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Maury Wills
Maurice Morning Wills

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

MLB Debut June 6, 1959
Final Game October 4, 1972
Born October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC
Died September 19, 2022 (age 89)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 26 LAN NL   98  259   26   70   6   1   0   17  11   2   12   29  .270  .300  .301  .602    84    78   1   2   0   0   3  
 1960 27 LAN NL  142  559   75  158  11   2   0   39  39  10   31   55  .283  .319  .309  .628    84   173   4   5   2   1  19  
 1961 28 LAN NL  154  652  106  172  14  16   1   41  55  17   68   63  .264  .333  .339  .672    92   221  18   1   8   0  10  
 1962 29 LAN NL  162  697   95  182  13   5   8   53 104  38   54   46  .261  .315  .329  .644    92   229  11   2  11   2   8  
 1963 30 LAN NL  142  534   93  164  25   0   0   45  82  17   45   38  .307  .360  .354  .714   107   189   9   1   5   0   4  
 1964 31 LAN NL  161  693   79  178  11   5   1   33  78  26   29   89  .257  .287  .291  .578    83   202  16   0   0   0   6  
 1965 32 LAN NL  162  678   84  197  19   7   0   46 112  40   33   74  .291  .326  .339  .666   100   230  13   4   0   5   4  
 1966 33 LAN NL  151  626   78  159  18   2   3   43  62  34   46   72  .254  .306  .304  .609    88   190   5   3  14   2   4  
 1967 34 PIN NL  157  609   78  174  11   4   4   54  33  13   34   44  .286  .321  .337  .658    95   205  32   4   1   0   4  
 1968 35 PIN NL  162  670   80  187  17   6   0   44  62  31   42   76  .279  .321  .322  .643    98   216  13   2   0   0  10  
 1969 36 LAN NL  162  687   95  187  11   7  10   55  42  20   57   91  .272  .327  .352  .679    98   242   5   2   2   0   6  
 1970 37 LAN NL  145  549   63  131  15   1   0   46  20  10   40   41  .239  .289  .270  .558    77   148   4   3   3   0  17  
 1971 38 LAN NL  157  660   96  197  19   5   0   37  11   6   43   43  .298  .341  .342  .683    98   226  13   1   0   0  12  
 1972 39 LAN NL   84  152   15   32  11   1   0   14   0   0    4   13  .211  .244  .296  .540    83    45   4   1   0   3   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     2039 8025 1063 2188 201  62  27  567 711 264  538  774  .273  .318  .323  .641        2594 148  31  46  13 109
 Per 600 PA           550   73  150  14   4   2   39  49  18   37   53                                 178  10   2   3   1   7
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With LAN     1720 6746  905 1827 173  52  23  469 616 220  462  654  .271  .318  .322  .640        2173 103  25  45  13  95
   With PIN      319 1279  158  361  28  10   4   98  95  44   76  120  .282  .321  .329  .650         421  45   6   1   0  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1942 7588 1067 2134 177  71  20  458 586 208  552  684  .281  .330  .331  .661        2513 119  29  26  16  92
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1959 26 LAN NL  15   24   3.4   5   1   0  .200   5   95   77  .811    0    0  .000  SS   2e25        6   
 1960 27 LAN NL  24   55   3.4   3   0   0  .000  38  162  123  .759    0    0  .000  SS   1e44      -45   
 1961 28 LAN NL  32   79   4.1   0   0   0  .000  27  180  152  .844    0    0  .000  SS   1e32      -13   
 1962 29 LAN NL  28   75   3.6   0   0   0  .000  30  201  144  .716    0    0  .000  SS   2e36      -76   
 1963 30 LAN NL  33   78   5.3   7   2   0  .286  24  148   96  .649    0    0  .000  SS   3e34       10   
 1964 31 LAN NL  34   61   2.9   0   0   0  .000  24  198  141  .712    0    0  .000  SS   3e31      -63   
 1965 32 LAN NL  28   79   4.0   0   0   0  .000  30  192  149  .776    0    0  .000  SS   2e26        6   
 1966 33 LAN NL  29   58   3.1   0   0   0  .000  23  186  135  .726    0    0  .000  SS   3e27      -13   
 1967 34 PIN NL  24   70   3.9   5   1   0  .200  25   79   43  .544    0    0  .000  3B   3e27      -42   
 1968 35 PIN NL  32   69   3.5   0   0   0  .000  19   76   44  .579    0    0  .000  3B   3e21        1   
 1969 36 LAN NL  23   81   4.1   0   0   0  .000  27  175  120  .686    0    0  .000  SS   3e31        7   
 1970 37 LAN NL  16   41   2.5   8   4   0  .500  38  177  108  .610    0    0  .000  SS   3e32      -93   
 1971 38 LAN NL  35   77   4.2   0   0   0  .000  14  179  125  .698    0    0  .000  SS   3e18       31   
 1972 39 LAN NL   8   11   2.4  10   3   0  .300   3   53   37  .698    0    0  .000  SS   4e12      183   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          864   3.7  38  11   0  .289 327 2101 1494  .711    0    0  .000                 -18   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 31.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1959 26 LAN NL  SS    90   139   245    5   48   .987    69   658.1   5.25
 1960 27 LAN NL  SS   138   203   445   38   86   .945   133  1209.2   4.82
 1961 28 LAN NL  SS   154   212   526   27   93   .965   154  1373.0   4.84
 1962 29 LAN NL  SS   162   256   552   30  102   .964   162  1482.2   4.90
 1963 30 LAN NL  SS   130   195   408   24   74   .962   125  1112.0   4.88
                 3B     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   1.00
 1964 31 LAN NL  SS   161   282   523   24   93   .971   161  1460.2   4.96
 1965 32 LAN NL  SS   162   265   568   30  110   .965   162  1462.0   5.13
 1966 33 LAN NL  SS   149   210   516   23   86   .969   149  1352.0   4.83
 1967 34 PIN NL  3B   153   123   300   25   25   .944   145  1316.0   2.89
 1968 35 PIN NL  3B   162   144   263   19   24   .955   162  1458.0   2.51
 1969 36 LAN NL  SS   162   228   546   27   65   .966   162  1472.1   4.73
 1970 37 LAN NL  SS   141   215   492   38   89   .949   135  1225.1   5.19
 1971 38 LAN NL  SS   157   273   522   14   97   .983   152  1385.2   5.16
 1972 39 LAN NL  SS    70    57   139    3   22   .985    38   367.1   4.80
                 3B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1676  2535  5482  283  965   .966  1602 14561.0   4.96
                 3B   319   267   564   44   49   .950   307  2786.0   2.68
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register 
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1971 NLCS  LAN NYN   W    3  11  2  3  0  1  0   0  3  1  .273  .429  .455  0
      WS    LAN OAA   L    7  29  2  4  0  0  0   2  5  4  .138  .265  .138  1
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1959  LAN   88-66   Robert Rescigno
 1960  LAN   76-78   Robert Rescigno
 1961  LAN   73-81   Robert Rescigno
 1962  LAN   91-71   Robert Rescigno
 1963  LAN  100-62   Robert Rescigno
 1964  LAN   76-86   Robert Rescigno
 1965  LAN   84-78   Dave Jackson, Robert Rescigno
 1966  LAN   78-84   Dave Jackson
 1967  PIN   86-76   Dennis Van Langen
 1968  PIN   80-82   Dave Jackson
 1969  LAN   94-68   Scott Campbell
 1970  LAN   72-90   Scott Campbell
 1971  LAN  102-60   Scott Campbell
 1972  LAN   78-84   Scott Campbell

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