Bump Wills

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 172lb (175cm, 78kg)

Born: July 27, 1952 in Washington, DC us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (6th) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Central Valley HS (Spokane Valley, WA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: April 7, 1977 (Age 24-254d, 13,840th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1982 (Age 30-068d)
vs. STL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Elliott Taylor Wills

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Relatives: Son of Maury Wills

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.5

3030

807

.266

472

RBI

302

196

OBP

.335

SLG

.360

OPS

.695

OPS+

Summary of 36 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 11 go ahead

2 Tms
TEX	30
CHC	6

Platoon
vs RHP	22
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	19
Home	17

Outs
0	15
1	11
2	10

15 Opps
TOR	5
DET	5
NYY	4
SEA	4
CHW	3
BAL	2
MON	2
MIL	2
PIT	2
KCR	2
MIN	1
CAL	1
BOS	1
CIN	1
PHI	1

34 Pitchers
Dave Rozema	2
Rich Wortham	2
Sid Monge	1
Jim Palmer	1
Mike Willis	1
Sammy Stewart	1
Mike Torrez	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Larry Gura	1
Paul Thormodsgard	1
Bob Sykes	1
Tom Murphy	1
Rick Jones	1
Don Aase	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Ken Clay	1
Ray Burris	1
Bob McClure	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Paul Mitchell	1
Manny Sarmiento	1
Joe Coleman	1
Steve Stone	1
Mike Parrott	1
Jim Clancy	1
Ed Figueroa	1
Floyd Bannister	1
John Candelaria	1
Luis Tiant	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Pete Vuckovich	1
Tommy John	1
Mario Soto	1

14 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	14
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	12
8	2
89	1
78	1

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	7
-2-	2
12-	1
--3	1
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

55 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	22
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	14

Inning
1	3
2	1
3	8
4	3
5	9
6	2
7	2
8	4
9	2
Extra	2

1-3	12
4-6	14
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	7
-1	6
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	3

Ahead	13
Tied	7
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	35
PH	1

OrderPos
2nd	13
1st	8
7th	7
8th	6
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-05-03	TEX	@	DET	Bob Sykes	ahead 11-0	t 9	0	1--	2	7	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Harrah Scores
2	2	2	1	1977-05-06	TEX		KCR	Larry Gura	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	4	0.098	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1977-06-07	TEX		NYY	Ed Figueroa	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	2	4	0.109	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1977-07-02	TEX	@	TOR	Pete Vuckovich	behind 3-6	t 8	2	-2-	2	8	4	0.110	16%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. May Scores
5	5	5	1	1977-07-03 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	Mike Willis	ahead 4-3	t 10	2	1--	2	8	4	0.144	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Beníquez Scores
6	6	6	1	1977-07-29	TEX		DET	Dave Rozema	behind 4-13	b 9	0	---	1	6	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1977-08-18	TEX		TOR	Tom Murphy	ahead 6-0	b 5	1	---	1	7	4	0.011	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1977-08-27	TEX	@	NYY	Mike Torrez	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	7	4	0.090	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	2	1977-08-27	TEX	@	NYY	Ken Clay	ahead 7-2	t 7	1	---	1	7	4	0.016	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1978-04-23 (2)	TEX	@	DET	Dave Rozema	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.252	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1978-05-10	TEX	@	MIL	Lary Sorensen	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	2	4	0.231	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Hargrove Scores
12	12	3	1	1978-05-19 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	Paul Mitchell	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	4	0.120	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1978-05-24	TEX	@	MIN	Paul Thormodsgard	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	4	0.116	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	1978-06-10	TEX		CHW	Steve Stone	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---	1	2	4	0.087	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	6	1	1978-07-27	TEX		BOS	Luis Tiant	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	4	0.150	72%		Home Run
16	16	7	1	1978-08-28	TEX		TOR	Joe Coleman	ahead 9-3	b 8	1	--3	2	2	4	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Jorgensen Scores
17	17	8	1	1978-09-22 (1)	TEX		SEA	Mike Parrott	ahead 9-2	b 3	1	---	1	2	4	0.010	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
18	18	9	1	1978-09-30	TEX	@	SEA	Rick Jones	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	7	4	0.082	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1979-05-05	TEX		CHW	Rich Wortham	behind 3-7	b 7	0	1--	2	8	4	0.116	22%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sundberg Scores; B. Wills Scores
20	20	2	1	1979-07-10	TEX	@	CHW	Rich Wortham	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.095	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores
21	21	3	1	1979-07-15	TEX	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	1	4	0.115	57%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF)
22	22	4	1	1979-08-24	TEX		MIL	Bob McClure	behind 5-6	b 6	1	---	1	7	4	0.186	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1979-09-03	TEX	@	SEA	Floyd Bannister	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.096	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1980-04-30	TEX	@	DET	Dan Schatzeder	behind 0-1	t 3	1	1--	2	2	4	0.200	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Rivers Scores
25	25	2	1	1980-05-22	TEX		CAL	Don Aase	behind 5-6	b 4	1	1--	2	2	4	0.245	67%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Rivers Scores
26	26	3	1	1980-07-19	TEX	@	BAL	Sammy Stewart	ahead 7-6	t 10	2	123	4	2	4	0.143	99%		Home Run; J. Sundberg Scores; D. Roberts Scores; M. Rivers Scores
27	27	4	1	1980-07-30	TEX		BAL	Jim Palmer	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	2	4	0.130	41%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
28	28	5	1	1980-08-27	TEX	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 0-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	2	4	0.185	46%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); M. Rivers Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1981-04-18	TEX		NYY	Tommy John	behind 0-4	b 5	1	12-	3	1	4	0.225	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Putnam Scores; B. Sample Scores/unER
30	30	2	1	1981-09-04	TEX		DET	Milt Wilcox	behind 1-2	b 5	0	1--	2	8	4	0.275	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Stein Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1982-04-05	CHC	@	CIN	Mario Soto	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.104	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	2	1	1982-04-16	CHC	@	PIT	John Candelaria	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	1	4	0.110	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	1982-06-14	CHC		PHI	Sid Monge	ahead 6-3	b 5	2	-23	3	1	4	0.081	98%		Home Run; J. Davis Scores; L. Bowa Scores
34	34	4	1	1982-06-17	CHC		MON	Ray Burris	ahead 8-6	b 5	0	---	1	1	4	0.071	90%		Home Run
35	35	5	1	1982-06-28	CHC		PIT	Manny Sarmiento	behind 2-4	b 5	1	---	1	1	4	0.128	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	6	1	1982-09-18	CHC	@	MON	Woodie Fryman	tied 7-7	t 8	2	1-3	3	2	PH	0.425	93%		Home Run; S. Fletcher Scores; R. Sandberg Scores