Maury Wills

Baseball Player and Manager

Male

Born Oct 2, 1932

Age 80

Team Montreal Expos + ...

Position Shortstop

Maurice Morning Wills is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. The switch-hitter is best remembered for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he also played with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos (1969). He was an essential component… Read More

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Baseball's Best Of The Almost Famers
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 08, 2013

Baseball's best of the almost Famers Eligibility dates to 1947, when the color line was broken, and excludes players who are active, currently on the ballot or recent retirees not yet eligible for the ballot. First base: Hit 351 homers with high on-base percentages. [...] base: Bert Campaneris, leadoff man on Oakland's three straight championship teams, over Maury Wills and Dave Concepcion. [...] base: Mickey Lolich had 25 wins, ...
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Leigh Steinberg: Nfl Is The New National Pastime
Huffington Post Sports - Sep 17, 2012

When I was a child growing up in the 1950s, Major League Baseball was the national pastime. Baseball dominated television and radio sports coverage and was the number one emphasis of sports pages. When the Dodgers won the World Series in 1959, the games were played in the day and a television was wheeled into my elementary school classroom so we could watch every minute. It was possible to drive down our Los Angeles street on a Saturday afternoon and hear continuous radio coverag...
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Area Baseball Beat: Soto Plays In Arcata, But Keeps Parents Close
The Sacramento Bee - Aug 05, 2012

When Will Soto steps into the batter's box for the Humboldt Crabs, his first thought isn't about what pitch might be coming. He's thinking about his mother, Mary. Will Soto, left, and Jared Deacon play summer baseball for the Humboldt Crabs and spent the spring playing together for Sacramento State. Both are former Elk Grove High School standouts.
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Dodgers Report Strong Ticket Sales For Bobblehead Giveaways
Venice Patch - Apr 27, 2012

A crowd of more than 50,000, the largest since opening day, is expected Saturday night at Dodger Stadium when the Los Angeles Dodgers begin their 10-game Dodger Stadium Greats Bobblehead Series. Ticket packages covering all 10 games of the series, which is part of the team's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Dodger Stadium, "are literally flying off the shelves," the Dodgers' senior director of ticket sales, David Siegel, told City News Service. The first 50,000 fans entering Dodg...
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CHILDHOOD

1932 Birth Born on October 2, 1932.

TEENAGE

1950 17 Years Old On May 8, 1950 in a game against Phelps, Wills threw a one-hitter and struck out seventeen. … Read More

TWENTIES

1961 28 Years Old … A winner of the Gold Glove Award in 1961 and 1962, Wills was selected five times for the All-Star Game.

THIRTIES

1969 36 Years Old On September 21, 1969 in a game against the Dodgers' arch-rival, the San Francisco Giants, Wills committed an error to allow the Giants to win the game in walk-off fashion 4-3. Ironically, this game was the MLB debut of Bill Buckner, who would become infamous for committing an error that allowed the New York Mets to win Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

FORTIES

1973 40 Years Old After retiring, Wills spent time as a baseball analyst at NBC from 1973 through 1977. … Read More

1980 47 Years Old 1 More Event

Finally, in 1980, the Seattle Mariners fired Darrell Johnson and gave Wills the reins. … Read More

FIFTIES

1983 50 Years Old http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/18/sports/sp-streeter18 In December 1983, Wills was arrested for cocaine possession after his former girlfriend, Judy Aldrich, had reported her car had been stolen. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2009 76 Years Old In 2009, Wills was honored by the city of Washington, D.C. and Cardozo Senior High School with the naming of the former Banneker Recreation Field in his honor. … Read More

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