Wills, Maury

Wills, Maury	Gender: M
Birthname	Maurice Morning Wills
born on	2 October 1932 at 13:46 (= 1:46 PM )
Place	Washington, District of Columbia, 38n54, 77w02
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
	Rodden Rating A
	Collector: McEvers
Astrology data	09°21' 15°00 Asc. 14°49'

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Maury Wills (2009)
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Biography

American baseball shortstop and switch-hitter who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1959-1966, 1969-1972), Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-1968) and Montreal Expos (1969).

He was one of the greatest shortstops in Dodger history and their all-time stolen base leader with 490 steals. His lifetime batting average in 14 seasons was .281 and he had a total of 586 steals, including a record 104 in 1962. Wills also was named Major League Player of the Year by Sporting News in 1962.

After retiring from playing professional baseball, Wills spent time as a baseball analyst at NBC from 1973 through 1977. He also managed in the Mexican Pacific League—a winter league—for four seasons, during which time he led the Naranjeros de Hermosillo to the 1970–1971 season league championship. From August 1980 to 1981, he managed the Seattle Mariners.

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.

Throughout most of his major league playing career, Wills supplemented his salary in the off-season by performing extensively as a vocalist and instrumentalist (on banjo, guitar, and ukulele), appearing occasionally on television and frequently in nightclubs.

In his 1962 autobiography On the Run: The Never Dull and Often Shocking Life of Maury Wills Wills discussed his love affair with actress Doris Day. Day denied this in her 1976 autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story.

Wills is the father of former major leaguer Bump Wills, who played for the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs for six seasons. Maury Wills died at his home in Sedona, Arizona on 19 September 2022 at the age of 89.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

associate relationship with Podres, Johnny (born 30 September 1932). Notes: Los Angeles Dodgers teammates, 1959-1966

associate relationship with Purdin, John (born 16 July 1942). Notes: Los Angeles Dodgers teammates, 1964-1966

associate relationship with Singer, Bill (born 24 April 1944). Notes: Los Angeles Dodgers teammates, 1964-1966, 1969-1972

associate relationship with Wilhelm, Hoyt (born 26 July 1922). Notes: Los Angeles Dodgers teammates, 1971-1972

lover relationship with Day, Doris (born 3 April 1922). Notes: She denied it

Events

Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1962 (Autobiography, "On the Run")

Death, Cause unspecified 19 September 2022 (Age 89)
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Source Notes

Joan McEvers quotes him by letter.

Categories

Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol

Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs (Cocaine)

Family : Childhood : Family large (One of thirteen siblings)

Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Seventh of thirteen)

Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted

Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 89)

Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Musician)

Vocation : Entertainment : Night Club/ Vaudeville (Musician)

Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Banjo, guitar, ukulele)

Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.

Vocation : Sports : Baseball (Shortstop and switch-hitter)

Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner (Baseball team coach and manager)

Vocation : Writers : How To .... ("How To Steal a Pennant")

Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame

Notable : Awards : Sports Championship

Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Major League Player Of The Year)

Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (MLB player, 1959-1972)