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Bump
Wills		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 197
 
Born: July 27, 1952 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979   
Silver Slugger 1980   
All-Star Selections 1978    1980    1981    1984    1985   
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
1977 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1978 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
1979 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
1980 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
1981 28 SEM AL $ 4,521,429   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1982 29 BAL AL $ 4,521,429   9 9 9 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
1983 30 BAL AL $ 4,200,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1984 31 BAL AL $ 4,200,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1985 32 BAL AL $ 4,200,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1986 33 BOS AL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4
1987 34 MIN AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1988 35 CLE AL $ 630,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1989 36 CLE AL $ 370,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,521,429   9 9 9 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
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
1977 24 TAM AL 134 451 60 124 26 3 5 42 26 18 50 62 .275 .347 .379 .726 56.5 8.7
1978 25 TAM AL 148 557 106 158 32 6 17 53 49 23 53 63 .284 .345 .454 .799 86.5 17.7
1979 26 TAM AL 104 401 58 111 13 8 1 28 39 12 44 43 .277 .349 .357 .706 51.3 8.7
  SEM AL 38 119 16 31 4 2 2 11 11 3 16 18 .261 .348 .378 .726 16.3 2.7
  TOT   142 520 74 142 17 10 3 39 50 15 60 61 .273 .349 .362 .710 67.5 11.4
    AAA   4 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 .250 .368 .250 .618 1.7  
1980 27 SEM AL 152 591 99 198 26 11 9 103 60 14 67 91 .335 .403 .462 .865 104.9 26.0
1981 28 SEM AL 154 577 110 182 33 10 10 85 65 28 76 72 .315 .395 .459 .854 105.3 22.5
1982 29 SEM AL 78 284 39 74 16 5 3 38 25 12 38 35 .261 .350 .384 .734 38.8 7.4
  BAL AL 77 295 44 75 14 5 0 23 25 13 28 28 .254 .320 .336 .656 31.4 4.8
  TOT   155 579 83 149 30 10 3 61 50 25 66 63 .257 .335 .359 .694 70.2 12.2
1983 30 BAL AL 153 636 107 200 22 10 14 73 72 20 77 74 .314 .390 .447 .836 113.6 27.3
1984 31 BAL AL 157 566 95 187 27 11 7 79 57 26 68 75 .330 .402 .454 .856 96.6 24.5
1985 32 BAL AL 155 599 95 182 32 7 13 85 53 23 80 81 .304 .388 .446 .834 101.9 22.9
1986 33 BOS AL 125 418 62 110 18 8 15 52 19 14 57 83 .263 .354 .452 .806 66.1 12.7
1987 34 MIN AL 104 267 25 65 8 3 1 14 6 3 37 62 .243 .342 .307 .649 28.8 3.1
    AAA   16 17 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .176 .263 .412 .675 2.0  
1988 35 CLE AL 147 535 55 122 22 4 4 38 9 2 56 129 .228 .304 .307 .610 49.4 3.4
1989 36 AAA   137 516 61 130 19 5 5 52 10 1 75 137 .252 .347 .337 .684 66.5  
12 Years Sim 1726 6296 971 1819 293 93 101 724 516 211 747 916 .289 .366 .413 .779 947.3 192.4
3 Years AAA 157 549 66 137 20 5 6 54 11 2 80 145 .250 .346 .337 .683 70.2  
162 Game Average 590 91 170 27 8 9 67 48 19 70 85 .289 .366 .413 .779 88.9  
Career Highs 157 636 110 200 33 11 17 103 72 28 80 129 .335 .403 .462 .865 113.6  
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   4707 706 1382 239 72 72 540 378 156 544 685 .294 .368 .421 .789 734.0
vs LH   1589 265 437 54 21 29 184 138 55 203 231 .275 .359 .390 .749 234.6
Home 840 2981 461 908 133 55 50 329 248 105 366 431 .305 .381 .436 .818 496.4
Away 886 3315 510 911 160 38 51 395 268 106 381 485 .275 .351 .392 .744 472.2
RISP   1493 0 442 64 27 21 582 0 0 235 202 .296 .386 .417 .803 248.4
Pinch Hitting   109 17 34 4 1 2 13 4 2 15 16 .312 .400 .422 .822 18.3
Close/Late   770 125 234 24 8 8 75 0 2 98 87 .304 .384 .387 .771 115.3
Mar/Apr 254 926 161 286 35 18 17 133 92 31 128 120 .309 .394 .441 .834 165.1
May 318 1166 178 322 64 16 17 116 94 41 129 175 .276 .351 .402 .753 166.3
June 306 1162 170 312 58 16 18 132 91 29 132 180 .269 .344 .392 .736 164.7
July 276 996 148 294 44 19 15 113 66 37 116 162 .295 .369 .423 .791 153.1
August 302 1073 162 312 43 16 20 131 83 42 131 155 .291 .369 .417 .785 165.9
Sep/Oct 270 973 152 293 49 8 14 99 90 31 111 124 .301 .375 .411 .786 153.5
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
1977 24 TAM AL 2B 130 109 978.7 221 397 11 98 .983 5.68   5.2
1978 25 TAM AL 2B 137 129 1158.7 250 484 15 108 .980 5.70   4.8
1979 26 TAM AL 2B 102 94 899.3 210 365 13 75 .978 5.75   5.3
    SS 1 0 1.5 1 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  SEM AL 2B 37 35 271.0 63 110 4 23 .977 5.75   1.1
    SS 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 139 129 1170.3 273 475 17 98 .978 5.75   6.4
      SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1980 27 SEM AL 2B 152 150 1356.3 297 549 17 116 .980 5.61   4.9
1981 28 SEM AL 2B 152 147 1334.3 328 570 27 142 .971 6.06   6.3
1982 29 SEM AL 2B 77 72 643.7 142 280 7 56 .984 5.90   2.1
  BAL AL 2B 76 72 647.7 142 282 7 56 .984 5.89   2.9
  TOT   2B 153 144 1291.4 284 562 14 112 .984 5.90   5.0
1983 30 BAL AL 2B 151 147 1348.7 283 559 17 107 .980 5.62   5.4
1984 31 BAL AL 2B 155 147 1333.7 297 559 22 117 .975 5.78   6.8
1985 32 BAL AL 2B 154 147 1323.3 243 506 11 108 .986 5.09   6.1
1986 33 BOS AL 2B 115 92 872.7 198 394 12 87 .980 6.11   5.4
    LF 1 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
    SS 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1987 34 MIN AL 2B 59 35 350.7 74 130 6 24 .971 5.24   0.5
1988 35 CLE AL 2B 147 139 1221.0 259 503 13 95 .983 5.62   3.7
  2B 1644 1515 13739.7 3007 5688 182 1212 .979 5.70   60.4
  SS 2 0 8.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  LF 1 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
Career Totals   1647 1515 13755.0 3009 5691 182 1212 .980 5.69   60.4
Career Highs   155 150 1356.3 328 570 27 142 .986 6.06    
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
1977 24 TAM AL 7 26 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 5 1 .115 .258 .192 .450
1979 26 SEM AL 15 57 12 19 3 0 2 10 8 1 3 12 .333 .367 .491 .858
1980 27 SEM AL 9 41 8 12 2 0 2 7 3 2 2 3 .293 .326 .488 .813
1986 33 BOS AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 33 126 24 34 7 0 4 19 12 4 10 16 .270 .324 .421 .744
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.
Batting Average
1980-1-.335
1981-8-.315
1983-4-.314
1984-3-.330
 On-Base Pct
1980-2-.403
1981-2-.395
1983-6-.390
1984-1-.402
1985-7-.388
 Slugging Pct
1981-10-.459
 OPS
1980-4-.865
1981-6-.854
1984-6-.856
 XR
1980-2-104.9
1981-3-105.3
1983-3-113.6
1984-6-96.6
1985-6-101.9
 Games
1982-8-155
1984-4-157
1985-8-155
At-Bats
1983-2-636
1985-10-599
 Runs
1978-5-106
1980-5-99
1981-2-110
1983-3-107
1984-9-95
1985-9-95
 Hits
1980-3-198
1981-7-182
1983-1-200
1984-5-187
1985-9-182
 Total Bases
1980-7-273
1983-10-284
 Singles
1980-3-152
1983-1-154
1984-2-142
1985-6-130
 Triples
1979-1-10
1980-3-11
1981-2-10
1982-5-10
1983-2-10
1984-2-11
1985-10-7
1986-3-8
CAR-18-93
RBIs
1980-4-103
 Stolen Bases
1978-5-49
1979-5-50
1980-4-60
1981-4-65
1982-7-50
1983-3-72
1984-4-57
1985-5-53
CAR-15-516
 Caught Stealing
1977-7-18
1978-5-23
1979-10-15
1980-10-14
1981-5-28
1982-5-25
1983-4-20
1984-3-26
1985-5-23
1986-7-14
CAR-12-211
 Walks
1983-9-77
1985-9-80
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 89    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1977
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1977, off John Verhoeven (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/17/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1978, hitting .357 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1978, hitting .346 with 8 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 8/2/1978
Traded from Tampa Bay to Seattle on 7/31/1979 (Going to TAM: P Joe Kerrigan. Going to SEM: 2B Bump Wills)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1980, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Baltimore on 7/1/1982 (Going to SEM: P Tom Dixon, P Rich Wortham, DH Harold Baines, 3B Gary Gaetti. Going to BAL: 2B Bump Wills)
10/23/1982: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1983, hitting .424 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/2/1985
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1985, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Baltimore to Boston (A) on 4/3/1986 (Going to BAL: 1B Pete Lacock. Going to BOS: RF Otto Velez, 2B Bump Wills, P Bill Caudill)
Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 3 runs on 7/7/1986
Injured on 8/25/1986 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/3/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $1,044,000 per year
Released by Minnesota on 10/3/1987
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/12/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $630,000 per year
10/12/1988: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $370,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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