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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 TEX AL 24 2B 150 145 1310.1 828 321 492 15 89 .982 13.3 12.2 14.3 7.9 6.4 -1 5.58 5.42 .978 5.42 4.76 RoY-3
1977 TEX AL 24 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.05 RoY-3
1977 TEX AL 24 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 RoY-3
1977 TEX AL 24 DH 1 RoY-3
1978 TEX AL 25 2B 156 148 1336.1 893 350 526 17 84 .981 10.4 9.3 12.4 0.3 12.1 -2 5.90 5.62 .980 5.47 4.74
1979 TEX AL 26 2B 146 143 1269.0 825 337 468 20 95 .976 9.2 8.7 11.2 7.4 3.9 -2 5.71 5.51 .978 5.50 4.80
1980 TEX AL 27 2B 144 144 1269.1 826 340 473 13 112 .984 -8.2 -7.8 -9.2 -6.0 -3.3 1 5.76 5.65 .981 5.60 4.91
1981 TEX AL 28 2B 101 101 894.1 604 268 326 10 70 .983 2.3 3.1 5.3 1.2 4.2 -3 5.98 5.88 .982 5.54 4.93
1981 TEX AL 28 DH 1
1982 CHC NL 29 2B 103 100 832.1 515 199 297 19 45 .963 -13.7 -19.8 -10.7 -6.2 -4.5 -3 5.36 4.82 .978 5.42 4.75
6 Seasons 2B 800 781 6911.2 4491 1815 2582 94 495 .979 13.3 2.3 23.3 4.6 18.8 -10 5.73 5.50 .979 5.49 4.81
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.05
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80
6 Seasons TOT 803 781 6911.2 4491 1815 2582 94 495 .979 13.3 2.3 23.3 4.6 18.8 -10 5.73 5.48 .959 5.49 4.81

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 TEX AL 24 152 145 152 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1978 TEX AL 25 157 148 157 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1979 TEX AL 26 146 143 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1980 TEX AL 27 146 144 146 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1981 TEX AL 28 102 102 102 101 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1982 CHC NL 29 128 100 128 103 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2
6 Seasons 831 782 831 800 0 0 0 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 TEX AL 24 5634 51% 78% 28% 573 94% 0 322 95 153 74 492 421 60 1 6 15 0 14 1 15 90 25 13 33 4 79 37 42 7 5 2
1978 TEX AL 25 5761 52% 81% 29% 609 94% 4 349 115 151 83 519 433 65 4 15 17 2 9 6 8 84 22 14 28 5 74 34 39 7 3 3
1979 TEX AL 26 5550 55% 79% 29% 568 92% 5 334 111 156 67 469 390 61 0 10 20 2 13 5 12 95 26 14 36 3 83 39 43 9 3 6
1980 TEX AL 27 5725 52% 78% 26% 566 95% 3 341 137 131 74 472 380 72 0 10 14 1 10 3 11 112 30 20 41 7 101 49 50 10 6 2
1981 TEX AL 28 3826 57% 80% 32% 376 94% 0 264 76 125 63 327 279 39 0 9 10 1 8 1 8 70 25 14 13 6 60 19 41 7 5 2
1982 CHC NL 29 3764 50% 81% 28% 344 93% 0 195 45 80 70 307 274 27 0 6 19 1 17 1 17 45 12 11 14 0 41 15 24 3 1 2
6 Seasons 30260 53% 79% 28% 3036 94% 12 1805 579 796 431 2586 2177 324 5 56 95 7 71 17 71 496 140 86 165 25 438 193 239 43 23 17
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

* 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.

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