Bump Wills
Elliott Taylor Wills
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 177 lb.

Born: July 27, 1952 in Washington, DC
High School: Central Valley (Spokane Valley, WA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Final Game: October 3, 1982
Relatives: Son of Maury Wills
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Standard Batting

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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 88 190 12 4 14 3 4 *4
1980 27 TEX AL 146 655 578 102 152 31 5 5 58 34 9 51 71 .263 .322 .360 .682 90 208 8 3 15 8 1 *4
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 Seasons 831 3439 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. 162 670 591 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 2962 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 2962 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

Advanced Batting

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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 0.9 .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 4.2 101 .296 .273 .269 .340 .333 .350 .407 .690 .740 88 .445 -8.1 -0.8 .648 .219 .077 8.8
1980 27 TEX AL 655 466 73 4.2 96 .288 .263 .266 .322 .327 .360 .394 .682 .721 90 .461 -6.7 -0.7 .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 .720 102 .581 2.1 0.2 .734 .274 .105 10.2
6 Seasons 3439 2423 391 4.3 96 .299 .266 .264 .335 .328 .360 .392 .695 .719 94 .486 -17.8 -1.8 .662 .239 .094 60.8
162 Game Avg. 670 472 76 4.3 96 .299 .266 .264 .335 .328 .360 .392 .695 .719 94 .486 -17.8 -1.8 .662 .239 .094 12
TEX (5 yrs) 2962 2097 330 4.2 96 .296 .265 .263 .333 .327 .357 .392 .690 .719 93 .471 -19.8 -2.0 .650 .234 .092 50.6
CHC (1 yr) 477 326 61 5.1 96 .316 .272 .268 .347 .331 .377 .389 .724 .720 102 .582 2.1 0.2 .734 .274 .105 10.2
AL (5 yrs) 2962 2097 330 4.2 96 .296 .265 .263 .333 .327 .357 .392 .690 .719 93 .471 -19.8 -2.0 .650 .234 .092 50.6
NL (1 yr) 477 326 61 5.1 96 .316 .272 .268 .347 .331 .377 .389 .724 .720 102 .582 2.1 0.2 .734 .274 .105 10.2

Ratio Batting*

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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 655 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 Seasons 3439 1.1% 12.8% 9.0% 5.5% 23% 1.42 6.9 84.2 10.0 1.32 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 6 3 6 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 Seasons 35 1 40% 1234 196 65 75% 178 54 16 8 2 3 37 14 42 92 61% 196 98 94 39 16 22 143 27 113
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 2.89 9 0 11 6 3 4 5 1 10 7 70% 110 10 9% 56 27 48% 393 55 14% 34 18 53% 46 19 41% 0
1978 25 TEX AL 619 100% 135 3 0 0 0 0.64 9 0 10 8 1 4 5 0 9 9 100% 93 11 12% 55 17 31% 340 48 14% 28 13 46% 50 20 40% 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% 39 14 36% 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% 50 21 42% 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% 25 11 44% 0
1982 29 CHC NL 477 100% 114 21 6 1 2 1.48 6 0 7 3 3 3 3 0 2 2 100% 52 4 8% 29 8 28% 230 33 14% 20 12 60% 27 5 19% 0
6 Seasons 3440 100% 807 27 7 1 2 1.48 36 1 60 22 14 17 19 3 65 53 82% 579 53 9% 332 139 42% 1944 278 14% 164 93 57% 237 90 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 2508 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 2962 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 3439 3030 472 807 128 24 36 302 196 65 310 441 .266 .335 .360 .695 94 1091 53 17 53 29 20

Neutralized Batting

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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 24 152 617 546 90 160 29 6 9 64 29 67 96 .293 .368 .418 .785 85 152
1978 25 157 637 557 87 153 19 5 10 64 59 71 91 .275 .359 .381 .740 76 157
1979 26 147 616 553 92 156 22 3 5 47 37 56 58 .282 .351 .360 .711 69 146
1980 27 146 659 592 110 166 34 5 5 62 37 56 71 .280 .341 .380 .721 78 146
1981 28 154 706 641 95 176 22 3 3 76 21 55 74 .275 .330 .332 .662 71 102
1982 29 128 494 432 68 127 20 4 7 41 39 51 76 .294 .372 .407 .780 65 128
6 Seasons 884 3729 3321 542 938 146 26 39 354 222 356 466 .282 .352 .377 .730 444 831
162 Game Avg. 162 683 609 99 172 27 5 7 65 41 65 85 .282 .352 .377 .730 81 831

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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