Former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitter Maury Wills was born in Washington, DC on October 2, 1932. Maury Wills spent the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers for about 10 years but he also spent time with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967–68) and Montreal Expos (1969).
Maury Wills deserves a lot of credit for reintroducing the stolen base as an element of baseball strategy because he was a crucial part of the championship teams the Dodgers fielded in the middle of the 1960s.
Wills was chosen seven times for the All-Star Game and won the Gold Glove Award in 1961 and 1962. Maury led the Seattle Mariners after he left baseball (1980-81).
Maury Wills passed away on September 19, 2022, at the age of 89.
Maury Wills Parents: Guy O. Wills, Mabel Wills
The late Maury Wills was born to Guy O. Wills who was born in the year 1900 he worked as a machinist at the Washington Navy Yard and a part-time Baptist minister and Mable Wills, his mother worked as an elevator operator. She was born in the year 1902.
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