Bump Wills

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 172lb (175cm, 78kg)

Born: July 27, 1952 in Washington, DC us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (6th) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Central Valley HS (Spokane Valley, WA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: April 7, 1977 (Age 24-254d, 13,840th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1982 (Age 30-068d)
vs. STL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Elliott Taylor Wills

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Relatives: Son of Maury Wills

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.5

3030

807

.266

472

RBI

302

196

OBP

.335

SLG

.360

OPS

.695

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 8)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
3	3	Apr 10	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 11	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 13	TEX		CLE	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	TEX		BAL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
7	7	Apr 17 (2)	TEX		BAL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
8	8	Apr 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
9	9	Apr 19	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
10	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
11	11	Apr 21	TEX		MIN	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
12	12	Apr 22	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
13	14 (1)	Apr 24	TEX		MIN	L,6-12	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
14	15	Apr 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
15	16	Apr 27	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19 (2)	May 1	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
17	20	May 3	TEX	@	DET	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
18	21	May 6	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
19	22	May 7	TEX		KCR	L,5-6	GS	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
20	23	May 8	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
21	24	May 9	TEX		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
22	25	May 10	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
23	26	May 11	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
24	27	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
25	28	May 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	1	1	4	0	2B
26	29	May 14	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
27	30	May 15	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
28	31	May 17	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
29	32	May 18	TEX		DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
30	33	May 20	TEX		TOR	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	4	2B
31	34	May 21	TEX		TOR	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
32	35	May 22	TEX		TOR	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
33	36	May 25 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
34	38 (1)	May 27	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	5	5	0	10	1	2B
35	39	May 28	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
36	40	May 29	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
37	41	May 30 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
38	42	May 30 (2)	TEX		SEA	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43	Jun 1	TEX		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
40	47 (3)	Jun 5	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
41	48	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
42	49	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
43	50	Jun 8	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
44	51	Jun 9	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
45	52	Jun 12 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	2B
46	53	Jun 12 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
47	54	Jun 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
48	55	Jun 14	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
49	56	Jun 15	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
50	57	Jun 17 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
51	58	Jun 17 (2)	TEX		SEA	W,8-6	CG	47	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
52	59	Jun 18	TEX		SEA	L,1-6	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
53	60	Jun 19	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
54	61	Jun 20	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
55	62	Jun 21	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
56	63	Jun 22	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
57	64	Jun 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-12	GS	39	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
58	65	Jun 24	TEX	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
59	66	Jun 25	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
60	67	Jun 26 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	1	3	0	4	0	2B
61	68	Jun 26 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
62	69	Jun 27	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
63	70	Jun 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.1	3	4	0	7	0	2B
64	71	Jun 29 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
65	72	Jun 29 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	73	Jul 1	TEX	@	TOR	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
67	74	Jul 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
68	75	Jul 3 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	42	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
69	76	Jul 3 (2)	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	77	Jul 4	TEX		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
71	78	Jul 5	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
72	79	Jul 6	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
73	80	Jul 7	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
74	81	Jul 8	TEX		CAL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
75	82	Jul 9	TEX		CAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
76	83	Jul 10	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
77	84	Jul 12	TEX		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
78	85	Jul 13	TEX		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
79	86	Jul 14	TEX		BAL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
80	87	Jul 15 (1)	TEX		CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
81	89 (1)	Jul 16	TEX		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
82	90	Jul 17	TEX		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
83	91	Jul 22	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
84	92	Jul 23	TEX	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	45	13.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
85	93	Jul 24	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
86	94	Jul 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
87	95	Jul 26	TEX	@	TOR	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
88	96	Jul 28	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
89	97	Jul 29	TEX		DET	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
90	98	Jul 30	TEX		DET	W,6-5	CG	47	12.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
91	99	Jul 31	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	11	0	13	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	100	Aug 1	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B
93	101	Aug 2	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
94	102	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	59	12.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
95	103	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
96	104	Aug 5 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
97	105	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
98	106	Aug 6	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
99	107	Aug 7	TEX	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
100	108	Aug 8 (1)	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
101	109	Aug 8 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
102	110	Aug 10	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	2B
103	111	Aug 11	TEX		KCR	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
104	112	Aug 12	TEX		CHW	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
105	113	Aug 13	TEX		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
106	114	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
107	115	Aug 15	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	6	2	0	8	0	2B
108	116	Aug 16	TEX	@	MIL	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
109	117	Aug 17	TEX		TOR	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
110	118	Aug 18	TEX		TOR	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
111	119	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
112	120	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
113	121	Aug 21	TEX		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
114	122	Aug 22	TEX		MIL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
115	123	Aug 23	TEX		MIL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
116	124	Aug 24 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
117	125	Aug 24 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
118	126	Aug 25	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
119	127	Aug 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
120	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
121	129	Aug 28	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
122	130	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
123	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	132	Sep 2	TEX		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
125	133	Sep 3	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
126	134	Sep 4	TEX		BOS	L,4-8	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
127	138 (3)	Sep 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
128	139	Sep 10 (1)	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
129	140	Sep 10 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
130	141	Sep 11	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
131	142	Sep 12	TEX		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
132	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	L,7-12	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
133	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
134	145	Sep 15	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
135	146	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
136	147	Sep 17	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	65	17.0	7	9	0	16	1	2B
137	148	Sep 18 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
138	149	Sep 18 (2)	TEX		MIN	W,10-8	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
139	150	Sep 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
140	151	Sep 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
141	152	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
142	153	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
143	154	Sep 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	5	3	2	10	1	2B
144	155	Sep 24	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
145	156	Sep 25 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	GF	21	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	PR 2B
146	157	Sep 25 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
147	158	Sep 28	TEX		SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
148	159	Sep 29	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
149	160	Sep 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
150	162 (1)	Oct 2	TEX		OAK	W,8-7	GF	18	4.0	2	2	0	4	2	PH 2B
							153gm		1310.1	321	492	15	828	89