Maury Wills

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC us

Died: September 19, 2022 in Sedona, AZ

High School: Cardozo HS (Washington, DC)

Debut: June 6, 1959 (Age 26-247d, 11,643rd in major league history)
vs. MLN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1972 (Age 40-002d)
vs. ATL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: Maurice Morning Wills

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Relatives: Father of Bump Wills

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.6

7588

2134

.281

1067

RBI

458

586

OBP

.330

SLG

.331

OPS

.661

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
2	7 (5)	Apr 16	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	42	12.0	3	8	0	11	2	SS
3	8	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
4	9	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
5	10	Apr 19	LAD		HOU	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	11	Apr 20	LAD		HOU	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	2	8	0	SS
7	12	Apr 21 (1)	LAD		HOU	W,11-3	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
8	13	Apr 21 (2)	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
9	14	Apr 22	LAD		MLN	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
10	15	Apr 23	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
11	16	Apr 24	LAD		CIN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
12	17	Apr 25	LAD		CIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	18	Apr 26	LAD		STL	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	19	Apr 27	LAD		STL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
15	20	Apr 28	LAD		STL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
16	21	Apr 29	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	22	May 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
18	23	May 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-13	GS	39	6.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
19	24	May 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
20	25	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
21	26	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
22	27	May 7	LAD	@	STL	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
23	28	May 8	LAD	@	STL	W,11-5	GS	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
24	29	May 9	LAD	@	STL	L,7-10	GS	30	5.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
25	32 (2)	May 12	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
26	33	May 14	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	34	May 15	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
28	35	May 16	LAD		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
29	38 (2)	May 19 (1)	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	39	May 19 (2)	LAD		NYM	W,4-2	CG	52	13.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
31	40	May 21	LAD		NYM	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	52 (11)	Jun 4	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	53	Jun 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	55	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-5	GS	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	56	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-8	GS	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B SS
37	57	Jun 10	LAD		SFG	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	58	Jun 11	LAD		SFG	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
39	59	Jun 12	LAD		HOU	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
40	60	Jun 13	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
41	61	Jun 14	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
42	62	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	63	Jun 16 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,3-8	GS	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B SS
44	64	Jun 16 (2)	LAD		CHC	W,2-0	GS	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS 3B
45	65	Jun 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	66	Jun 18	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
47	67	Jun 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
48	68	Jun 21	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
49	69	Jun 22	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B SS
50	70	Jun 23	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
51	71	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	72	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	74 (1)	Jun 28	LAD		MLN	L,0-1	GS	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B SS
54	75	Jun 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GS	49	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 3B
55	76	Jun 30	LAD		MLN	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	77	Jul 1	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
57	78	Jul 2	LAD		STL	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS 3B
58	79	Jul 3	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
59	80	Jul 4	LAD		STL	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
60	81	Jul 5	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
61	82	Jul 6	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
62	83	Jul 7 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
63	85 (1)	Jul 10	LAD	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
64	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
65	87	Jul 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
66	88	Jul 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,11-2	GS	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
67	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	23	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
68	90	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	51	10.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
69	91	Jul 16 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
70	92	Jul 16 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
71	93	Jul 17	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	2	7	1	SS
72	94	Jul 18	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-5	GS	35	7.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
73	95	Jul 19	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	96	Jul 20	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
75	97	Jul 21 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
76	98	Jul 21 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	L,7-13	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
77	99	Jul 23	LAD		PIT	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	8	0	11	3	SS
78	100	Jul 24	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
79	101	Jul 25	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
80	102	Jul 26	LAD		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
81	103	Jul 27	LAD		PHI	L,1-4	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
82	104	Jul 28	LAD		PHI	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
83	105	Jul 29	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	106	Jul 30	LAD		NYM	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	1	10	3	SS
85	107	Jul 31	LAD		NYM	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	1	11	4	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	108	Aug 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
87	109	Aug 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
88	110	Aug 4	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
89	111	Aug 6	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
90	112	Aug 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	44	11.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
91	113	Aug 8	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
92	114	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
93	115	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
94	117 (1)	Aug 13	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
95	118	Aug 14	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
96	119	Aug 15	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
97	120	Aug 16	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
98	121	Aug 17	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
99	122	Aug 18 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-0	GS	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	123	Aug 18 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
101	124	Aug 20	LAD		STL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
102	125	Aug 21	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	63	16.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
103	126	Aug 22	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
104	127	Aug 23	LAD		MLN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
105	128	Aug 24	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
106	129	Aug 25	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
107	130	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
108	131	Aug 27	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
109	132	Aug 28	LAD		CIN	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
110	133	Aug 29	LAD		SFG	W,11-1	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
111	134	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
112	135	Aug 31	LAD		SFG	L,3-4	GF	24	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	136	Sep 1	LAD		SFG	W,5-3	GS	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS 3B
114	142 (5)	Sep 6	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	143	Sep 7	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
116	144	Sep 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
117	145	Sep 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
118	146	Sep 11	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
119	147	Sep 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
120	148	Sep 13 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	3	1	1	5	0	SS
121	149	Sep 13 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
122	150	Sep 14	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
123	151	Sep 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
124	152	Sep 16	LAD	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
125	153	Sep 17	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
126	154	Sep 18	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	3	11	0	14	0	SS
127	155	Sep 20	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
128	156	Sep 21	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
129	157	Sep 22	LAD		PIT	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
130	158	Sep 24	LAD		NYM	W,4-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
131	159	Sep 25	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
132	160	Sep 26	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
133	161	Sep 27	LAD		PHI	L,3-5	GS	17	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
134	163 (1)	Sep 29	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GS	21	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
							142gm		1143.1	197	381	26	604	54