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Maury
Wills		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 2, 1932 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1960   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 9 8 9
1960 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 9 9 9
1961 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9
1962 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 4 10 9 9
1963 30 SDP NL $ 857,143   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 10 9 9
1964 31 SDP NL $ 1,100,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 10 9 9
1965 32 SDP NL $ 1,100,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 10 9 9
1966 33 SDP NL $ 1,100,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
1967 34 SDP NL $ 1,100,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 8 8 8
1968 35 BSN NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 8 7 7
1969 36 BSN NL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 7 6 6
1970 37 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1959 26 PIT NL 110 364 66 104 20 7 0 19 25 12 27 38 .286 .335 .379 .714 45.2 9.6
    AAA   26 98 14 23 2 0 3 18 10 0 9 7 .235 .299 .347 .646 12.4  
1960 27 PIT NL 152 589 71 153 15 2 0 19 76 28 35 44 .260 .301 .292 .593 55.4 4.4
1961 28 PIT NL 103 282 47 92 6 1 2 20 48 21 16 19 .326 .361 .376 .737 39.2 6.7
1962 29 PIT NL 46 121 13 26 2 2 0 6 13 5 10 7 .215 .275 .264 .539 9.0 0.3
  SDP NL 62 172 27 45 5 1 1 9 19 8 11 3 .262 .308 .320 .628 17.2 2.4
  TOT   108 293 40 71 7 3 1 15 32 13 21 10 .242 .294 .297 .591 26.2 2.7
1963 30 SDP NL 77 291 41 84 2 4 1 16 42 10 15 14 .289 .324 .333 .657 34.9 5.9
    AAA   81 351 47 104 7 0 6 37 28 9 28 15 .296 .348 .368 .716 47.1  
1964 31 SDP NL 118 362 55 113 12 3 1 39 47 17 15 17 .312 .340 .370 .711 45.1 7.6
1965 32 SDP NL 140 487 64 134 12 1 9 44 65 19 25 31 .275 .310 .359 .669 59.0 10.9
1966 33 SDP NL 139 419 59 110 14 3 2 41 52 24 29 27 .263 .311 .325 .636 42.1 5.1
1967 34 SDP NL 93 136 21 31 4 2 1 10 21 5 8 10 .228 .269 .309 .578 12.5 0.9
1968 35 TAM AL 98 368 33 75 9 1 0 9 33 16 21 56 .204 .249 .234 .482 16.7 0.0
  BSN NL 9 11 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 1.6 0.4
  TOT   107 379 36 78 9 1 0 10 34 16 23 58 .206 .253 .235 .488 18.4 0.4
    AAA   25 39 11 12 1 0 0 2 7 2 5 4 .308 .386 .333 .720 5.9  
1969 36 BSN NL 95 211 40 57 13 2 0 19 32 11 10 26 .270 .302 .351 .653 23.0 2.7
1970 37 BSN NL 134 398 50 100 7 2 1 22 57 13 28 68 .251 .300 .286 .586 39.3 4.3
12 Years Sim 1376 4211 590 1127 121 31 18 274 531 189 252 362 .268 .309 .324 .633 440.3 61.2
3 Years AAA 132 488 72 139 10 0 9 57 45 11 42 26 .285 .341 .361 .702 65.5  
162 Game Average 495 69 132 14 3 2 32 62 22 29 42 .268 .309 .324 .633 51.8  
Career Highs 152 589 71 153 20 7 9 44 76 28 35 68 .326 .361 .379 .737 59.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2176 299 559 59 18 7 140 277 98 110 186 .257 .293 .310 .603 209.4
vs LH   2035 291 568 62 13 11 134 254 91 142 176 .279 .326 .339 .664 239.0
Home 695 2135 307 578 62 12 8 136 280 83 134 192 .271 .313 .322 .636 236.6
Away 681 2076 283 549 59 19 10 138 251 106 118 170 .264 .304 .326 .630 211.9
RISP   733 0 186 24 3 4 243 0 0 54 52 .254 .302 .311 .613 69.5
Pinch Hitting   120 20 35 3 1 3 12 8 3 7 12 .292 .331 .408 .739 16.2
Close/Late   449 94 113 15 2 2 30 0 3 31 32 .252 .299 .307 .607 40.1
Mar/Apr 205 561 94 160 9 4 3 32 83 26 35 35 .285 .328 .332 .659 67.0
May 247 755 112 213 18 3 1 42 100 36 44 45 .282 .321 .318 .639 82.4
June 215 661 81 165 23 7 1 41 72 21 49 74 .250 .301 .310 .611 67.6
July 221 679 93 174 26 3 6 52 79 37 43 70 .256 .302 .330 .632 68.5
August 233 794 108 213 27 5 2 57 99 29 35 66 .268 .299 .322 .621 81.7
Sep/Oct 255 761 102 202 18 9 5 50 98 40 46 72 .265 .307 .332 .639 81.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 26 PIT NL 3B 52 51 422.0 25 105 5 7 .963 2.77   1.5
    SS 52 43 359.3 49 165 7 22 .968 5.36   1.5
1960 27 PIT NL 3B 151 148 1265.0 84 292 17 25 .957 2.68   5.9
    SS 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.77   0.0
1961 28 PIT NL 3B 73 67 573.3 31 122 4 12 .975 2.40   2.0
    SS 4 1 16.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 1 0 5.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1962 29 PIT NL SS 31 28 235.4 36 94 3 17 .977 4.97   1.3
    3B 8 4 40.8 2 10 1 0 .923 2.65   0.1
  SDP NL SS 41 37 333.6 52 133 4 24 .979 4.99   1.4
    3B 11 6 57.8 2 14 1 1 .941 2.49   0.2
  TOT   SS 72 65 569.0 88 227 7 41 .978 4.98   2.7
      3B 19 10 98.6 4 24 2 1 .933 2.56   0.3
1963 30 SDP NL SS 68 66 579.0 91 217 11 51 .966 4.79   3.9
    3B 7 2 31.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.1
    2B 4 2 15.0 4 6 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
1964 31 SDP NL 2B 87 84 705.3 168 259 6 56 .986 5.45   3.3
    3B 11 1 29.7 0 5 1 1 .833 1.52   0.0
    SS 6 1 16.7 1 9 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.1
1965 32 SDP NL SS 85 81 697.0 111 240 14 58 .962 4.53   2.4
    2B 36 33 288.7 75 100 2 25 .989 5.46   1.4
    3B 9 2 35.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.34   0.2
1966 33 SDP NL SS 118 104 928.0 141 345 13 67 .974 4.71   4.1
    3B 10 5 62.0 2 13 1 2 .938 2.18   0.2
    2B 5 3 29.0 5 13 1 2 .947 5.59   0.1
1967 34 SDP NL SS 23 13 137.0 14 57 2 6 .973 4.66   0.5
    2B 10 9 80.7 17 25 0 10 1.000 4.69   0.3
    3B 6 1 20.0 0 8 1 0 .889 3.60   0.1
1968 35 TAM AL 2B 49 47 441.3 100 200 9 36 .971 6.12   1.1
    SS 38 37 331.6 59 133 13 32 .937 5.21   0.8
    3B 3 2 19.4 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.86   0.0
  BSN NL 2B 5 4 14.7 3 7 0 1 1.000 6.12   0.2
    SS 3 3 11.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.1
    3B 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 54 51 456.0 103 207 9 37 .972 6.12   1.3
      SS 41 40 342.6 61 137 13 33 .938 5.20   0.9
      3B 3 2 20.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.80   0.0
1969 36 BSN NL SS 54 38 356.0 54 139 8 26 .960 4.88   1.2
    2B 11 1 23.3 6 8 1 4 .933 5.40   0.1
    3B 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1970 37 BSN NL 3B 81 69 633.3 38 137 15 14 .921 2.49   1.4
    SS 18 8 104.0 11 34 3 6 .938 3.89   0.4
    2B 14 6 85.7 23 33 2 6 .966 5.88   0.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 542 460 4107.3 623 1574 78 313 .966 4.81   17.6
  3B 425 358 3196.9 192 726 46 63 .952 2.58   11.7
  2B 222 189 1688.6 404 653 21 142 .981 5.63   6.9
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1190 1007 8993.8 1219 2953 145 518 .966 4.17   36.2
Career Highs   152 148 1267.7 190 371 22 83 .984 5.63    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1961 28 PIT NL 6 25 4 12 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 3 .480 .500 .480 .980
1962 29 SDP NL 6 15 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600
1963 30 SDP NL 7 29 3 12 2 0 0 4 3 2 1 2 .414 .433 .483 .916
1964 31 SDP NL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1965 32 SDP NL 5 20 3 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 .250 .250 .350 .600
1966 33 SDP NL 12 53 2 15 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 4 .283 .296 .283 .579
1967 34 SDP NL 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 43 148 15 49 3 2 0 9 16 10 3 10 .331 .344 .378 .723
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1960-6-589
 Singles
1960-3-136
 Triples
1959-3-7
 Stolen Bases
1959-1-25
1960-1-76
1961-1-48
1962-1-32
1963-2-42
1964-1-47
1965-1-65
1966-1-52
1967-6-21
1968-6-33
1969-2-32
1970-1-57
CAR-12-531
 Caught Stealing
1959-2-12
1960-1-28
1961-1-21
1962-1-13
1963-4-10
1964-1-17
1965-2-19
1966-1-24
1968-4-16
1969-2-11
1970-1-13
CAR-19-189
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Enzo Hernandez (951)
  2. John Donaldson (936)
  3. Jake Wood (927)
  4. Dick Smith (918)
  5. Bert Campaneris (907)
  6. Bob Aspromonte (907)
  7. Jerry Terrell (902)
  8. Creepy Crespi (890)
  9. Bob Heise (889)
  10. Ty Cline (889)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Had first career hit on 5/11/1959, off Al Aber (SDP)
Injured on 8/30/1959 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1960
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1961, off Don Gross (SDP)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 5/2/1961
Traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego on 7/1/1962 (Going to SDP: RF Bob Bowman, SS Maury Wills. Going to PIT: P Zach Monroe)
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $857,143 through salary arbitration
10/23/1963: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 7/12/1965
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (N) on 7/15/1965
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 8/19/1966
Injured on 3/20/1967 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/17/1968 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 7/31/1968 (Going to TAM: P Jerry Nyman. Going to BSN: SS Maury Wills)
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/6/1970
 
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