Maury Wills Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Maury Wills made their MLB debut in 1959 and appeared in 1,942 games over 14 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.281, OPS of 0.661, hit 20 HRs, and recorded 39.7 WAR. They rank 3,171th all-time in HRs and 366th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Maury Wills made their MLB debut in 1959 and played in 1,942 games over 14 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G1,942 (MLB Rank: 299)
AB7,588 (MLB Rank: 208)
H2,134 (MLB Rank: 222)
BA0.281 (MLB Rank: 2,445)
2B177 (MLB Rank: 1,370)
3B71 (MLB Rank: 379)
HR20 (MLB Rank: 3,171)
RBI458 (MLB Rank: 1,368)
R1067 (MLB Rank: 295)
BB552 (MLB Rank: 645)
OBP0.330 (MLB Rank: 4,353)
SLG0.331 (MLB Rank: 7,238)
OPS0.661 (MLB Rank: 6,100)
SB586 (MLB Rank: 20)
SO684 (MLB Rank: 855)
GIDP92 (MLB Rank: 859)
CS208 (MLB Rank: 5)
Rbat+89 (MLB Rank: 5,148)
WAR39.7 (MLB Rank: 366)
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Maury Wills Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Maury Wills's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1972)

In 1972, Maury Wills played in 71 games and posted the following stats:

G71
AB132
H17
BA0.129
2B3
3B1
HR0
RBI4
R16
BB10
OBP0.190
SLG0.167
OPS0.357
SB1
SO18
GIDP3
CS1
Rbat+-17
WAR−1.1

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Maury Wills's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1962, 6 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1962, 208 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 1962, 48 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1962, 104 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 1963, 0.302 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 1963, 0.355 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 1962, 0.373 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 1962, 0.720 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 1962, 6.0 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Maury Wills appeared in 21 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.244, OBP of 0.289, SLG of 0.282, and OPS of 0.571. They also tallied 0 HR, 19 H, 4 RBI, and 6 SB.

Maury Wills Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1959
63
0
7
0.26
27
0.596
-0.2
0.298
0.298
258
13
27
5
2
72
0.271
39
55
83
3
0
5
7
3
0
3
242
1960
152
0
27
0.295
75
0.673
2.5
0.342
0.331
559
35
47
15
2
171
0.332
81
81
148
11
3
8
50
12
2
3
516
1961
173
1
31
0.282
105
0.685
2.2
0.346
0.339
687
59
50
12
10
208
0.333
83
78
148
6
1
2
35
15
1
13
613
1962
208
6
48
0.299
130
0.72
6
0.347
0.373
759
51
57
13
10
259
0.369
103
99
165
7
2
1
104
13
4
7
695
1963
159
0
34
0.302
83
0.704
3.7
0.355
0.349
580
44
48
19
3
184
0.332
110
112
134
3
1
0
40
19
3
5
527
1964
173
2
34
0.275
81
0.641
3
0.318
0.324
685
41
73
15
5
204
0.309
85
87
158
6
0
0
53
17
3
11
630
1965
186
0
33
0.286
92
0.66
5.2
0.33
0.329
711
40
64
14
7
214
0.324
93
93
158
6
4
2
94
31
2
14
650
1966
162
1
39
0.273
60
0.622
2.3
0.314
0.308
643
34
60
14
2
183
0.291
81
81
143
6
2
0
38
24
0
13
594
1967
186
3
45
0.302
92
0.7
4.3
0.334
0.365
665
31
44
12
9
225
0.341
108
101
149
6
1
1
29
10
4
12
616
1968
174
0
31
0.278
76
0.642
3.5
0.326
0.316
685
45
57
12
6
198
0.326
104
96
153
10
1
1
52
21
1
11
627
1969
171
4
47
0.274
80
0.673
3.9
0.337
0.335
690
59
61
10
8
209
0.325
96
94
151
7
1
2
40
21
2
5
623
1970
141
0
34
0.27
77
0.651
1.9
0.333
0.318
578
50
34
19
3
166
0.317
84
80
132
10
0
2
28
13
1
5
522
1971
169
3
44
0.281
73
0.652
2.5
0.323
0.329
654
40
44
14
3
198
0.307
88
91
149
8
0
2
15
8
6
7
601
1972
17
0
4
0.129
16
0.357
-1.1
0.19
0.167
152
10
18
3
1
22
0.178
-17
3
71
3
0
0
1
1
0
10
132