Maury Wills, whose long tenure with the Los Angeles Dodgers began the year after the team moved to the West Coast in the late 1950s and included three World Series championships, died September 19 at his home in Sedona, AZ, the team said Tuesday.
He was 89.Wills, a five-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove-winning shortstop, was a prolific base-stealer credited with helping to bring the craft back to baseball as an offensive strategy.
After stealing 50 bases in 1960 in his first year with the Dodgers, in 1962 he became the first player to reach 100 steals in a season, finishing with 104 to break Ty Cobb’s record that had stood for 47 years, earning him the NL MVP Award.
He is 20th on baseball’s all-time steals list.Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo GalleryWills was born Maurice Morning Wills in Washington D.C., where he was a three-sport athlete in high school.
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