Maury Wills

Maury Wills
Wills with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1961
Shortstop / Manager
Born: (1932-10-02)October 2, 1932 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died: September 19, 2022(2022-09-19) (aged 89) Sedona, Arizona, U.S.
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 6, 1959, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1972, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.281
Hits	2,134
Home runs	20
Runs batted in	458
Stolen bases	586
Managerial record	26–56
Winning %	.317
Teams
As player Los Angeles Dodgers (1959–1966) Pittsburgh Pirates (1967–1968) Montreal Expos (1969) Los Angeles Dodgers (1969–1972) As manager Seattle Mariners (1980–1981)
Career highlights and awards
7× All-Star (1961–1963, 1965, 1966) 3× World Series champion (1959, 1963, 1965) NL MVP (1962) 2× Gold Glove Award (1961, 1962) 6× NL stolen base leader (1960–1965)

Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932 – September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1959 to 1972, most prominently as an integral member of the Los Angeles Dodgers teams that won three World Series titles between 1959 and 1965. He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Montreal Expos. Wills is credited with reviving the stolen base as part of baseball strategy.^[1]

Wills was the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1962, stealing a record 104 bases to break the old modern era mark of 96, set by Ty Cobb in 1915. He was an All-Star for five seasons and seven All-Star Games,^[2] and was the first MLB All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 1962. He also won Gold Gloves in 1961 and 1962. In a fourteen-year career, Wills batted .281 with 20 home runs, 458 runs batted in, 2,134 hits, 1,067 runs, 177 doubles, 71 triples, 586 stolen bases, and 552 bases on balls in 1,942 games.^[3] From 2009 until his death in 2022, Wills was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, serving as a representative of the Dodgers Legend Bureau.