Maury Wills

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Maury Wills was an American Major League Baseball shortstop best known for revolutionizing the running game in the 1960s with the Los Angeles Dodgers, including a record-breaking 104 stolen bases in 1962 and winning the National League MVP award.

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Maury Wills canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional baseball player ⓘ
shortstop ⓘ
allStarSelections 7 ⓘ
awardReceived All-Star selection ⓘ
Gold Glove Award ⓘ
National League Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
bats switch ⓘ
battingAverageCareer .281 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-10-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-09-19 ⓘ
debutLeague Major League Baseball ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Wills ⓘ
finalMLBGameDate 1972-10-04 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
fullName Maurice Morning Wills ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Maurice ⓘ
hallOfFame Los Angeles Dodgers team Hall of Fame ⓘ
hitsCareer 2134 ⓘ
homeRunsCareer 20 ⓘ
jerseyNumber 30 ⓘ
league National League ⓘ
managedTeam Seattle Mariners ⓘ
managerialDebutLeague Major League Baseball ⓘ
managerialDebutTeam Seattle Mariners ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1959-06-06 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
MVPYear 1962 ⓘ
notableFor revolutionizing the stolen base in Major League Baseball in the 1960s ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
placeOfDeath Sedona, Arizona, United States ⓘ
linked to: Sedona
playedFor Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
Montreal Expos ⓘ
Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
positionPlayed shortstop ⓘ
third baseman ⓘ
role baseball manager ⓘ
runsBattedInCareer 458 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
stolenBaseRecordSeason 1962 ⓘ
stolenBasesCareer 586 ⓘ
stolenBasesInSeason 104 ⓘ
throws right ⓘ
worldSeriesChampion 1959 ⓘ
1963 ⓘ
1965 ⓘ

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