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Bump Wills

Elliott Taylor Wills

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: July 27, 1952 in Washington, DC
High School: Central Valley HS (Spokane Valley, WA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs 1977-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
Relatives: Son of Maury Wills
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 24 TEX AL 152 617 541 87 155 28 6 9 62 28 12 65 96 .287 .361 .410 .771 110 222 10 0 7 4 7 *4/63D RoY-3
1978 25 TEX AL 157 619 539 78 135 17 4 9 57 52 14 63 91 .250 .331 .347 .678 92 187 11 4 9 4 3 *4
1979 26 TEX AL 146 617 543 90 148 21 3 5 46 35 11 53 58 .273 .340 .350 .690 89 190 12 4 14 3 4 *4
1980 27 TEX AL 146 656 578 102 152 31 5 5 58 34 9 51 71 .263 .322 .360 .682 90 208 8 3 15 8 1 *4/D
1981 28 TEX AL 102 454 410 51 103 13 2 2 41 12 9 32 49 .251 .304 .307 .611 82 126 8 1 6 5 2 *4/D
1982 29 CHC NL 128 477 419 64 114 18 4 6 38 35 10 46 76 .272 .347 .377 .724 102 158 4 5 2 5 3 4
6 Yrs 831 3440 3030 472 807 128 24 36 302 196 65 310 441 .266 .335 .360 .695 94 1091 53 17 53 29 20
162 Game Avg. 162 671 591 92 157 25 5 7 59 38 13 60 86 .266 .335 .360 .695 94 213 10 3 10 6 4
TEX (5 yrs) 703 2963 2611 408 693 110 20 30 264 161 55 264 365 .265 .333 .357 .690 93 933 49 12 51 24 17
CHC (1 yr) 128 477 419 64 114 18 4 6 38 35 10 46 76 .272 .347 .377 .724 102 158 4 5 2 5 3
AL (5 yrs) 703 2963 2611 408 693 110 20 30 264 161 55 264 365 .265 .333 .357 .690 93 933 49 12 51 24 17
NL (1 yr) 128 477 419 64 114 18 4 6 38 35 10 46 76 .272 .347 .377 .724 102 158 4 5 2 5 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 24 TEX AL 152 617 9 3 0 13 4 29 3.3 20 49 5.0 .520 .519 3.7 1.9 36 $19,000 *4/63D RoY-3
1978 25 TEX AL 157 619 -10 6 0 10 4 11 1.4 20 31 3.2 .508 .507 2.1 1.7 21 $ *4
1979 26 TEX AL 146 617 -7 5 0 9 4 11 1.3 20 31 3.1 .507 .507 2.2 1.4 22 $ *4
1980 27 TEX AL 146 656 -6 5 5 -8 4 0 0.3 20 20 2.1 .500 .500 2.9 -0.3 28 $ *4/D
1981 28 TEX AL 102 454 -10 1 1 2 3 -3 -0.3 14 10 1.0 .496 .498 0.8 0.6 8 $ *4/D
1982 29 CHC NL 128 477 2 2 -0 -14 2 -8 -0.7 15 7 0.7 .493 .495 2.1 -1.1 21 $355,000 4
6 Seasons 831 3440 -22 23 6 13 20 40 5.2 108 149 15.1 .505 .504 13.8 4.3 135 $374,000
TEX (5 yrs) 703 2963 -24 21 6 27 18 48 5.9 94 142 14.4 .507 .506 11.7 5.4 115 $19,000
CHC (1 yr) 128 477 2 2 -0 -14 2 -8 -0.7 15 7 0.7 .493 .495 2.1 -1.1 21 $355,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1977 24 TEX AL 617 419 83 5.3 101 .332 .287 .267 .361 .332 .410 .407 .771 .738 110 .561 8.7 0.8 .743 .274 .124 13.6
1978 25 TEX AL 619 442 68 4.1 94 .284 .250 .261 .331 .326 .347 .385 .678 .711 92 .477 -5.1 -0.5 .681 .284 .096 15.3
1979 26 TEX AL 617 435 68 4.2 100 .296 .273 .267 .340 .332 .350 .405 .690 .736 89 .444 -7.3 -0.7 .648 .219 .077 8.8
1980 27 TEX AL 656 466 73 4.2 95 .288 .263 .264 .322 .326 .360 .392 .682 .718 90 .461 -5.8 -0.6 .648 .228 .097 8.7
1981 28 TEX AL 454 335 38 3.0 84 .277 .251 .249 .304 .313 .307 .362 .611 .675 82 .368 -8.7 -0.9 .500 .141 .056 3.4
1982 29 CHC NL 477 326 61 5.1 96 .316 .272 .268 .347 .331 .377 .389 .724 .721 102 .582 2.1 0.2 .734 .274 .105 10.2
6 Yrs 3440 2423 391 4.3 95 .299 .266 .263 .335 .327 .360 .391 .695 .718 94 .486 -16.2 -1.7 .662 .239 .094 60.8
162 Game Avg. 671 472 76 4.3 95 .299 .266 .263 .335 .327 .360 .391 .695 .718 94 .486 -16.2 -1.7 .662 .239 .094 12
TEX (5 yrs) 2963 2097 330 4.2 95 .296 .265 .263 .333 .326 .357 .392 .690 .718 93 .471 -18.3 -1.9 .650 .234 .092 50.6
CHC (1 yr) 477 326 61 5.1 96 .316 .272 .268 .347 .331 .377 .389 .724 .721 102 .582 2.1 0.2 .734 .274 .105 10.2
AL (5 yrs) 2963 2097 330 4.2 95 .296 .265 .263 .333 .326 .357 .392 .690 .718 93 .471 -18.3 -1.9 .650 .234 .092 50.6
NL (1 yr) 477 326 61 5.1 96 .316 .272 .268 .347 .331 .377 .389 .724 .721 102 .582 2.1 0.2 .734 .274 .105 10.2

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1977 24 TEX AL 617 1.5% 15.6% 10.5% 7.0% 28% 1.48 5.6 60.1 8.7 1.23 71%
1978 25 TEX AL 619 1.5% 14.7% 10.2% 4.9% 22% 1.44 5.9 59.9 9.5 1.23 72%
1979 26 TEX AL 617 0.8% 9.4% 8.6% 4.7% 20% 1.09 9.4 108.6 11.8 1.46 78%
1980 27 TEX AL 656 0.8% 10.8% 7.8% 6.3% 27% 1.39 8.1 115.6 10.0 1.55 78%
1981 28 TEX AL 454 0.4% 10.8% 7.1% 3.7% 17% 1.53 8.4 205.0 10.0 1.29 80%
1982 29 CHC NL 477 1.3% 15.9% 9.6% 5.9% 25% 1.65 5.5 69.8 11.0 1.10 72%
6 Yrs 3440 1.1% 12.8% 9.0% 5.5% 23% 1.42 6.9 84.2 10.0 1.32 75%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.8% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.53 7.0 44.4 8.5 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 24 TEX AL 8.7 0.8 665 2.1 13.0 -10.9 1.09 1.1 0.8 11.8 1.1 0.98 12.9 2.87 2
1978 25 TEX AL -5.1 -0.5 691 -0.8 10.1 -10.9 1.00 -0.7 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.94 -6.2 0.57 3
1979 26 TEX AL -8.1 -0.8 677 -0.6 10.3 -10.9 1.00 -0.6 0.0 -2.3 -0.2 0.95 -8.2 1.20 1
1980 27 TEX AL -6.7 -0.7 713 -0.9 10.9 -11.7 1.03 -0.5 -0.4 -1.9 -0.2 0.97 -6.3 0
1981 28 TEX AL -8.7 -0.9 481 0.4 7.7 -7.3 .98 -1.0 1.5 -6.0 -0.6 0.99 -9.7 0
1982 29 CHC NL 2.1 0.2 530 0.1 8.1 -8.1 1.02 0.3 -0.2 10.8 1.1 0.95 5.1 1.42 21
6 Yrs -17.8 -1.8 3757 0.3 60.0 -59.7 1.02 -1.4 1.7 10.1 0.9 0.96 -12.2 1.42 27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 24 TEX AL 10 0 37% 235 28 12 70% 24 7 3 3 1 2 2 0 7 14 62% 38 16 21 11 4 6 24 5 18
1978 25 TEX AL 1 0 36% 206 52 14 79% 49 12 3 2 0 0 5 3 7 16 66% 29 15 14 4 1 3 22 3 19
1979 26 TEX AL 7 0 43% 224 35 11 76% 30 9 4 2 1 0 10 3 7 20 61% 36 18 16 5 1 4 33 8 25
1980 27 TEX AL 9 1 48% 237 34 9 79% 32 7 2 1 0 1 12 3 6 14 65% 34 20 14 8 1 7 33 4 28
1981 28 TEX AL 3 0 37% 165 12 9 57% 12 9 0 0 0 0 3 2 8 11 58% 27 12 15 7 6 1 16 3 13
1982 29 CHC NL 5 0 37% 167 35 10 78% 31 10 4 0 0 0 4 3 8 17 49% 32 17 14 4 3 1 15 4 10
6 Yrs 35 1 40% 1234 196 65 75% 178 54 16 8 2 3 36 14 43 92 61% 196 98 94 39 16 22 143 27 113

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 24 TEX AL 617 100% 155 2 0 0 0 2.87 9 0 11 6 3 4 5 1 10 7 70% 110 10 9% 56 27 48% 393 55 14% 34 18 53% 26 17 65% 0
1978 25 TEX AL 619 100% 135 3 0 0 0 0.57 9 0 10 8 1 4 5 0 9 9 100% 93 11 12% 55 17 31% 340 48 14% 28 13 46% 25 11 44% 0
1979 26 TEX AL 617 100% 148 1 1 0 0 1.20 5 0 9 0 5 2 3 1 19 14 74% 100 12 12% 56 25 45% 334 42 13% 23 13 57% 22 12 55% 0
1980 27 TEX AL 656 100% 152 0 0 0 0 5 1 15 4 1 2 3 1 19 15 79% 141 8 6% 95 43 45% 391 60 15% 37 21 57% 39 22 56% 0
1981 28 TEX AL 454 100% 103 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 1 2 0 0 6 6 100% 83 8 10% 41 19 46% 256 40 16% 22 16 73% 18 11 61% 0
1982 29 CHC NL 477 100% 114 21 6 1 2 1.42 6 0 7 3 3 3 3 0 2 2 100% 52 4 8% 29 8 28% 230 33 14% 20 12 60% 9 2 22% 0
6 Yrs 3440 100% 807 27 7 1 2 1.42 36 1 60 22 14 17 19 3 65 53 82% 579 53 9% 332 139 42% 1944 278 14% 164 93 57% 139 75 54% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 36% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 24 152 617 541 87 155 28 6 9 62 28 12 65 96 .287 .361 .410 .771 110 222 10 0 7 4 7
1978 25 309 1236 1080 165 290 45 10 18 119 80 26 128 187 .269 .346 .379 .725 101 409 21 4 16 8 10
1979 26 455 1853 1623 255 438 66 13 23 165 115 37 181 245 .270 .344 .369 .713 97 599 33 8 30 11 14
1980 27 601 2509 2201 357 590 97 18 28 223 149 46 232 316 .268 .338 .367 .705 95 807 41 11 45 19 15
1981 28 703 2963 2611 408 693 110 20 30 264 161 55 264 365 .265 .333 .357 .690 93 933 49 12 51 24 17
1982 29 831 3440 3030 472 807 128 24 36 302 196 65 310 441 .266 .335 .360 .695 94 1091 53 17 53 29 20

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 24 152 621 544 90 158 29 6 9 64 29 66 96 .290 .365 .415 .780 83 152
1978 25 157 634 549 88 145 18 4 10 64 56 68 91 .264 .347 .366 .713 69 157
1979 26 147 624 549 93 152 22 3 5 48 36 54 58 .277 .344 .355 .699 66 146
1980 27 146 666 586 111 160 33 5 5 63 36 54 71 .273 .333 .372 .705 73 146
1981 28 154 715 641 94 176 22 3 3 76 21 55 74 .275 .330 .332 .662 71 102
1982 29 128 484 424 68 119 19 4 6 41 37 48 76 .281 .357 .387 .744 58 128
6 Yrs 884 3744 3293 544 910 143 25 38 356 215 345 466 .276 .345 .370 .715 420 831
162 Game Avg. 162 686 603 100 167 26 5 7 65 39 63 85 .276 .345 .370 .715 77 831

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1977 AL  1.9 (8th)
1978 AL  1.7 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL  157 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1981 AL  410 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1981 AL  454 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1980 AL  102 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1977 AL  28 (7th)
1978 AL  52 (3rd)
1979 AL  35 (5th)
1980 AL  34 (6th)
1982 NL  35 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  14 (6th)
1980 AL  15 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 AL  14 (6th)
1981 AL  9 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
Career  75.10 (157th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1978 AL  15.3 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1981 AL  335 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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