A light-hitting shortstop, Maury Wills spent nearly a decade in the minor leagues honing his limited skill set, studying the tendencies of pitchers and teaching himself to hit from either side of the ...
He stole bases. He stole championships. He stole a city’s heart. Yet, for all his accumulated riches, Maury Wills often lamented the one shiny object that was forever out of his reach. He couldn’t ...
Maury Wills, a former MLB infielder who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers for most of his career, died Monday night at his home in Arizona. He was 89. No cause of death was immediately announced.
The Dodgers announced today that three-time World Series champion Maury Wills has passed away. He was 89 years old. Wills had an incredibly impressive career, spanning 14 different big league seasons.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maury Wills, who intimidated pitchers with his base-stealing prowess as a shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers on three World Series championship teams, has died. He was 89. Wills ...
Maury Wills in 2009. Photo Credit: Cindy Murphy/Flickr via CC BY-SA 2.0 Los Angeles Dodgers legend Maury Wills died on Monday evening at the age of 89, the team announced on Tuesday. The Dodgers ...
Maury Wills, the fleet-footed infielder who used his legs and his wiles to power the Dodgers during their early seasons in Los Angeles, then became a venerated coach training generations of players to ...
Maurice Morning “Maury” Wills, the speedy, switch-hitting shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series championship teams of the 1960s who revived the stolen base as a key component of baseball ...
This day in Los Angeles Dodgers history saw Maury Wills set the MLB record for most games played in a single season with 165. All but one of those came as a start. Wills narrowly edged San Francisco ...
This summer is the 50th anniversary of Maury Wills's Dodger debut. He took over as the team’s shortstop in the middle of the 1959 season and helped spark the team to its first World Series title in ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. One of the great base stealers in Los ...
Maury Wills, who intimidated pitchers with his base-stealing prowess as a shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers on three World Series championship teams, has died. He was 89.Wills died Monday night at ...