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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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 14	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 18	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
5	6 (1)	Apr 21	LAD		NYM	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
6	7	Apr 22	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
7	8	Apr 23	LAD		PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	9	Apr 24	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
9	10	Apr 25	LAD		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
10	11	Apr 26	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
11	12	Apr 27	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
12	13	Apr 28	LAD		PIT	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
13	14	Apr 29	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	15	Apr 30	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	LAD		SFG	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
16	17	May 2	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
17	18	May 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	19	May 5	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
19	20	May 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
20	21	May 7	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
21	22	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
22	23	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
23	26 (2)	May 12	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
24	27	May 13	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
25	28	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
26	29	May 15	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
27	30	May 16 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
28	31	May 16 (2)	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
29	32	May 17	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
30	33	May 18	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
31	34	May 19	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	56	14.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
32	35	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
33	36	May 22	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
34	37	May 23	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	62	15.1	2	4	1	7	1	SS
35	38	May 24	LAD		STL	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
36	40 (1)	May 26	LAD		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
37	41	May 27	LAD		MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
38	42	May 28	LAD		MLN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
39	43	May 29	LAD		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	44	May 30	LAD		CIN	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	45	May 31 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
42	46	May 31 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	47	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
44	48	Jun 3	LAD	@	STL	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
45	49	Jun 4	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
46	50	Jun 5	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
47	51	Jun 6 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
48	52	Jun 6 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
49	53	Jun 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
50	54	Jun 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
51	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
52	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
53	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
54	58	Jun 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
55	59	Jun 13 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
56	61 (1)	Jun 15	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
57	62	Jun 16	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
58	63	Jun 17	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
59	64	Jun 18	LAD		PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
60	65	Jun 19	LAD		PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
61	66	Jun 20 (1)	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	67	Jun 20 (2)	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
63	68	Jun 21	LAD		NYM	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
64	69	Jun 22	LAD		NYM	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
65	70	Jun 24	LAD		PIT	L,3-13	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
66	71	Jun 25	LAD		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
67	72	Jun 26	LAD		PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
68	73	Jun 27	LAD		PIT	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
69	74	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	75	Jun 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	76	Jun 30 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
72	77	Jun 30 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78	Jul 1	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
74	79	Jul 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	2	2	1	5	0	SS
75	80	Jul 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
76	81	Jul 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
77	82	Jul 5	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
78	83	Jul 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
79	84	Jul 7	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
80	85	Jul 8	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
81	86	Jul 9	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
82	87	Jul 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
83	88	Jul 11 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
84	89	Jul 11 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.2	4	6	1	11	2	SS
85	90	Jul 15	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
86	91	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
87	92	Jul 17	LAD		CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
88	93	Jul 18	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
89	94	Jul 19	LAD		HOU	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
90	95	Jul 20	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
91	96	Jul 21	LAD		MLN	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
92	97	Jul 22	LAD		MLN	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
93	98	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,3-4	CG	52	12.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
94	99	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
95	100	Jul 25	LAD		STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
96	101	Jul 26	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
97	102	Jul 27	LAD		CIN	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
98	103	Jul 28	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	104	Jul 30	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
100	105	Jul 31	LAD	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	106	Aug 1	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
102	107	Aug 2	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
103	108	Aug 4 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
104	109	Aug 4 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
105	110	Aug 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
106	111	Aug 6	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	2	4	1	7	1	SS
107	112	Aug 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
108	113	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-18	CG	49	8.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
109	114	Aug 10	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
110	115	Aug 11	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
111	116	Aug 13	LAD		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
112	119 (2)	Aug 16	LAD		PHI	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
113	120	Aug 17	LAD		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
114	121	Aug 18	LAD		PHI	L,3-6	CG	50	12.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
115	122	Aug 19	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	56	15.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
116	123	Aug 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
117	124	Aug 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	5	7	0	12	1	SS
118	125	Aug 22	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
119	126	Aug 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
120	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
121	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
122	129	Aug 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
123	130	Aug 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
124	131	Aug 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
125	132	Aug 29	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-13	GS	36	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	133	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	0	5	0	5	0	SS
127	134	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
128	135	Sep 2	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
129	136	Sep 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
130	137	Sep 4	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
131	138	Sep 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
132	139	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,6-7	CG	50	12.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
133	140	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
134	141	Sep 9	LAD		CHC	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
135	142	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
136	143	Sep 11	LAD		HOU	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
137	144	Sep 12	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
138	145	Sep 14	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	146	Sep 15	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
140	147	Sep 16	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
141	148	Sep 17	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
142	149	Sep 18	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
143	150	Sep 19	LAD	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	10	0	11	2	SS
144	151	Sep 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	2	6	1	SS
145	152	Sep 22	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
146	153	Sep 24	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
147	154	Sep 25	LAD		STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
148	155	Sep 26	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
149	156	Sep 27	LAD		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
150	157	Sep 28	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
151	158	Sep 29	LAD		CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
152	159	Sep 30	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
153	160	Oct 1	LAD		MLN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
154	161	Oct 2	LAD		MLN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
155	162	Oct 3	LAD		MLN	W,3-0	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							155gm		1392.0	267	535	25	827	89