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Maury Wills

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Full Name: Maurice Morning Wills Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: June 6, 1959
Birthdate: October 2, 1932 Final Game: October 4, 1972
Birthplace: Washington, D.C. MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Career Highlights
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Maury Wills (Maurice Morning Wills) was born on October 2, 1932 in Washington, D.C.. He made his Major League debut on June 6, 1959 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1959, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 0 home runs and 7 RBI. Wills played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Maury Wills's best season was 1962, when he stole 104 bases and hit for a .299 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1959 LA N 83 242 27 63 0 7 .260 .298 .298 5 2 13 27 0 3 7 5 3
1960 LA N 148 516 75 152 0 27 .295 .342 .331 15 2 35 47 3 3 50 8 11
1961 LA N 148 613 105 173 1 31 .282 .346 .339 12 10 59 50 1 13 35 2 6
1962 LA N 165 695 130 208 6 48 .299 .347 .373 13 10 51 57 2 7 104 1 7
1963 LA N 134 527 83 159 0 34 .302 .355 .349 19 3 44 48 1 5 40 0 3
1964 LA N 158 630 81 173 2 34 .275 .318 .324 15 5 41 73 0 11 53 0 6
1965 LA N 158 650 92 186 0 33 .286 .330 .329 14 7 40 64 4 14 94 2 6
1966 LA N 143 594 60 162 1 39 .273 .314 .308 14 2 34 60 2 13 38 0 6
1967 PIT N 149 616 92 186 3 45 .302 .334 .365 12 9 31 44 1 12 29 1 6
1968 PIT N 153 627 76 174 0 31 .278 .326 .316 12 6 45 57 1 11 52 1 10
1969 MON N 47 189 23 42 0 8 .222 .295 .238 3 0 20 21 0 1 15 0 3
1969 LA N 104 434 57 129 4 39 .297 .356 .378 7 8 39 40 1 4 25 2 4
1969 TOT N 151 623 80 171 4 47 .274 .337 .335 10 8 59 61 1 5 40 2 7
1970 LA N 132 522 77 141 0 34 .270 .333 .318 19 3 50 34 0 5 28 2 10
1971 LA N 149 601 73 169 3 44 .281 .323 .329 14 3 40 44 0 7 15 2 8
1972 LA N 71 132 16 17 0 4 .129 .190 .167 3 1 10 18 0 10 1 0 3
Total 1942 7588 1067 2134 20 458 .281 .330 .331 177 71 552 684 16 119 586 26 92

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1959 LA N SS 82 70 635 121 220 12 39 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1960 LA N SS 145 141 1219.1 260 431 40 78 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1961 LA N SS 148 146 1305.1 253 428 29 104 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1962 LA N SS 165 164 1444.1 295 493 36 86 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1963 LA N SS 109 104 895.1 171 322 21 47 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1963 LA N 3B 33 27 248 26 59 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1964 LA N SS 149 147 1311.2 273 422 27 77 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1964 LA N 3B 6 4 32.1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 LA N SS 155 154 1392 267 535 25 89 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1966 LA N SS 139 137 1221 227 453 23 79 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1966 LA N 3B 4 4 30 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 PIT N SS 3 1 23 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 PIT N 3B 143 142 1240.1 98 343 24 31 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1968 PIT N 3B 141 140 1249 105 276 17 27 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1968 PIT N SS 9 9 88.1 10 32 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1969 MON N SS 46 46 402.1 72 139 11 31 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1969 MON N 2B 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 LA N SS 104 103 917 168 357 17 61 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1969 TOT N SS 150 149 1319.1 240 496 28 92 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1970 LA N SS 126 124 1076.1 171 396 24 58 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1970 LA N 3B 5 0 5.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 LA N 3B 5 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1971 LA N SS 144 139 1218.2 220 484 16 86 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1972 LA N SS 31 27 250 38 89 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1972 LA N 3B 27 3 68.2 1 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 364 320 2880 236 708 47 69 0 0 0 0 0 .953
Total SS 1555 1512 13399.2 2550 4804 284 859 0 0 0 0 0 .963

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1951).
  • Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Brooklyn Dodgers in the minor league draft (December 3, 1956).
  • Sent to Detroit Tigers by Los Angeles Dodgers for future considerations (October 13, 1958).
  • Returned to Los Angeles Dodgers (April 2, 1959).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bob Bailey and Gene Michael (December 1, 1966).
  • Selected by Montreal Expos from Pittsburgh Pirates (21st pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos with Manny Mota to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Ron Fairly and Paul Popovich (June 11, 1969).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 24, 1972).

[edit] Career Highlights

  • 5 Time All-Star: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966
  • 3 World Series Champion: 1959, 1963, 1965

[edit] Trivia

  • Father of Bump Wills

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