Maury Wills
Maurice Morning Wills
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC
High School: Cardozo (Washington, DC)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1959
Final Game: October 4, 1972
Relatives: Father of Bump 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
1959 LAD NL 26 SS 82 70 635.0 353 121 220 12 39 .966 1.0 1.9 1.0 -4.6 5.6 0 4.83 4.16 .966 5.11 4.53
1960 LAD NL 27 SS 145 141 1219.1 731 260 431 40 78 .945 -1.5 -1.5 -1.5 5.1 -6.7 0 5.10 4.77 .961 4.81 4.23 MVP-17
1961 LAD NL 28 SS 148 146 1305.1 710 253 428 29 104 .959 -2.7 -2.5 -2.7 -4.6 1.9 0 4.70 4.60 .959 4.92 4.28 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 LAD NL 29 SS 165 164 1444.1 824 295 493 36 86 .956 -2.4 -2.0 -0.4 -3.7 3.3 -2 4.91 4.78 .963 5.05 4.43 AS,MVP-1,GG
1963 LAD NL 30 SS 109 104 895.1 514 171 322 21 47 .959 -5.9 -7.9 -2.9 -3.9 1.0 -3 4.96 4.52 .961 4.83 4.22 AS,MVP-17
1963 LAD NL 30 3B 33 27 248.0 90 26 59 5 7 .944 -0.5 -2.4 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0 3.08 2.58 .941 2.93 2.54 AS,MVP-17
1964 LAD NL 31 SS 149 147 1311.2 722 273 422 27 77 .963 -4.3 -3.9 -2.3 1.1 -3.4 -2 4.77 4.66 .963 5.03 4.32
1964 LAD NL 31 3B 6 4 32.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.23 1.33 .938 2.92 2.60
1965 LAD NL 32 SS 155 154 1392.0 827 267 535 25 89 .970 11.0 9.5 13.0 3.0 10.0 -2 5.19 5.17 .964 4.92 4.20 AS,MVP-3
1966 LAD NL 33 SS 139 137 1221.0 703 227 453 23 79 .967 5.2 5.1 6.2 3.2 3.0 -1 5.01 4.89 .964 4.96 4.43 AS,MVP-21
1966 LAD NL 33 3B 4 4 30.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -52.0 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 3.30 2.75 .955 3.03 2.65 AS,MVP-21
1967 PIT NL 34 3B 144 142 1240.1 465 98 343 24 31 .948 1.3 1.3 3.3 2.0 1.3 -2 3.20 3.06 .950 2.96 2.75
1967 PIT NL 34 SS 2 1 23.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -62.6 -1.2 -0.3 -1.0 0 2.74 3.50 .957 5.01 4.30
1968 PIT NL 35 3B 141 140 1249.0 398 105 276 17 27 .957 -0.9 -0.9 -1.9 -1.5 -0.4 1 2.75 2.70 .954 2.93 2.72
1968 PIT NL 35 SS 10 9 88.1 43 10 32 1 5 .977 -1.7 -23.1 -1.7 -0.3 -1.4 0 4.28 4.20 .960 4.98 4.50
1969 TOT NL 36 SS 150 149 1319.1 764 240 496 28 92 .963 2.6 2.4 2.6 -0.7 3.3 0 5.02 4.91 .963 4.93 4.21 MVP-11
1969 MON NL 36 SS 46 46 402.1 222 72 139 11 31 .950 -2.9 -8.6 -2.9 -1.7 -1.2 0 4.72 4.59 .964 4.93 4.21
1969 MON NL 36 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60 MVP-11
1969 LAD NL 36 SS 104 103 917.0 542 168 357 17 61 .969 5.5 7.2 5.5 1.0 4.5 0 5.15 5.05 .963 4.93 4.21
1970 LAD NL 37 SS 126 124 1076.1 591 171 396 24 58 .959 0.1 0.1 2.1 2.7 -0.7 -2 4.74 4.50 .965 5.05 4.23
1970 LAD NL 37 3B 4 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -42.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 1.59 0.25 .900 2.86 2.58
1971 LAD NL 38 SS 144 139 1218.2 720 220 484 16 86 .978 2.1 2.1 3.1 -3.5 6.6 -1 5.20 4.89 .968 5.14 4.46 MVP-6
1971 LAD NL 38 3B 4 0 6.0 3 0 2 1 1 .667 -1.6 -320.0 -1.6 -0.1 -1.5 0 3.00 0.50 .967 2.85 2.33 MVP-6
1972 LAD NL 39 SS 31 27 250.0 129 38 89 2 18 .984 1.8 8.6 0.8 -0.1 0.9 1 4.57 4.10 .967 5.04 4.48
1972 LAD NL 39 3B 26 3 68.2 15 1 14 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -5.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 0 1.97 0.58 .940 2.87 2.55
14 Seasons SS 1555 1512 13399.2 7638 2550 4804 284 859 .963 4.1 0.4 16.1 -6.6 22.4 -12 4.94 4.73 .963 4.98 4.32
8 Seasons 3B 362 320 2880.0 991 236 708 47 69 .953 -3.5 -1.5 -2.5 -2.3 -0.1 -1 2.95 2.61 .951 2.94 2.69
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60
14 Seasons TOT 1918 1832 16281.2 8629 2786 5512 331 928 .962 0.4 0.0 13.4 -9.1 22.3 -13 4.59 4.33 .923 4.62 4.01
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

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
1959 LAD NL 26 83 70 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 6
1960 LAD NL 27 148 141 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 4
1961 LAD NL 28 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 LAD NL 29 165 164 165 165 0 0 0 0 0 165 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAD NL 30 134 131 134 134 0 0 0 0 33 109 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAD NL 31 158 151 158 158 0 0 0 0 6 149 0 0 0 0 4 1
1965 LAD NL 32 158 154 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 2 2
1966 LAD NL 33 143 141 143 143 0 0 0 0 4 139 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 PIT NL 34 149 143 149 149 0 0 0 0 144 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 PIT NL 35 153 149 153 153 0 0 0 0 141 10 0 0 0 0 3 0
1969 LAD NL 36 104 103 104 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 MON NL 36 47 46 47 47 0 0 0 1 0 46 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 LAD NL 37 132 124 132 132 0 0 0 0 4 126 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 LAD NL 38 149 139 149 149 0 0 0 0 4 144 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 LAD NL 39 71 30 71 71 0 0 0 0 26 31 0 0 0 0 11 9
14 Seasons 1942 1832 1942 1942 0 0 0 1 362 1555 0 0 0 0 41 22
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 -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1959 LAD NL 26 2772 61% 72% 27% 289 91% 1 119 62 48 9 230 169 50 0 5 12 0 8 4 11 39 14 1 10 4 3 36 16 17 2 2 0
1960 LAD NL 27 5269 62% 71% 29% 561 88% 7 254 120 109 25 430 335 73 2 7 40 2 27 11 34 79 21 5 28 7 7 69 26 43 6 2 2
1961 LAD NL 28 5759 65% 72% 28% 551 90% 5 255 116 117 23 425 304 101 2 14 29 4 15 10 21 105 39 16 24 6 4 93 57 35 5 1 3
1962 LAD NL 29 6339 64% 74% 29% 632 90% 10 291 129 125 37 498 362 108 6 15 36 3 21 12 28 89 30 10 27 9 2 80 40 38 7 5 2
1963 LAD NL 30 3824 66% 76% 32% 421 89% 2 169 85 69 15 320 230 72 2 2 21 1 13 7 16 47 17 4 14 4 1 44 21 21 3 2 1
1964 LAD NL 31 5547 66% 75% 29% 583 90% 7 269 131 109 29 425 326 80 3 6 27 1 22 4 21 76 31 15 12 5 6 73 47 23 1 1 0
1965 LAD NL 32 5839 71% 75% 28% 658 91% 4 266 118 113 36 537 427 94 1 6 25 1 24 0 24 89 27 7 31 9 4 81 34 46 7 3 4
1966 LAD NL 33 5082 70% 76% 28% 575 90% 8 226 103 102 21 456 359 83 4 4 23 2 18 3 16 81 30 13 25 6 1 77 43 32 3 0 3
1967 PIT NL 34 106 65% 83% 20% 9 100% 0 3 1 2 0 10 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 35 378 71% 77% 31% 34 85% 1 8 1 7 0 31 22 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 36 3932 66% 77% 29% 443 93% 6 167 76 69 22 361 259 84 0 6 17 0 13 4 13 61 32 7 11 2 1 53 39 14 7 3 4
1969 MON NL 36 1862 61% 76% 26% 168 91% 5 71 32 30 9 147 104 25 7 5 10 0 8 2 8 31 13 1 9 0 1 27 15 10 4 2 1
1970 LAD NL 37 4745 64% 78% 26% 493 90% 3 168 79 74 15 399 319 67 2 4 24 1 22 1 20 58 21 6 14 5 5 55 27 24 1 1 0
1971 LAD NL 38 5223 68% 79% 29% 596 92% 3 224 104 95 26 482 366 100 2 6 16 0 15 1 11 86 42 7 17 10 3 82 50 31 4 3 1
1972 LAD NL 39 1049 69% 77% 27% 106 93% 0 38 13 21 4 91 73 18 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 18 8 2 5 2 0 17 10 7 1 0 1
14 Seasons 57726 66% 75% 28% 6119 90% 62 2528 1170 1090 271 4842 3663 963 31 82 283 17 207 59 224 865 328 94 230 69 38 793 428 344 51 25 22
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1963 LAD NL 30 1031 69% 74% 32% 91 86% 1 25 20 3 2 61 45 12 3 2 5 0 5 0 5 7 3 2 5 2 2 0 4 50%
1964 LAD NL 31 143 54% 76% 27% 10 80% 0 2 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1966 LAD NL 33 141 77% 75% 22% 12 58% 0 4 2 0 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 34 5014 65% 78% 30% 394 91% 9 90 57 12 21 300 222 61 9 14 21 0 18 3 19 22 17 1 19 3 3 0 14 86%
1968 PIT NL 35 4585 62% 78% 30% 326 90% 1 89 68 9 12 232 190 31 2 10 15 0 13 2 13 21 15 1 19 2 1 1 19 79%
1970 LAD NL 37 26 58% 69% 19% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 38 28 54% 89% 36% 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 39 292 75% 80% 28% 17 88% 0 1 1 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 11260 64% 78% 30% 853 90% 11 211 150 24 37 621 476 111 14 26 42 0 37 5 38 53 37 4 45 7 6 1 39 74%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

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
1969 MON NL 36 12 58% 67% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 12 58% 67% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

* 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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