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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	LAD		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 15	LAD		STL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 16	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	6	Apr 19	LAD		MLN	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 20	LAD		MLN	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	LAD	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 24	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 25	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 26	LAD	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
14	14	Apr 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 29	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
16	16	Apr 30	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	LAD		SFG	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	18	May 2	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	CG	50	12.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 3	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
20	20	May 4	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
21	21	May 6	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
22	22	May 7	LAD		HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
23	23	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
24	24	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
25	25	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	26	May 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 14 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	0	8	0	8	2	SS
28	28	May 14 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
29	29	May 15	LAD		PIT	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 16	LAD		PIT	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
31	31	May 17 (1)	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
32	32	May 17 (2)	LAD		PIT	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
33	34 (1)	May 19	LAD		NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
34	35	May 20	LAD		NYM	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
35	36	May 21	LAD		NYM	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
36	37	May 22	LAD		PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
37	38	May 23	LAD		PHI	L,2-4	CG	60	14.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
38	39	May 24	LAD		PHI	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
39	40	May 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
40	41	May 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
41	42	May 28	LAD	@	CIN	T,2-2	CG	69	17.0	6	6	1	13	2	SS
42	43	May 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
43	44	May 30	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
44	45	May 31	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
46	47	Jun 3	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	41	10.2	5	2	1	8	1	SS
47	48	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
48	49	Jun 5	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
49	50	Jun 6	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
50	51	Jun 7 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	SS
51	52	Jun 7 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	T,1-1	CG	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
52	53	Jun 8	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
53	54	Jun 9	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	55	Jun 10	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
55	56	Jun 11	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	57	Jun 12	LAD		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
57	58	Jun 13	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
58	59	Jun 14 (1)	LAD		MLN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
59	60	Jun 14 (2)	LAD		MLN	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
60	61	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
61	62	Jun 17	LAD		MLN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
62	63	Jun 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-11	GS	25	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
63	67 (3)	Jun 22	LAD	@	MLN	W,10-9	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	69 (1)	Jun 24	LAD	@	MLN	W,15-4	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
65	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	52	12.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS 3B
66	71	Jun 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
67	72	Jun 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	5	5	0	10	4	SS
68	73	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
69	74	Jun 29	LAD		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
71	76	Jul 2	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
72	77	Jul 3	LAD		NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
73	78	Jul 4	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
74	79	Jul 5	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
75	80	Jul 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
76	81	Jul 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
77	82	Jul 11	LAD	@	HOU	W,11-9	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
78	83	Jul 12 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	8.2	3	4	1	8	0	SS
79	84	Jul 12 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	85	Jul 13	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
81	86	Jul 14	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	2	3	1	6	0	SS
82	87	Jul 15	LAD	@	STL	W,13-3	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
83	88	Jul 16	LAD	@	STL	W,10-2	GS	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
84	89	Jul 17	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	90	Jul 18	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
86	91	Jul 19 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	5	5	1	11	1	SS
87	92	Jul 19 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
88	93	Jul 20	LAD		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	94	Jul 21	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
90	95	Jul 22	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	96	Jul 23	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
92	97	Jul 24	LAD		SFG	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
93	98	Jul 25	LAD		SFG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
94	99	Jul 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
95	100	Jul 28	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-0	GS	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
96	101	Jul 30	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
97	102	Jul 31	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	103	Aug 1	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
99	104	Aug 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
100	105	Aug 4 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
101	107 (1)	Aug 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
102	108	Aug 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	109	Aug 7	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
104	110	Aug 8	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	111	Aug 9	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
106	112	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
107	113	Aug 11	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
108	114	Aug 12	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
109	115	Aug 14	LAD		STL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
110	116	Aug 15	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
111	117	Aug 16 (1)	LAD		STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
112	118	Aug 16 (2)	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
113	119	Aug 18	LAD		MLN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
114	120	Aug 19	LAD		MLN	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
115	121	Aug 20	LAD		MLN	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
116	122	Aug 21	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
117	123	Aug 22	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	62	15.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
118	124	Aug 23	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
119	125	Aug 24	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
120	126	Aug 25	LAD		SFG	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
121	127	Aug 26	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
122	128	Aug 28	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
123	129	Aug 29	LAD	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
124	130	Aug 30	LAD	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
125	131	Aug 31	LAD	@	STL	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	132	Sep 1	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
127	133	Sep 2	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	51	12.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
128	134	Sep 4 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
129	135	Sep 4 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
130	136	Sep 5	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
131	137	Sep 6	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
132	138	Sep 7 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
133	139	Sep 7 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
134	140	Sep 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
135	141	Sep 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
136	142	Sep 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	42	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
137	143	Sep 11	LAD		NYM	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
138	144	Sep 12	LAD		NYM	W,8-0	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	145	Sep 13	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
140	148 (2)	Sep 16	LAD		PIT	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
141	149	Sep 17	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	2	10	0	SS
142	150	Sep 18	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
143	151	Sep 19	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	67	16.0	4	9	0	13	1	SS
144	152	Sep 20	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	8	1	9	1	SS
145	153	Sep 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
146	154	Sep 23	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
147	155	Sep 24	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
148	156	Sep 25	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
149	158 (1)	Sep 28	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
150	159	Sep 29	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
151	161 (1)	Oct 1	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
152	162	Oct 2	LAD		HOU	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
153	163	Oct 3	LAD		HOU	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
154	164	Oct 4	LAD		HOU	W,11-1	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							155gm		1344.0	275	428	27	730	77