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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MON	@	NYM	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 9	MON	@	NYM	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
3	3	Apr 10	MON	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	MON	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	48	11.2	4	2	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	MON	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
6	6	Apr 13	MON	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	6	0	7	1	SS
7	7	Apr 14	MON		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15	MON		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
9	9	Apr 17	MON	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 19	MON		CHC	L,5-6	CG	53	11.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
11	11	Apr 20 (1)	MON		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
12	13 (1)	Apr 21	MON	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	2	3	1	6	0	SS
13	14	Apr 22	MON	@	STL	W,2-0	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	15	Apr 24	MON		PHI	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
15	16	Apr 25	MON	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
16	17	Apr 26	MON	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
17	18	Apr 27	MON	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
18	19	Apr 29	MON		NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
19	20	Apr 30	MON		NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	MON		NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
21	22	May 2	MON		PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
22	23	May 3	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
23	24	May 4	MON		PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
24	25	May 6	MON	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
25	26	May 7	MON	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
26	27	May 9	MON		CIN	L,5-8	CG	35	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
27	28	May 10	MON		CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
28	29	May 13	MON		HOU	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
29	30	May 14	MON		HOU	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
30	31	May 16	MON		ATL	L,5-7	CG	52	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
31	32	May 18	MON		ATL	L,3-8	CG	35	7.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	33	May 20	MON	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	2	7	1	SS
33	34	May 21	MON	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	35	May 22	MON	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
35	36	May 23	MON	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
36	37	May 24	MON	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	38	May 25	MON	@	CIN	L,2-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
38	39	May 27	MON		LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
39	40	May 28	MON		LAD	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
40	41	May 29	MON		LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
41	42	May 30	MON		SDP	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
42	43	May 31	MON		SDP	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 1	MON		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
44	47 (2)	Jun 6	MON	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
45	48	Jun 7	MON	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	49	Jun 8	MON	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
47	50	Jun 10	MON	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
				Player went from Montreal Expos to Los Angeles Dodgers
48	54	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
49	55	Jun 12	LAD		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
50	56	Jun 13	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
51	57	Jun 14	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	58	Jun 15	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
53	59	Jun 16	LAD		SDP	L,2-3	CG	49	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
54	60	Jun 17 (1)	LAD		SDP	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
55	61	Jun 17 (2)	LAD		SDP	W,11-0	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
56	62	Jun 18	LAD		SDP	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
57	63	Jun 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
58	64	Jun 21	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	2	8	1	11	2	SS
59	65	Jun 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
60	66	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
61	67	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-9	GS	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	68	Jun 25	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
63	69	Jun 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
64	70	Jun 27	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
65	71	Jun 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,19-0	GS	14	4.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
66	72	Jun 29	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
67	73	Jun 30	LAD		HOU	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	LAD		HOU	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
69	75	Jul 2	LAD		HOU	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
70	76	Jul 3	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
71	77	Jul 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
72	78	Jul 5	LAD		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
73	79	Jul 6	LAD		CIN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	80	Jul 7	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
75	81	Jul 8 (1)	LAD		ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
76	82	Jul 8 (2)	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
77	83	Jul 9	LAD		ATL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
78	84	Jul 10	LAD		SFG	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
79	85	Jul 11	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	47	10.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
80	86	Jul 12	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	CG	60	14.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
81	87	Jul 13	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
82	88	Jul 14	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
83	89	Jul 15	LAD	@	HOU	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
84	90	Jul 16	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
85	91	Jul 17	LAD	@	SFG	L,13-14	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
86	92	Jul 18	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
87	93	Jul 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
88	94	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
89	95	Jul 24	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
90	96	Jul 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
91	97	Jul 26	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
92	98	Jul 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
93	99	Jul 29 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
94	100	Jul 29 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
95	101	Jul 30	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
96	102	Jul 31	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	58	14.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	103	Aug 1	LAD	@	STL	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
98	104	Aug 2	LAD	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	105	Aug 3	LAD	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
100	106	Aug 4	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	3	2	1	6	0	SS
101	107	Aug 5	LAD		PIT	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
102	108	Aug 6	LAD		PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
103	109	Aug 7	LAD		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
104	110	Aug 8	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	111	Aug 9	LAD		CHC	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
106	113 (1)	Aug 11	LAD		STL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
107	114	Aug 12	LAD		STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
108	115	Aug 13	LAD		STL	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
109	116	Aug 15	LAD	@	MON	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
110	117	Aug 16	LAD	@	MON	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
111	118	Aug 17	LAD	@	MON	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
112	119	Aug 19	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
113	120	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
114	121	Aug 21	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
115	122	Aug 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
116	123	Aug 23	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS
117	124	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
118	125	Aug 26	LAD		MON	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	3	SS
119	126	Aug 27	LAD		MON	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
120	127	Aug 28	LAD		MON	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
121	128	Aug 29	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	6	3	9	0	SS
122	129	Aug 30	LAD		PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
123	130	Aug 31	LAD		PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	131	Sep 1	LAD		NYM	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	132	Sep 2	LAD		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
126	133	Sep 3	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
127	134	Sep 4	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
128	135	Sep 5	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
129	136	Sep 6	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
130	137	Sep 7	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
131	138	Sep 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
132	140 (1)	Sep 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
133	141	Sep 11	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
134	142	Sep 12	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
135	143	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
136	144	Sep 14	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
137	145	Sep 15	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	3	SS
138	146	Sep 16 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
139	147	Sep 16 (2)	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
140	148	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,5-6	CG	53	12.0	4	9	1	14	1	SS
141	149	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
142	150	Sep 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
143	151	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
144	152	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	52	9.2	1	6	1	8	0	SS
145	153	Sep 22	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
146	154	Sep 23 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	28	5.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
147	157 (2)	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
148	158	Sep 27	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
149	159	Sep 28	LAD		SFG	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
150	161 (1)	Oct 1	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
151	162	Oct 2	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
							151gm		1321.1	240	496	28	764	92