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Maury Wills

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Maury Wills was an American professional baseball shortstop who revived the stolen base as a major offensive weapon, setting a new major league single-season stolen base record in 1962 while with the Los Angeles Dodgers and winning the National League Most Valuable Player award that year.

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Birth Year
1932 1
Birth Date
1932-10-02 1
Death Year
2022 1
Death Date
2022-09-19 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
Named 1962 NL MVP after stealing a then-record 104 bases, breaking the prior modern-era mark of 96 set by Ty Cobb in 1915, and was the first MVP of an MLB All-Star Game that same year. 1
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  • lead, opening sentence (birth date)
    Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932, September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
  • lead, opening sentence (birth year)
    Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932, September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
  • lead, opening sentence (death date)
    Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932, September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
  • lead, opening sentence (death year)
    Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932, September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
  • lead, opening sentence (nationality)
    Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932, September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
  • lead, second sentence (career highlight: 1962 NL MVP, record 104 stolen bases)
    Wills was the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1962, stealing a record 104 bases to break the old modern-era mark of 96, set by Ty Cobb in 1915.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932 – September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Whose stolen base record did Maury Wills break in 1962?

Ty Cobb's modern-era mark of 96, set in 1915; Wills stole 104 in 1962.

Wills broke the modern-era single-season stolen base record of 96, set by Ty Cobb in 1915, by stealing 104 bases for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1962. He was named National League MVP that year and was also the first MVP of an MLB All-Star Game.

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