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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	LAD		CIN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 11	LAD		CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 12	LAD		CIN	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
4	4	Apr 13	LAD		MLN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 14	LAD		MLN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 15	LAD		MLN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 16	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-19	CG	48	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 18	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-14	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 22	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
13	13	Apr 23	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24	LAD	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	LAD	@	CHC	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	2	9	1	SS
17	17	Apr 27	LAD		PIT	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
19	19	Apr 29 (1)	LAD		PIT	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
20	20	Apr 29 (2)	LAD		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
21	21	Apr 30	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	CG	61	16.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
23	23	May 2	LAD		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
24	24	May 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
25	25	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
26	26	May 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
27	27	May 8	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-6	CG	48	10.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
28	28	May 9	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
30	30	May 11	LAD	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 12	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	65	14.2	3	3	1	7	0	SS
32	32	May 13	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	33	May 15	LAD		HOU	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
34	34	May 16	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
35	35	May 17	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
36	36	May 18	LAD		STL	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	37	May 19	LAD		STL	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
38	38	May 20	LAD		STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	39	May 21	LAD		SFG	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
40	40	May 22	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
41	41	May 23	LAD		NYM	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
42	42	May 24	LAD		NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
43	43	May 25	LAD		NYM	W,17-8	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
44	44	May 26	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
45	45	May 27 (1)	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
46	46	May 27 (2)	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
47	47	May 30 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,13-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
48	48	May 30 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
49	49	May 31	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	50	Jun 1 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-4	GS	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
51	51	Jun 1 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	52	Jun 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
53	53	Jun 3	LAD	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
54	54	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
55	55	Jun 5 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
56	56	Jun 5 susp	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
57	57	Jun 6	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
58	58	Jun 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
59	59	Jun 8	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	56	13.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
60	60	Jun 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-13	GS	32	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
61	61	Jun 10 (1)	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
62	62	Jun 10 (2)	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-7	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
63	63	Jun 12	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-15	GS	33	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	64	Jun 13	LAD	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
65	65	Jun 14	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
66	66	Jun 15	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
67	67	Jun 16	LAD		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	2	5	1	SS
68	68	Jun 17	LAD		HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
69	69	Jun 18	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jun 19	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	71	Jun 20	LAD		STL	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	5	8	0	13	2	SS
72	72	Jun 22	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
73	73	Jun 23	LAD		CIN	W,14-3	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
74	74	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	L,10-12	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
75	75	Jun 25	LAD		MLN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
76	76	Jun 26	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
77	77	Jun 27	LAD		MLN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
78	78	Jun 28	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	CG	59	13.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
79	79	Jun 29	LAD		NYM	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
80	80	Jun 30	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	81	Jul 1	LAD		NYM	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
82	82	Jul 2 (1)	LAD		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
83	83	Jul 2 (2)	LAD		PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
84	84	Jul 4 (1)	LAD		PHI	W,16-1	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
85	85	Jul 4 (2)	LAD		PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
86	86	Jul 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
87	87	Jul 6	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
88	88	Jul 7	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
89	89	Jul 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
90	90	Jul 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
91	91	Jul 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
92	92	Jul 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,17-3	GS	16	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
93	93	Jul 15 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
94	94	Jul 15 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
95	95	Jul 17	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
96	96	Jul 18	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
97	97	Jul 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	98	Jul 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
99	99	Jul 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
100	100	Jul 22	LAD	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
101	101	Jul 23	LAD	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
102	102	Jul 24	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
103	103	Jul 25	LAD	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
104	104	Jul 27	LAD		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
105	105	Jul 28	LAD		SFG	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
106	106	Jul 29	LAD		SFG	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	107	Aug 1	LAD		PIT	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
108	108	Aug 2	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
109	109	Aug 3	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
110	110	Aug 4	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
111	111	Aug 5 (1)	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	CG	55	14.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
112	112	Aug 5 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	113	Aug 6	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
114	114	Aug 7	LAD		NYM	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	3	SS
115	115	Aug 8	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
116	116	Aug 9	LAD		PHI	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
117	117	Aug 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
118	118	Aug 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
119	119	Aug 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
120	120	Aug 14	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	121	Aug 15	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
122	122	Aug 16	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
123	123	Aug 17	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
124	124	Aug 18	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-12	CG	47	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
125	125	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
126	126	Aug 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.1	3	4	0	7	1	SS
127	127	Aug 22	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
128	128	Aug 23	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
129	129	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
130	130	Aug 25	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
131	131	Aug 26	LAD	@	NYM	W,16-5	GS	23	6.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
132	132	Aug 28	LAD		CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
133	133	Aug 29	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	53	13.0	5	5	0	10	0	SS
134	134	Aug 30	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
135	135	Aug 31	LAD		MLN	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
136	136	Sep 1	LAD		MLN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
137	137	Sep 2	LAD		MLN	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
138	138	Sep 3	LAD		SFG	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
139	139	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
140	140	Sep 5	LAD		SFG	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
141	141	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
142	142	Sep 7	LAD		PIT	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
143	143	Sep 8	LAD		PIT	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
144	144	Sep 9	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
145	145	Sep 10	LAD		CHC	W,8-1	GS	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
146	146	Sep 11	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	2	9	0	SS
147	147	Sep 12	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
148	148	Sep 14	LAD	@	CHC	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
149	149	Sep 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
150	150	Sep 16	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
151	151	Sep 17	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
152	152	Sep 18	LAD	@	MLN	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
153	153	Sep 19	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
154	154	Sep 21	LAD	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
155	155	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
156	156	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
157	157	Sep 25	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
158	158	Sep 26	LAD		HOU	W,13-1	GS	23	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
159	159	Sep 27	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
160	160	Sep 28	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
161	161	Sep 29	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
162	162	Sep 30	LAD		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
163	163	Oct 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
164	164	Oct 2	LAD		SFG	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
165	165	Oct 3	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
							165gm		1444.1	295	493	36	824	86