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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	53 (52)	Jun 6	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	2	7	0	SS
2	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
3	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
5	58 (1)	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
6	59	Jun 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
7	60	Jun 14 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
8	63 (2)	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
9	66 (2)	Jun 18	LAD		MLN	L,6-7	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	67	Jun 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-2	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
11	69 (1)	Jun 21	LAD		CIN	L,3-17	GF	40	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	70	Jun 22	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
13	71	Jun 23	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
14	72	Jun 24	LAD		PHI	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	80 (7)	Jul 3	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
16	81	Jul 4 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	82	Jul 4 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	83	Jul 5 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
19	84	Jul 5 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
20	85	Jul 9	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	47	13.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
21	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
22	87	Jul 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
23	88	Jul 13	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
24	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
25	90	Jul 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
26	91	Jul 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	92	Jul 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	93	Jul 19 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
29	96 (2)	Jul 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
30	97	Jul 22	LAD		CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
31	98	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
32	99	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
33	100	Jul 25	LAD		STL	L,2-4	GF	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	101	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
35	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
36	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
37	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
38	105	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	106	Aug 1	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
40	107	Aug 2	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
41	108	Aug 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	1	10	0	SS
42	109	Aug 5	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
43	110	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
44	111	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	GS	22	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
45	112	Aug 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	4	5	0	9	1	SS
46	113	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
47	114	Aug 13	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
48	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
49	123 (7)	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
50	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
51	125	Aug 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
52	126	Aug 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	47	9.2	4	5	0	9	1	SS
53	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
54	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	129	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	GF	6	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR SS
56	130	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	131	Aug 31	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	132	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	GS	28	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
59	133	Sep 2	LAD		STL	W,9-6	GS	17	3.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
60	134	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
61	135	Sep 6 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,0-3	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
62	136	Sep 6 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
63	137	Sep 7	LAD		CHC	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
64	138	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
65	139	Sep 10	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
66	140	Sep 11 (1)	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
67	141	Sep 11 (2)	LAD		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
68	142	Sep 13	LAD		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
69	143	Sep 14	LAD		MLN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
70	144	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	CG	54	10.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
71	145	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	146	Sep 17	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
73	147	Sep 19 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	148	Sep 19 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
75	149	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	3	SS
76	150	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	L,10-11	CG	46	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
77	151	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	152	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
79	153	Sep 26	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
80	154	Sep 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
81	155	Sep 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
82	156	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
							82gm		635.0	121	220	12	353	39