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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	56	15.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 13	PIT	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
4	4	Apr 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 17	PIT		HOU	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 19	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 20	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
9	9	Apr 21	PIT		SFG	W,10-0	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 22	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 24	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	14	Apr 28	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
15	15	Apr 29	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
16	16	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	18	May 2	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
19	19	May 3	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	May 4	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	0	3	0	3	2	3B
21	21	May 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
22	22	May 6	PIT	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
23	23	May 7	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
24	24	May 8	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	49	14.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
25	25	May 9	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 13	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
29	29	May 15	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 16	PIT		STL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	31	May 17	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
32	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
33	33	May 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
34	34	May 20	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	35	May 21	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	65	16.2	3	3	1	7	1	SS
36	36	May 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
37	37	May 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
38	38	May 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
39	39	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	T,8-8	CG	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	40	May 30 (1)	PIT		NYM	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
41	41	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYM	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	43 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
43	45 (1)	Jun 3	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	46	Jun 4	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
45	47	Jun 5	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	0	2	1	3	0	3B
46	49 (1)	Jun 7	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	50	Jun 8	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
48	52 (1)	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
49	53	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
50	54	Jun 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
51	55	Jun 13	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	56	Jun 14	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
53	57	Jun 15	PIT		HOU	W,13-2	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	58	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
55	59	Jun 16 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,11-2	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	60	Jun 17	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	61	Jun 18	PIT		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	62	Jun 19	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
59	63	Jun 20 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
60	64	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	65	Jun 21	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
62	66	Jun 22	PIT		SFG	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
63	67	Jun 23	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	68	Jun 25	PIT	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
65	69	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
66	70	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
67	71	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
68	72	Jun 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
69	73	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	74	Jul 2	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	75	Jul 3	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-1	GS	20	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
72	76	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
73	77	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
75	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	36	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-10	GS	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
77	81	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
78	82	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	SS
79	83	Jul 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
80	84	Jul 11 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
81	85	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	86	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	63	16.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
83	87	Jul 14	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	88	Jul 15	PIT		CHC	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
85	89	Jul 16	PIT		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	2	3	1	3B
86	90	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	92 (1)	Jul 18	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
88	93	Jul 19	PIT	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
89	94	Jul 20	PIT	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
90	95	Jul 21	PIT	@	ATL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
91	96	Jul 23	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	CG	54	12.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
92	97	Jul 25	PIT		CIN	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
93	98	Jul 26 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
94	99	Jul 26 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
95	100	Jul 27	PIT		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	101	Jul 28	PIT		STL	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	102	Jul 29	PIT		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
98	103	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
99	104	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
100	105	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS	35	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
101	106	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-1	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
104	109	Aug 3	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
105	110	Aug 4	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	111	Aug 5	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	35	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	3B
107	112	Aug 6	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	113	Aug 7	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	115 (1)	Aug 9	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
110	116	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-16	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	117	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
112	118	Aug 11	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
113	119	Aug 13	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
114	120	Aug 14	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
115	121	Aug 15	PIT		SFG	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	122	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	123	Aug 17	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	124	Aug 18	PIT		LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
119	125	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	126	Aug 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
121	127	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,19-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
122	128	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
123	129	Aug 23	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
124	130	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	3B
125	131	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
126	132	Aug 26	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
127	133	Aug 27	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	52	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
128	134	Aug 28	PIT		STL	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
129	135	Aug 29	PIT		STL	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	136	Aug 30	PIT		ATL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	137	Aug 31	PIT		ATL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	138	Sep 1	PIT		ATL	L,7-8	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
133	139	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
134	140	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
135	141	Sep 3	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
136	142	Sep 6	PIT		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	143	Sep 7	PIT		NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
138	150 (6)	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
139	151	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
140	152	Sep 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
141	153	Sep 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
142	154	Sep 20	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
143	155	Sep 21	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
144	156	Sep 22	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
145	157	Sep 23 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
146	158	Sep 23 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
147	159	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
148	160	Sep 25	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
149	162 (1)	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
150	163	Sep 29	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							151gm		1336.1	115	308	18	441	32