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Maury Wills

Maurice Morning Wills

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC
High School: Cardozo HS (Washington, DC)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1959 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Expos 1959-1972
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1972 (Age 40)
Relatives: Father of Bump Wills
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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 18, 2013 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #157. Nomar Garciaparra… #158. Bobby Bonds… #159. Max Carey… #160. MAURY WILLS… #161. Bobby Abreu… #162. Dale Murphy… #163. Mark Teixeira… 

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
1959 26 LAD NL 83 258 242 27 63 5 2 0 7 7 3 13 27 .260 .298 .298 .596 55 72 3 0 3 0 5 6
1960 27 LAD NL 148 559 516 75 152 15 2 0 27 50 12 35 47 .295 .342 .331 .673 81 171 11 3 3 2 8 *6 MVP-17
1961 28 LAD NL 148 687 613 105 173 12 10 1 31 35 15 59 50 .282 .346 .339 .685 78 208 6 1 13 1 2 *6 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 29 LAD NL 165 759 695 130 208 13 10 6 48 104 13 51 57 .299 .347 .373 .720 99 259 7 2 7 4 1 *6 AS,MVP-1,GG
1963 30 LAD NL 134 580 527 83 159 19 3 0 34 40 19 44 48 .302 .355 .349 .704 112 184 3 1 5 3 0 *65 AS,MVP-17
1964 31 LAD NL 158 685 630 81 173 15 5 2 34 53 17 41 73 .275 .318 .324 .641 87 204 6 0 11 3 0 *6/5
1965 32 LAD NL 158 711 650 92 186 14 7 0 33 94 31 40 64 .286 .330 .329 .660 93 214 6 4 14 2 2 *6 AS,MVP-3
1966 33 LAD NL 143 643 594 60 162 14 2 1 39 38 24 34 60 .273 .314 .308 .622 81 183 6 2 13 0 0 *6/5 AS,MVP-21
1967 34 PIT NL 149 665 616 92 186 12 9 3 45 29 10 31 44 .302 .334 .365 .700 101 225 6 1 12 4 1 *5/6
1968 35 PIT NL 153 685 627 76 174 12 6 0 31 52 21 45 57 .278 .326 .316 .642 96 198 10 1 11 1 1 *56
1969 36 TOT NL 151 690 623 80 171 10 8 4 47 40 21 59 61 .274 .337 .335 .673 94 209 7 1 5 2 2 *6/4 MVP-11
1969 36 MON NL 47 211 189 23 42 3 0 0 8 15 6 20 21 .222 .295 .238 .533 51 45 3 0 1 1 0 6/4
1969 36 LAD NL 104 479 434 57 129 7 8 4 39 25 15 39 40 .297 .356 .378 .734 113 164 4 1 4 1 2 6
1970 37 LAD NL 132 578 522 77 141 19 3 0 34 28 13 50 34 .270 .333 .318 .651 80 166 10 0 5 1 2 *6/5
1971 38 LAD NL 149 654 601 73 169 14 3 3 44 15 8 40 44 .281 .323 .329 .652 91 198 8 0 7 6 2 *6/5 MVP-6
1972 39 LAD NL 71 152 132 16 17 3 1 0 4 1 1 10 18 .129 .190 .167 .357 3 22 3 0 10 0 0 65
14 Yrs 1942 8306 7588 1067 2134 177 71 20 458 586 208 552 684 .281 .330 .331 .661 88 2513 92 16 119 29 26
162 Game Avg. 162 693 633 89 178 15 6 2 38 49 17 46 57 .281 .330 .331 .661 88 210 8 1 10 2 2
LAD (12 yrs) 1593 6745 6156 876 1732 150 56 17 374 490 171 456 562 .281 .331 .332 .663 87 2045 73 14 95 23 24
PIT (2 yrs) 302 1350 1243 168 360 24 15 3 76 81 31 76 101 .290 .330 .340 .671 98 423 16 2 23 5 2
MON (1 yr) 47 211 189 23 42 3 0 0 8 15 6 20 21 .222 .295 .238 .533 51 45 3 0 1 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1959 26 LAD NL 83 258 -17 -1 2 1 4 -11 -1.2 10 -2 -0.2 .485 .493 -0.3 0.6 -3 6
1960 27 LAD NL 148 559 -11 9 0 -2 8 4 0.4 21 25 2.6 .503 .503 2.8 0.7 27 $12,000 *6 MVP-17
1961 28 LAD NL 148 687 -14 3 2 -3 9 -2 -0.2 24 22 2.2 .498 .499 2.5 0.6 25 *6 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 29 LAD NL 165 759 4 19 3 -2 10 33 3.4 26 60 6.1 .521 .521 6.2 0.9 62 $35,000 *6 AS,MVP-1,GG
1963 30 LAD NL 134 580 5 4 1 -6 7 11 1.4 21 32 3.6 .510 .508 4.3 0.2 39 $45,000 *65 AS,MVP-17
1964 31 LAD NL 158 685 -10 6 2 -4 9 3 0.5 25 28 3.0 .502 .502 3.3 0.7 32 $50,000 *6/5
1965 32 LAD NL 158 711 -5 6 2 11 9 24 2.7 25 49 5.2 .517 .516 4.0 2.3 38 $50,000 *6 AS,MVP-3
1966 33 LAD NL 143 643 -13 -2 2 4 9 0 0.1 22 22 2.3 .500 .500 1.7 1.5 18 $85,000 *6/5 AS,MVP-21
1967 34 PIT NL 149 665 6 5 2 0 3 16 2.0 22 39 4.3 .512 .511 4.1 0.5 39 $75,000 *5/6
1968 35 PIT NL 153 685 3 3 1 -3 4 7 1.2 22 29 3.5 .506 .506 3.5 0.3 32 *56
1969 36 MON NL 47 211 -11 2 1 -3 3 -8 -0.8 7 -1 -0.1 .481 .495 0.2 -0.0 2 6/4 MVP-11
1969 36 LAD NL 104 479 8 1 1 6 6 22 2.5 15 37 4.1 .524 .515 3.3 1.4 32 6 MVP-11
1970 37 LAD NL 132 578 -10 0 1 -0 7 -2 -0.1 19 18 1.8 .498 .499 1.7 0.8 18 *6/5
1971 38 LAD NL 149 654 -8 0 0 0 8 2 0.3 21 23 2.5 .501 .501 2.3 1.1 23 $92,000 *6/5 MVP-6
1972 39 LAD NL 71 152 -17 -0 -0 2 2 -13 -1.5 5 -8 -1.1 .478 .490 -1.3 0.5 -10 $100,000 65
14 Seasons 1942 8306 -90 55 21 0 100 86 10.7 286 372 39.8 .505 .505 38.4 12.0 372 $544,000
LAD (12 yrs) 1593 6745 -89 44 18 6 91 70 8.3 235 305 32.1 .505 .505 30.6 11.2 299 $469,000
PIT (2 yrs) 302 1350 9 8 3 -2 7 24 3.3 44 68 7.8 .509 .509 7.6 0.8 70 $75,000
MON (1 yr) 47 211 -11 2 1 -3 3 -8 -0.8 7 -1 -0.1 .481 .495 0.2 -0.0 2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 26 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 20 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 5 0 0 0 0 0
1963 30 LAD NL WS NYY W 4 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .133 .188 .133 .321 2 0 0 0 0 0
1965 32 LAD NL WS MIN W 7 31 30 3 11 3 0 0 3 3 2 1 3 .367 .387 .467 .854 14 0 0 0 0 0
1966 33 LAD NL WS BAL L 4 17 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .077 .250 .077 .327 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 21 84 78 6 19 3 0 0 4 6 2 5 12 .244 .289 .282 .571 22 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 21 84 78 6 19 3 0 0 4 6 2 5 12 .244 .289 .282 .571 22 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 LAD NL 26 SS 82 70 57 635.0 353 121 220 12 39 .966 1 2 4.83 4.16 .966 5.11 5.06
1960 LAD NL 27 SS 145 141 119 1219.1 731 260 431 40 78 .945 -2 -1 5.10 4.77 .960 4.81 4.80 MVP-17
1961 LAD NL 28 SS 148 146 144 1305.1 710 253 428 29 104 .959 -3 -2 4.70 4.60 .959 4.92 4.87 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 LAD NL 29 SS 165 164 152 1444.1 824 295 493 36 86 .956 -2 -2 4.91 4.78 .963 5.05 5.01 AS,MVP-1,GG
1963 LAD NL 30 SS 109 104 82 895.1 514 171 322 21 47 .959 -6 -8 4.96 4.52 .961 4.83 4.82 AS,MVP-17
1963 LAD NL 30 3B 33 27 22 248.0 90 26 59 5 7 .944 -0 -2 3.08 2.58 .941 2.93 2.92 AS,MVP-17
1964 LAD NL 31 SS 149 147 138 1311.2 722 273 422 27 77 .963 -4 -4 4.77 4.66 .963 5.03 5.00
1964 LAD NL 31 3B 6 4 3 32.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.23 1.33 .941 2.92 2.92
1965 LAD NL 32 SS 155 154 150 1392.0 827 267 535 25 89 .970 11 9 5.19 5.17 .964 4.92 4.93 AS,MVP-3
1966 LAD NL 33 SS 139 137 130 1221.0 703 227 453 23 79 .967 5 5 5.01 4.89 .964 4.96 4.96 AS,MVP-21
1966 LAD NL 33 3B 4 4 2 30.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -1 -52 3.30 2.75 .954 3.03 3.05 AS,MVP-21
1967 PIT NL 34 3B 144 142 131 1240.1 465 98 343 24 31 .948 1 1 3.20 3.06 .950 2.96 2.96
1967 PIT NL 34 SS 2 1 1 23.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -63 2.74 3.50 .963 5.01 5.00
1968 PIT NL 35 3B 141 140 128 1248.0 398 105 276 17 27 .957 -1 -1 2.75 2.70 .954 2.93 2.94
1968 PIT NL 35 SS 10 9 9 88.1 43 10 32 1 5 .977 -2 -23 4.28 4.20 .962 4.98 5.00
1969 TOT NL 36 SS 150 149 142 1319.1 764 240 496 28 92 .963 3 2 5.02 4.91 .963 4.93 4.90 MVP-11
1969 MON NL 36 SS 46 46 44 402.1 222 72 139 11 31 .950 -3 -9 4.72 4.59 .963 4.93 4.90
1969 MON NL 36 2B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20 MVP-11
1969 LAD NL 36 SS 104 103 98 917.0 542 168 357 17 61 .969 6 7 5.15 5.05 .963 4.93 4.90
1970 LAD NL 37 SS 126 124 108 1076.1 591 171 396 24 58 .959 0 0 4.74 4.50 .965 5.05 5.04
1970 LAD NL 37 3B 4 0 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -42 1.59 0.25 .940 2.86 2.90
1971 LAD NL 38 SS 144 139 118 1218.2 720 220 484 16 86 .978 2 2 5.20 4.89 .968 5.14 5.13 MVP-6
1971 LAD NL 38 3B 4 0 0 6.0 3 0 2 1 1 .667 -2 -320 3.00 0.50 .950 2.85 2.80 MVP-6
1972 LAD NL 39 SS 31 27 23 250.0 129 38 89 2 18 .984 2 9 4.57 4.10 .967 5.04 5.06
1972 LAD NL 39 3B 26 3 0 68.2 15 1 14 0 2 1.000 -0 -5 1.97 0.58 .945 2.87 2.88
14 Seasons SS 1555 1512 1373 13399.2 7638 2550 4804 284 859 .963 4 0 4.94 4.73 .963 4.98 4.96
8 Seasons 3B 362 320 286 2879.0 991 236 708 47 69 .953 -4 -1 2.95 2.61 .951 2.94 2.94
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
14 Seasons TOT 1918 1832 1659 16280.2 8629 2786 5512 331 928 .962 0 0 4.59 4.33 .962 4.62 4.58
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1978 BBWAA (30.3%)
1979 BBWAA (38.4%)
1980 BBWAA (37.9%)
1981 BBWAA (40.6%)
1982 BBWAA (21.9%)
1983 BBWAA (20.6%)
1984 BBWAA (25.8%)
1985 BBWAA (23.5%)
1986 BBWAA (29.2%)
1987 BBWAA (27.4%)
1988 BBWAA (29.7%)
1989 BBWAA (21.3%)
1990 BBWAA (21.4%)
1991 BBWAA (13.8%)
1992 BBWAA (25.6%)

All-Star Games
1961-1 (SS)
1961-2 (SS)
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1963
1965 (SS)
1966 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1962 ML AS MVP
1962 ML Major League Player of the Year
1962 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 NL (17, 2%)
1961 NL (9, 16%)
1962 NL (1, 75%)
1963 NL (17, 3%)
1965 NL (3, 59%)
1966 NL (21, 2%)
1969 NL (11, 5%)
1971 NL (6, 22%)
1 MVP
1.84 Career Shares (112th)

Gold Gloves
1961 NL (SS)
1962 NL (SS)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1962 NL  6.1 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1962 NL  6.1 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1962 NL  6.2 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.3 (3rd)
1966 NL  1.5 (6th)
Career  12.1 (153rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1960 NL  .295 (10th)
1967 NL  .302 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1962 NL  165 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1961 NL  613 (1st)
1962 NL  695 (1st)
1964 NL  630 (8th)
1965 NL  650 (3rd)
1967 NL  616 (5th)
1968 NL  627 (7th)
1969 NL  623 (9th)
Career  7,588 (191st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 NL  687 (1st)
1962 NL  759 (1st)
1964 NL  685 (10th)
1965 NL  711 (5th)
1967 NL  665 (8th)
1968 NL  685 (8th)
1969 NL  690 (10th)
Career  8,306 (214th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 NL  105 (5th)
1962 NL  130 (2nd)
1967 NL  92 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 NL  173 (9th)
1962 NL  208 (2nd)
1965 NL  186 (7th)
1967 NL  186 (4th)
1968 NL  174 (10th)
Career  2,134 (205th)

Triples s c a p y
1961 NL  10 (5th)
1962 NL  10 (1st)
1967 NL  9 (7th)
1968 NL  6 (8th)
1969 NL  8 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1960 NL  50 (1st)
1961 NL  35 (1st)
1962 NL  104 (1st)
1963 NL  40 (1st)
1964 NL  53 (1st)
1965 NL  94 (1st)
1966 NL  38 (3rd)
1967 NL  29 (2nd)
1968 NL  52 (2nd)
1969 NL  40 (4th)
1970 NL  28 (7th)
Career  586 (20th)

Singles s c a p y
1960 NL  135 (3rd)
1961 NL  150 (1st)
1962 NL  179 (1st)
1963 NL  137 (7th)
1964 NL  151 (3rd)
1965 NL  165 (1st)
1966 NL  145 (6th)
1967 NL  162 (1st)
1968 NL  156 (3rd)
1969 NL  149 (3rd)
1971 NL  149 (5th)
Career  1,866 (69th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1962 NL  106 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1962 NL  261 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1961 NL  13 (1st)
1964 NL  11 (6th)
1965 NL  14 (4th)
1966 NL  13 (5th)
1967 NL  12 (4th)
1968 NL  11 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 NL  12 (2nd)
1961 NL  15 (1st)
1962 NL  13 (1st)
1963 NL  19 (1st)
1964 NL  17 (2nd)
1965 NL  31 (1st)
1966 NL  24 (1st)
1967 NL  10 (5th)
1968 NL  21 (1st)
1969 NL  21 (1st)
1970 NL  13 (5th)
1971 NL  8 (7th)
Career  208 (5th)

SB % s c a p y
1960 NL  80.65 (3rd)
1961 NL  70.00 (4th)
1962 NL  88.89 (2nd)
1963 NL  67.80 (9th)
1964 NL  75.71 (6th)
1965 NL  75.20 (6th)
1967 NL  74.36 (6th)
1968 NL  71.23 (9th)
Career  73.80 (211th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1960 NL  11.0 (8th)
1961 NL  12.3 (6th)
1962 NL  12.2 (4th)
1963 NL  11.0 (5th)
1965 NL  10.2 (9th)
1967 NL  14.0 (3rd)
1968 NL  11.0 (10th)
1970 NL  15.4 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 NL  475 (1st)
1962 NL  518 (3rd)
1964 NL  494 (2nd)
1965 NL  517 (1st)
1966 NL  475 (8th)
1967 NL  462 (7th)
1968 NL  496 (4th)
1969 NL  487 (3rd)
Career  5,902 (158th)

Assists† s c a p y
1960 NL  431 (4th)
1961 NL  428 (5th)
1962 NL  493 (3rd)
1964 NL  428 (5th)
1965 NL  535 (1st)
1966 NL  460 (5th)
1969 NL  496 (3rd)
1971 NL  486 (4th)
Career  5,512 (63rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1960 NL  40 (1st)
1961 NL  29 (3rd)
1962 NL  36 (2nd)
1963 NL  26 (5th)
1969 NL  28 (4th)
1970 NL  24 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  144 (3rd)
1968 NL  141 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  98 (5th)
1968 NL  105 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  343 (2nd)
1968 NL  276 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  24 (4th)
1968 NL  17 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  31 (2nd)
1968 NL  27 (3rd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  145 (2nd)
1961 NL  148 (2nd)
1962 NL  165 (1st)
1964 NL  149 (3rd)
1965 NL  155 (1st)
1966 NL  139 (5th)
1969 NL  150 (2nd)
1971 NL  144 (5th)
Career  1,555 (53rd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  260 (2nd)
1961 NL  253 (2nd)
1962 NL  295 (2nd)
1964 NL  273 (2nd)
1965 NL  267 (2nd)
1966 NL  227 (5th)
1969 NL  240 (4th)
Career  2,550 (69th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  431 (3rd)
1961 NL  428 (3rd)
1962 NL  493 (2nd)
1964 NL  422 (4th)
1965 NL  535 (1st)
1966 NL  453 (4th)
1969 NL  496 (3rd)
1971 NL  484 (4th)
Career  4,804 (52nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  40 (1st)
1961 NL  29 (2nd)
1962 NL  36 (2nd)
1963 NL  21 (5th)
1964 NL  27 (4th)
1965 NL  25 (4th)
1966 NL  23 (3rd)
1969 NL  28 (3rd)
1970 NL  24 (3rd)
Career  284 (79th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  78 (3rd)
1961 NL  104 (3rd)
1962 NL  86 (3rd)
1964 NL  77 (4th)
1965 NL  89 (2nd)
1966 NL  79 (4th)
1969 NL  92 (4th)
Career  859 (56th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1967 NL  3.20 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  3.06 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  .948 (5th)
1968 NL  .957 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1965 NL  11 (2nd)
1966 NL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1960 NL  5.10 (1st)
1963 NL  4.96 (4th)
1965 NL  5.19 (4th)
1966 NL  5.01 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  4.77 (4th)
1961 NL  4.60 (5th)
1963 NL  4.52 (4th)
1965 NL  5.17 (1st)
1966 NL  4.89 (4th)
1969 NL  4.91 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1964 NL  .963 (5th)
1965 NL  .970 (3rd)
1966 NL  .967 (4th)
1971 NL  .978 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1932-10-02 (8th)
1971 NL  born 1932-10-02 (6th)
1972 NL  born 1932-10-02 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (378), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 104 (147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (361), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (44th), 39.8 career WAR/29.6 7yr-peak WAR/34.7 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

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  11. Johnny Evers (876) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Larry Bowa (872)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Larry Bowa (869)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196027Los Angeles Dodgers$12,0002/1/61 TSN2/14/60 LAT $11,000
196229Los Angeles Dodgers$35,0002/23/63 TSN
196330Los Angeles Dodgers$45,0002/23/63 TSN
196431Los Angeles Dodgers$50,0002/13/65 TSN
196532Los Angeles Dodgers$50,0002/13/65 TSN
196633Los Angeles Dodgers$85,0003/4/67 TSN
196734Pittsburgh Pirates$75,0002/11/67 TSN
196835Los Angeles Dodgers$80,0009/28/68 TSN
197138Los Angeles Dodgers$92,0003/4/72 TSN
197239Los Angeles Dodgers$100,0003/4/72 TSN and BJHA
Career to date (may be incomplete)$624,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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