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Bump Wills
Elliott Taylor Wills

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 177 lb.
School Arizona State University

Debut April 7, 1977
  vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1982
Born July 27, 1952 in Washington, DC

Son of Maury Wills

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 24 TEX AL 152  541   87  155  28  6   9   62  28 12  65  96  .287  .361  .410  110  222   7   4   7   0  10 RoY-3
 1978 25 TEX AL 157  539   78  135  17  4   9   57  52 14  63  91  .250  .331  .347   92  187   9   4   3   4  11
 1979 26 TEX AL 146  543   90  148  21  3   5   46  35 11  53  58  .273  .340  .350   88  190  14   3   4   4  12
 1980 27 TEX AL 146  578  102  152  31  5   5   58  34  9  51  71  .263  .322  .360   90  208  15   8   1   3   8
 1981 28 TEX AL 102  410   51  103  13  2   2   41  12  9  32  49  .251  .304  .307   82  126   6   5   2   1   8
 1982 29 CHC NL 128  419   64  114  18  4   6   38  35 10  46  76  .272  .347  .377  102  158   2   5   3   5   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      831 3030  472  807 128 24  36  302 196 65 310 441  .266  .335  .360   94 1091  53  29  20  17  53
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        591   92  157  25  5   7   59  38 13  60  86  .266  .335  .360   94  213  10   6   4   3  10
 Career High    157  578  102  155  31  6   9   62  52 14  65  96  .287  .361  .410  110  222  15   8   7   5  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 24 TEX AL  617  419   83   5.3   101| .287  .267| .361  .332| .410  .407| .771  .738| 110  .561   8.7   0.9  70%
 1978 25 TEX AL  619  442   68   4.1    94| .250  .261| .331  .326| .347  .385| .678  .711|  92  .477  -5.1  -0.5  78%
 1979 26 TEX AL  617  435   68   4.2   101| .273  .269| .340  .333| .350  .407| .690  .740|  88  .445  -8.1  -0.8  76%
 1980 27 TEX AL  655  466   73   4.2    96| .263  .266| .322  .327| .360  .394| .682  .721|  90  .461  -6.7  -0.7  79%
 1981 28 TEX AL  454  335   38   3.0    84| .251  .249| .304  .313| .307  .362| .611  .675|  82  .368  -8.7  -0.9  57%
 1982 29 CHC NL  477  326   61   5.1    96| .272  .268| .347  .331| .377  .389| .724  .720| 102  .581   2.1   0.2  77%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      3439 2423  391   4.3    96| .266  .264| .335  .328| .360  .392| .695  .719|  94  .486 -17.8  -1.8  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 24 TEX AL 2B 150 321 492 15 89 .982 .978 5.42 4.76 5.58 5.42 145 1310.3 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.05 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 DH 1 1978 25 TEX AL 2B 156 350 526 17 84 .981 .980 5.62 4.74 5.90 5.47 148 1336.3 1979 26 TEX AL 2B 146 337 468 20 95 .976 .978 5.51 4.80 5.71 5.50 143 1269.0 1980 27 TEX AL 2B 144 340 473 13 112 .984 .981 5.65 4.91 5.76 5.60 144 1269.3 1981 28 TEX AL 2B 101 268 326 10 70 .983 .982 5.88 4.93 5.98 5.54 101 894.3 DH 1 1982 29 CHC NL 2B 103 199 297 19 45 .963 .978 4.82 4.75 5.36 5.42 100 832.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 24 TEX AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 1977 24 TEX AL 2B 150 321 492 15 89 .982 .978 5.42 4.76 5.58 5.42 145 1310.3 1978 25 TEX AL 2B 156 350 526 17 84 .981 .980 5.62 4.74 5.90 5.47 148 1336.3 1979 26 TEX AL 2B 146 337 468 20 95 .976 .978 5.51 4.80 5.71 5.50 143 1269.0 1980 27 TEX AL 2B 144 340 473 13 112 .984 .981 5.65 4.91 5.76 5.60 144 1269.3 1981 28 TEX AL 2B 101 268 326 10 70 .983 .982 5.88 4.93 5.98 5.54 101 894.3 1982 29 CHC NL 2B 103 199 297 19 45 .963 .978 4.82 4.75 5.36 5.42 100 832.3 1977 24 TEX AL DH 1 1981 28 TEX AL DH 1 1977 24 TEX AL SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.05
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 800 1815 2582 94 495 .979 .979 5.50 4.81 781 6911.7 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.05 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 803 1815 2582 94 495 .979 .979 5.48 4.81
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1978 AL-157-9

At Bats
1981 AL-410-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1981 AL-454-9

Runs
1980 AL-102-6

Stolen Bases
1977 AL-28-7
1978 AL-52-3
1979 AL-35-5
1980 AL-34-6
1982 NL-35-10

Hit By Pitch
1982 NL-5-8

Sac. Hits
1979 AL-14-6
1980 AL-15-3

Caught Stealing
1978 AL-14-6
1981 AL-9-9

Power/Speed Number
1978 AL-15.3-10

Outs
1981 AL-335-2

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1153) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2065) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1669) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 9, 1975: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

March 26, 1982: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Paul Mirabella, and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Paul Semall (minors) (April 21, 1982) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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