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Maury Wills

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Full name Maurice Morning Wills
Born October 2, 1932, Washington, D.C.
Died September 19, 2022, Sedona, Arizona
First Game: June 6, 1959; Final Game: October 4, 1972
Managed First Game: August 4, 1980; Managed Final Game: May 5, 1981
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 170
Father of Bump Wills
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1962)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1962)
Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1962)
Named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1962)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1961 to 1962 and 1965)
Won NL Gold Glove as shortstop (1961 to 1962)
Ejections as player: 1960 (1), 1961 (1), 1962 (1), 1963 (1), 1964 (1), 1967 (1), 1968 (1), 1969 (1), 1970 (2), 1971 (1). Total: 11
Ejections as manager: 1980 (3)
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1959 LA N Daily Splits 83 242 27 63 5 2 0 7 13 5 27 0 3 0 0 3 3 7 3 .260 .298 .298 -0.9 1959 LA N 1960 LA N Daily Splits 148 516 75 152 15 2 0 27 35 8 47 3 3 2 0 11 11 50 12 .295 .342 .331 3.2 1960 LA N 1961 LA N Daily Splits 148 613 105 173 12 10 1 31 59 2 50 1 13 1 0 17 6 35 15 .282 .346 .339 0.5 1961 LA N 1962 LA N Daily Splits 165 695 130 208 13 10 6 48 51 1 57 2 7 4 0 14 7 104 13 .299 .347 .373 2.7 1962 LA N 1963 LA N Daily Splits 134 527 83 159 19 3 0 34 44 0 48 1 5 3 0 5 3 40 19 .302 .355 .349 3.1 1963 LA N 1964 LA N Daily Splits 158 630 81 173 15 5 2 34 41 0 73 0 11 3 0 7 6 53 17 .275 .318 .324 -0.5 1964 LA N 1965 LA N Daily Splits 158 650 92 186 14 7 0 33 40 2 64 4 14 2 1 11 6 94 31 .286 .330 .329 3.5 1965 LA N 1966 LA N Daily Splits 143 594 60 162 14 2 1 39 34 0 60 2 13 0 0 8 6 38 24 .273 .314 .308 1.0 1966 LA N 1967 PIT N Daily Splits 149 616 92 186 12 9 3 45 31 1 44 1 12 4 1 16 6 29 10 .302 .334 .365 1.1 1967 PIT N 1968 PIT N Daily Splits 153 627 76 174 12 6 0 31 45 1 57 1 11 1 0 16 10 52 21 .278 .326 .316 -1.2 1968 PIT N 1969 MON N Daily Splits 47 189 23 42 3 0 0 8 20 0 21 0 1 1 0 4 3 15 6 .222 .295 .238 -0.7 1969 MON N 1969 LA N Daily Splits 104 434 57 129 7 8 4 39 39 2 40 1 4 1 0 6 4 25 15 .297 .356 .378 3.1 1969 LA N 1969 TOT N 151 623 80 171 10 8 4 47 59 2 61 1 5 2 0 10 7 40 21 .274 .337 .335 2.4 1969 TOT N 1970 LA N Daily Splits 132 522 77 141 19 3 0 34 50 2 34 0 5 1 0 9 10 28 13 .270 .333 .318 -1.6 1970 LA N 1971 LA N Daily Splits 149 601 73 169 14 3 3 44 40 2 44 0 7 6 0 9 8 15 8 .281 .323 .329 1.5 1971 LA N 1972 LA N Daily Splits 71 132 16 17 3 1 0 4 10 0 18 0 10 0 0 1 3 1 1 .129 .190 .167 -2.2 1972 LA N Total (14 Years) Splits 1942 7588 1067 2134 177 71 20 458 552 26 684 16 119 29 2 137 92 586 208 .281 .330 .331 12.6 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1959 LA N Daily Splits 6 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .250 1959 LA N 1963 LA N Daily Splits 4 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133 .188 .133 1963 LA N 1965 LA N Daily Splits 7 30 3 11 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .367 .387 .467 1965 LA N 1966 LA N Daily Splits 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 .250 .077 1966 LA N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 21 78 6 19 3 0 0 4 5 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 .244 .289 .282 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1961 NL Daily Splits 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 1961 NL 1962 NL Daily Splits 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1962 NL 1965 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1965 NL 1966 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1966 NL Total ( 4 Years) Splits 6 14 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .357 .357 .357 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1959 LA N Daily Splits SS 82 70 57 635 121 220 12 39 0 .966 1960 LA N Daily Splits SS 145 141 119 1219.1 260 431 40 78 0 .945 1961 LA N Daily Splits SS 148 146 144 1305.1 253 428 29 104 0 .959 1962 LA N Daily Splits SS 165 164 152 1444.1 295 493 36 86 0 .956 1963 LA N Daily Splits SS 109 104 82 895.1 171 322 21 47 0 .959 1963 LA N 3B 33 27 22 248 26 59 5 7 0 .944 1964 LA N Daily Splits SS 149 147 138 1311.2 273 422 27 77 0 .963 1964 LA N 3B 6 4 3 32.1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1965 LA N Daily Splits SS 155 154 150 1392 267 535 25 89 0 .970 1966 LA N Daily Splits SS 139 137 130 1221 227 453 23 79 0 .967 1966 LA N 3B 4 4 2 30 4 7 0 1 0 1.000 1967 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 143 142 131 1239.1 98 343 24 31 0 .948 1967 PIT N SS 3 1 1 23 4 3 0 1 0 1.000 1968 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 141 140 128 1247 105 276 17 27 0 .957 1968 PIT N SS 10 9 9 89.1 10 32 1 5 0 .977 1969 MON N Daily Splits SS 46 46 44 402.1 72 139 11 31 0 .950 1969 MON N 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1969 LA N Daily Splits SS 104 103 98 917 168 357 17 61 0 .969 1969 TOT N SS 150 149 142 1319.1 240 496 28 92 0 .963 1970 LA N Daily Splits SS 126 124 108 1076.1 171 396 24 58 0 .959 1970 LA N 3B 5 0 0 5.2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1971 LA N Daily Splits SS 144 139 118 1218.2 220 484 16 86 0 .978 1971 LA N 3B 5 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 .667 1972 LA N Daily Splits SS 31 27 23 250 38 89 2 18 0 .984 1972 LA N 3B 27 3 0 68.2 1 14 0 2 0 1.000 Total (14 Years) Splits SS 1556 1512 1373 13400.2 2550 4804 284 859 0 .963 Total ( 8 Years) 3B 364 320 286 2877 236 708 47 69 0 .953 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1959 LA N Daily Splits SS 6 6 5 51 10 21 1 3 0 .969 1963 LA N Daily Splits SS 4 4 4 36 5 10 1 0 0 .938 1965 LA N Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 60 14 26 0 6 0 1.000 1966 LA N Daily Splits SS 4 4 4 34 12 15 0 3 0 1.000 Total ( 4 Years) Splits SS 21 21 20 181 41 72 2 12 0 .983 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1961 NL Daily Splits SS 2 2 1 13 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1962 NL Daily Splits SS 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1965 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 7 2 3 0 1 0 1.000 1966 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 4 Years) Splits SS 6 3 1 29 5 9 0 1 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1980 SEA A 58 20 38 .345 209 278 8- 4 6 7 1981 SEA A 25 6 18 .250 87 145 5- 5 7 6 Total ( 2 Years) 83 26 56 .317 296 423 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 6-29-1960(2) BOX LA N Tony Venzon Call at 1B 6-28-1961 BOX LA N Stan Landes Called third strike 8-11-1962 BOX LA N Al Forman Refusing to get in batter's box 4-18-1963 BOX LA N Frank Secory Balls and strikes 7-12-1964(2) BOX LA N Bill Williams Call at 2B 5-21-1967 BOX PIT N Paul Pryor Called third strike 9-11-1968(1) BOX PIT N Stan Landes Balk call 9-30-1969 BOX LA N Ed Vargo Bench jockeying 4-16-1970 BOX LA N Stan Landes Balk call 5- 9-1970 BOX LA N Shag Crawford Interference call 9-13-1971 BOX LA N Stan Landes Interference non-call

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 8-15-1980 BOX SEA A Ken Kaiser Warning to both teams 9- 8-1980 BOX SEA A Mark Johnson Balk call 9-30-1980 BOX SEA A Bill Kunkel Doctored ball (Sandpaper)

Transaction Information

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).

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