10	GS	35	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
85	94	Jul 18 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
86	96 (1)	Jul 19	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-4	GS	31	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
87	97	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
88	98	Jul 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	99	Jul 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
90	100	Jul 23	LAD		ATL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
91	101	Jul 24	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	49	13.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
92	103 (1)	Jul 27	LAD		PIT	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
93	104	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
94	105	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
95	106	Jul 30	LAD		CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
96	107	Jul 31	LAD		CIN	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	108	Aug 1	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	GS	41	11.0	4	8	0	12	2	3B SS
98	109	Aug 2	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
99	110	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-1	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
100	111	Aug 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
101	112	Aug 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
102	113	Aug 7	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	9	0	11	1	SS
103	114	Aug 8	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	1	9	3	SS
104	115	Aug 9	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
105	118 (2)	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GF	23	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 3B
106	121 (2)	Aug 15	LAD		MON	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	122	Aug 16	LAD		NYM	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
108	123	Aug 17	LAD		NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
109	124	Aug 18	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	CG	36	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
110	125	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
111	126	Aug 21	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
112	127	Aug 22	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
113	128	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
114	129	Aug 24	LAD	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
115	130	Aug 25	LAD	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
116	131	Aug 28 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
117	132	Aug 28 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	30	8.2	4	2	0	6	2	SS
118	134 (1)	Aug 30	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	136 (1)	Sep 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
120	137	Sep 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
121	138	Sep 3	LAD		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
122	139	Sep 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
123	140	Sep 5	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
124	141	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
125	142	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
126	143	Sep 8	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
127	144	Sep 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
128	145	Sep 10	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
129	146	Sep 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
130	147	Sep 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS	31	6.2	4	1	0	5	0	SS
131	148	Sep 14	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
132	149	Sep 15	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
133	150	Sep 16	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
134	151	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
135	152	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
136	153	Sep 19 (1)	LAD		ATL	W,12-0	GS	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
137	154	Sep 19 (2)	LAD		ATL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
138	155	Sep 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS	36	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
139	156	Sep 22	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
140	157	Sep 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
141	158	Sep 25	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
142	159	Sep 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
143	160	Sep 28	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
144	161	Sep 29	LAD		HOU	L,0-11	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
145	162	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
							148gm		1224.2	220	486	17	723	87