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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 13	LAD		HOU	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 14	LAD		HOU	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
4	4	Apr 15	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 16	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 18	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 19	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
9	9	Apr 20	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 22	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
11	15 (4)	Apr 27	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
12	16	Apr 28	LAD		ATL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
13	17	Apr 29	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
14	18	Apr 30	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19	May 1	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
16	22 (2)	May 5	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-9	CG	49	9.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	23	May 6	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
18	24	May 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,14-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
19	25	May 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
20	26	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
21	27	May 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
22	28	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
23	29	May 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
24	30	May 14	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
25	31	May 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
26	32	May 17	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	55	13.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
27	33	May 18	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
28	34	May 19	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
29	35	May 20	LAD		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
30	36	May 21	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
31	37	May 22	LAD		PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
32	38	May 23	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	39	May 24	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
34	40	May 25	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
35	41	May 27	LAD		NYM	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
36	42	May 28	LAD		NYM	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
37	43	May 29	LAD		NYM	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
38	44	May 30	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
39	45	May 31	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	46	Jun 1	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
41	47	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
42	48	Jun 3	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
43	49	Jun 4	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
44	50	Jun 5 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,16-3	GS	26	7.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
45	51	Jun 5 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	4	6	0	10	2	SS
46	52	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	45	10.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
47	53	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	54	Jun 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
49	55	Jun 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
50	56	Jun 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
51	57	Jun 13	LAD		HOU	L,6-9	CG	50	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
52	58	Jun 14	LAD		HOU	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
53	59	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
54	60	Jun 16	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
55	61	Jun 17	LAD		SFG	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
56	62	Jun 18	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
57	63	Jun 19	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
58	64	Jun 20	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
59	65	Jun 21	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
60	66	Jun 22	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
61	67	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
62	68	Jun 25 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
63	69	Jun 25 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
64	70	Jun 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
65	71	Jun 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
66	72	Jun 28	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
67	73	Jun 29	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
69	75	Jul 2	LAD		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
70	76	Jul 3	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
71	77	Jul 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
72	78	Jul 5	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
73	79	Jul 6	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
74	80	Jul 7	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
75	81	Jul 8	LAD		ATL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
76	82	Jul 9	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
77	83	Jul 10	LAD		ATL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
78	84	Jul 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
79	85	Jul 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	18	4.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
80	90 (4)	Jul 20	LAD		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
81	91	Jul 21	LAD		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
82	92	Jul 22	LAD		NYM	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
83	93	Jul 23	LAD		NYM	W,6-2	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
84	95 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	LAD		NYM	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
85	96	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
86	97	Jul 26	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
87	98	Jul 27	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
88	99	Jul 29	LAD	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
89	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
90	101	Jul 31	LAD	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	102	Aug 1	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
92	103	Aug 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
93	104	Aug 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	105	Aug 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-8	GS	38	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
95	106	Aug 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,12-1	GS	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
96	107	Aug 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
97	108	Aug 7	LAD	@	HOU	W,14-3	GS	32	7.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
98	109	Aug 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,9-10	CG	43	8.1	0	3	0	3	2	SS
99	110	Aug 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	111	Aug 10	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
101	112	Aug 12	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
102	113	Aug 13	LAD		CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
103	114	Aug 14 (1)	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	CG	60	14.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
104	115	Aug 14 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,10-12	GF	21	4.0	0	2	1	3	0	PH SS
105	119 (3)	Aug 18	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
106	120	Aug 19	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
107	121	Aug 20	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
108	122	Aug 21	LAD		STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	123	Aug 22	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	CG	43	12.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
110	124	Aug 23	LAD		ATL	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
111	125	Aug 24	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
112	126	Aug 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
113	127	Aug 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
114	128	Aug 28	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
115	129	Aug 29	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
116	130	Aug 30	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
117	131	Aug 31	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	136 (4)	Sep 5	LAD		SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	3	SS
119	138 (1)	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
120	139	Sep 9	LAD		HOU	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
121	140	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
122	141	Sep 11 (1)	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
123	143 (1)	Sep 12	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
124	144	Sep 13	LAD		NYM	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
125	145	Sep 15	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
126	146	Sep 16	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
127	147	Sep 17	LAD		PIT	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
128	148	Sep 18	LAD		PHI	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
129	149	Sep 19	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
130	150	Sep 20	LAD		PHI	W,11-1	GS	22	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
131	151	Sep 21	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
132	152	Sep 23 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
133	153	Sep 23 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
134	154	Sep 24	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
135	155	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
136	156	Sep 26	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
137	157	Sep 27	LAD	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
138	158	Sep 28	LAD	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
139	159	Sep 29	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
140	160	Sep 30	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
141	161	Oct 2 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
142	162	Oct 2 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
							143gm		1251.0	231	460	23	714	80