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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	TEX		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
2	2	Apr 9	TEX		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
3	3	Apr 10	TEX		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 11	TEX		DET	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
5	5	Apr 12	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
6	6	Apr 14	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	9.2	4	4	0	8	1	2B
7	7	Apr 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
8	8	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
9	9	Apr 17	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	2	7	1	2B
10	10	Apr 22	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	2	5	0	7	1	2B
11	11	Apr 23 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,6-9	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
12	12	Apr 23 (2)	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
13	13	Apr 24	TEX		KCR	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
14	14	Apr 25	TEX		KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
15	15	Apr 26	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
16	16	Apr 27	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
17	17	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	4	3	1	8	0	2B
18	18	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
19	19	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 3	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
21	21	May 5	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
22	22	May 6	TEX	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
23	23	May 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	11.1	2	5	1	8	1	2B
24	24	May 9	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
25	25	May 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
26	26	May 12	TEX		BAL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
27	27	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
28	28	May 14	TEX		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	9	0	12	1	2B
29	29	May 15	TEX		MIL	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
30	30	May 16	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
31	31	May 17	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
32	32	May 18	TEX		OAK	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
33	33	May 19 (1)	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	3	6	0	9	0	2B
34	34	May 19 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
35	35	May 20	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
36	36	May 21	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
37	37	May 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
38	38	May 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
39	39	May 24	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
40	40	May 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
41	41	May 26	TEX		SEA	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
42	42	May 27	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
43	43	May 29 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,7-1	GS	28	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
44	44	May 29 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
45	45	May 30	TEX		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	TEX		MIN	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
47	47	Jun 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
48	49 (1)	Jun 4	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
49	50	Jun 6	TEX		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
50	51	Jun 8 (1)	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	GF	16	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
51	52	Jun 8 (2)	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
52	54 (1)	Jun 10	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
53	55	Jun 11	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
54	56	Jun 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
55	57	Jun 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
56	58	Jun 14	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
57	59	Jun 15	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
58	61 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	TEX		TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
59	62	Jun 17	TEX		TOR	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
60	63	Jun 18	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
61	64	Jun 19	TEX		OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
62	65	Jun 20	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
63	66	Jun 22	TEX		OAK	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	6	1	12	0	2B
64	67	Jun 23 (1)	TEX		CAL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
65	68	Jun 23 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-4	GS	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
66	69	Jun 24	TEX		CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
67	70	Jun 25	TEX		CAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
68	71	Jun 27	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
69	72	Jun 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	56	14.2	5	4	1	10	1	2B
70	73	Jun 29	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	48	9.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
71	74	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	76 (1)	Jul 2	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	8	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
73	77	Jul 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	8	1.1	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
74	78	Jul 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
75	80 (1)	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
76	81	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,7-12	CG	54	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
77	82	Jul 8	TEX		DET	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
78	83	Jul 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
79	84	Jul 13	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
80	85	Jul 14	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
81	86	Jul 15 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
82	87	Jul 15 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	2B
83	88	Jul 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	45	11.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
84	89	Jul 17	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	38	11.0	6	6	0	12	2	2B
85	90	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
86	91	Jul 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
87	92	Jul 20	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	2B
88	93	Jul 21	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
89	94	Jul 22	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
90	95	Jul 23	TEX		MIL	L,8-17	GS	41	7.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
91	96	Jul 24	TEX		BAL	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
92	97	Jul 25	TEX		BAL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
93	98	Jul 26	TEX		BOS	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
94	99	Jul 27	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
95	100	Jul 28	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
96	101	Jul 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
97	102	Jul 30 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
98	103	Jul 30 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
99	104	Jul 31	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	105	Aug 1	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
101	106	Aug 4	TEX		CLE	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
102	107	Aug 5	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	5	7	0	12	1	2B
103	108	Aug 6	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
104	109	Aug 8	TEX	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
105	110	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
106	111	Aug 11	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
107	112	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
108	113	Aug 13 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
109	114	Aug 13 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	29	6.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
110	115	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
111	116	Aug 15	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
112	117	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	GS	28	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
113	118	Aug 17	TEX		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
114	119	Aug 18	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
115	120	Aug 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
116	121	Aug 20	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
117	122	Aug 21	TEX	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
118	123	Aug 22	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
119	124	Aug 23	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
120	125	Aug 24	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
121	126	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
122	127	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	8	0	12	0	2B
123	128	Aug 27	TEX		KCR	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
124	129	Aug 28	TEX		TOR	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
125	130	Aug 29	TEX		TOR	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	131	Sep 1	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
127	132	Sep 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 2B
128	133	Sep 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
129	134	Sep 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
130	135	Sep 6 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
131	136	Sep 6 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
132	137	Sep 7	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
133	138	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-11	GS	36	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
134	139	Sep 10 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
135	140	Sep 10 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	4	2	1	7	1	2B
136	141	Sep 11	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
137	142	Sep 12	TEX		CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
138	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
139	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	L,1-16	CG	49	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
140	145	Sep 15 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
141	146	Sep 15 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
142	147	Sep 16	TEX		OAK	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
143	148	Sep 17	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
144	149	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
145	150	Sep 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
146	151	Sep 22 (1)	TEX		SEA	W,10-2	GS	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
147	152	Sep 22 (2)	TEX		SEA	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
148	153	Sep 23	TEX		SEA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
149	154	Sep 24 (1)	TEX		SEA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
150	156 (1)	Sep 25	TEX		MIN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
151	157	Sep 26	TEX		MIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	2B
152	158	Sep 27	TEX		MIN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
153	159	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
154	160	Sep 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
155	161	Sep 30	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
156	162	Oct 1	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
							156gm		1336.1	350	526	17	893	84