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	Maury Wills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills (born October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1959-66, 1969-72), and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-68) and Montreal Expos (1969).
		Wills stole 104 bases in 1962 to establish a new record in baseball, breaking the old mark of 96, set by Ty Cobb in 1915.
		Wills was a significant distraction to the pitcher even if he didn't try to steal, because he was a constant threat to do so.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maury_Wills (642 words)

	Maury Wills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills (born October 2 1932 in Washington DC) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitter batter who played in the National League with Los Angeles Dodgers (1959-66 1969-72) Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-68) and Montreal Expos (1969).
		Wills stole 104 bases in 1962 to establish a new record in breaking the old 104-mark set by Ty Cobb in 1915.
		Maury will tell you how he stole the 104 bases, sized up the pitchers and what drove him to be the best.
	www.freeglossary.com /Maury_Wills (460 words)

	Maury Wills \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Wills stole his way into the record books in 1962 and in the process reminded a stagnating baseball establishment that there could be more to offense than waiting for your 250-lb slugger to knock one out of the park.
		Maury Wills was an undistinguished minor league shortstop: scrawny, a poor fielder, and an erratic hitter.
		In 1961 Wills was not pinch-hit for as often as he had been in 1960, and he scored 104 runs and drew more walks while again leading in stolen bases (35).
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/W/Wills_Maury.stm (1867 words)

	BAD \| Award Winner Maury Wills
		However, between the time that Maury had retired from the playing field and the standing ovation last year, Maury Wills learned how long the fall from the top could be.
		Maury Wills is still involved in the world of baseball and very involved with young people.
		The memory of Maury Wills the ballplayer achieving his 104th stolen base for the Dodgers is one of nostalgic romance for those of us who truly love the game.
	www.bad.org /BAD/profile/maury.html (807 words)

	Maurice Wills
		Maury attended Hayland school for eight years, then went on to high school in Milaca, graduating in 1939.
		Maury was an avid speed reader with a photographic memory.
		In the ’60s Isle’s Maury Wills (not to be confused with a more famous Maury Wills who was playing for the Dodgers) pitched a no-hitter while playing baseball.
	www.ecm-inc.com /news/milaca/2003/august/8wills.html (357 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Maury Wills
		Wills was a significant distraction to the pitcher even if he didn't try to steal, as Dodger Stadium crowds would chant, "Go!
		Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively.
		Maury's first TOPPS card came in 1967, and is a high number series (#570).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maury-Wills (1566 words)

	Maury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maury Povich (born 1939), an American journalist and talk show host.
		Maury (TV series), a television series hosted by Maury Povich.
		Maury AOC, an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wines made in the Roussillon wine region of France
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maury (118 words)

	nlfan.com: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Maury Wills Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maury started his association with the Hawks in their innaugural year (1996) as a coach and instructor.
		Maury achieved fame when he broke Ty Cobb's season record for stolen bases (97) on Sept. 23, 1962.
		Maury Wills Museum souvenirs and collectibles are available in the RedHawks souvenir shop and online at MauryWills.com.
	www.nlfan.com /fargo/maury (145 words)

	Maury Wills for the Hall of Fame? - NetShrine Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maury Wills hit.281 for his career; a career that was largely spent (a) past prime (he was fl, and stuck in the minors behind Pee Wee Reese until he was almost 27), (b) in a pitcher's park (Dodger Stadium, then Forbes Field, (c) in a pitcher's era
		Wills' reputation with players and the press, while active, was not always positive (although I attribute some of that to reputed relationships with white women in the racist 1960s).
		To say Maury Wills lost no time to segregation is to imply that baseball's racial issues were solved in their entirety in 1947.
	www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/showthread.php?t=4532 (1863 words)

	Maury Wills Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maury Wills was born on Sunday, October 2, 1932, in Washington, D.C..
		Wills was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 6, 1959, with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Maury Wills baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=willsma01 (257 words)

	August 22, 2005 - Speaker Honors Former Dodger Great Maury Wills
		Wills, who played in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1972, accumulated more than 2,000 hits in his career, was a seven-time All-Star, and was the National League’s Most Valuable Player in 1962.
		Wills won the first of two Gold Gloves, was elected All-Star MVP, and beat out the great Willie Mays by seven points to win the National League MVP award.
		WHEREAS, Maury Wills would be voted by his peers to be captain of the Los Angeles Dodger and would play a critical role as their lead off-hitter and the center of their infield in twelve winning seasons and three world championships; and
	democrats.assembly.ca.gov /members/a46/press05/a462005136.htm (759 words)

	Jackson Free Press \| [Sports] Saturday With Maury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maury Wills, the 1962 National League Most Valuable Player, came to Jackson June 6, 2003, 44 years to the day after he was called up to the major leagues.
		Before the clinic started the morning of June 7, Maury told old baseball stories, entertaining some of the Senators and me. I couldn’t believe it; I was actually hanging out with Maury Wills and tossing around names like Ty Cobb and Sandy Koufax.
		Maury seems to understand the importance of being a role model for our kids, and is using baseball to teach life’s lessons.
	www.jacksonfreepress.com /print.php?id=1269_0_2_0 (1090 words)

	Maury Wills
		Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills (born October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers...
		MAURY WILLS BIOGRAPHY The memory of Maury Wills achieving his 104th stolen base for the Los...
		Maury started his association with the Hawks in their innaugural year (1996) as a...
	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Maury_Wills (307 words)

	Where are they now? Former speedster Maury Wills: forty years ago, Dodgers shortstop became the first player since 1900 ...
		Even though 1962 was just Wills' third full season in the majors, he had already established himself as a threat on the bases.
		Even though Wills was stealing bases at a steady clip, the idea of reaching the century mark seemed ludicrous for most of the season.
		Wills came through with a pair of steals to top Cobb, and he added seven more before the season was over.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_10_61/ai_90831540 (979 words)

	Maury Wills - Hall of Fame Bound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maury's running style and intelligent, engaging personality captivated everyone from the biggest entertainment stars to the man on the street in Los Angeles and indeed, around the country.
		Wills purposely drop a pop up to the infield with a fast runner at first and a slow batter, thus brilliantly forcing the fast runner off the bases, replacing him with the slow batter.
		Maury has also given hope to many by showing that there is a place in baseball for smaller players that work hard and play hard and smart.
	maurywills.com /MW/HallOfFame.aspx (2382 words)

	History & Genealogy - County Records - Maury County Genealogical Fact Sheet
		Maury County, Tennessee Wills and Settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 Census (Garrett and Lightfoot, 1964?)
		Maury County, 1874-1927 (Microfilm Manuscript #440, 1 reel)
		Maury County, 1884-1919 (Microfilm Manuscript #718, 1 reel)
	www.tennessee.gov /tsla/history/county/factmaury.htm (1109 words)

	The Seattle Times: Search Results
		Maury Wills was in his eighth minor-league season, embedded at Class AAA Spokane in 1958 and heading toward career oblivion, when the Indians changed managers in midseason.
		For every Maury Wills, there are 50 young players who hit just as weakly from their new side as they did from their old.
		For those who can deal with the initial shock of feeling completely foreign at the plate, and are willing to work twice as hard on their batting stroke — because they now have two strokes to hone and polish — it can be career-saving.
	archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com /cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=art16&date=20060716&source=st (2422 words)

	BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Maury Wills
		Wills' SB PCT has to be factored in; same will be true of all the new speedsters, now that we have an era where all of the CS is accurate (unlike the previous SB heights).
		Wills was a good enough (or Walter Alston was stupid enough) to play SS at age 39 for a team that finished 1 game out of first.
		AJM, Jim Gilliam hit behind Wills and had very good years when Wills was running the most,1962 and 1965,all i am saying is that for the era and the team he played for,he changed the way the game was played and should be remembered for that.
	www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/maury_wills (6572 words)

	SITT - Maury Wills
		Wills, on the other hand, set the tone for the Dodgers as he set his sights on the record book.
		It was said that a typical Dodger inning found Wills getting on, stealing second, moving to third on a grounder and scoring on a fly ball, and then the pitchers made it stand up.
		After leading LA back to the Series in 1966 (they were upset in a sweep by the young Baltimore Orioles), Maury Wills was surprisingly traded to Pittsburgh, where he shifted to third base for two years.
	www.thediamondangle.com /sitt/wills.html (1131 words)

	Maury Wills \| The BASEBALL Page
		Had he not been tucked away in the minor leagues for eight seasons, Maury Wills would probably be a Hall of Famer.
		At the age of 27, he was finally given an opportunity to play full-time in the major leagues, and he responded by hitting.295 and leading the National League with 50 stolen bases.
		A switch-hitter, Wills batted at or near.290 in his years with the Dodgers, but had a career season in 1962.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/willsma01.php (444 words)

	On the Run: The Never Dull and Often Shocking Life of Maury Wills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He will let you feel how racism, romances and the sports media affected his life on and off the field, The payoff begins, however, in what happened to his life after he was fired, as a manager, from the Seattle Mariners.
		Maury wants to let you know that it can happen to anyone but also wants you to know that you can recover.
		Maury Wills speaks with courage, truth and conviction from a very tender heart.
	www.historyamericas.com /On_the_Run_The_Never_Dull_and_Often_Shocking_Life_of_Maury_Wills_0881846406.html (449 words)

	ipedia.com: Maury Wills Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitter batter who played in the National League with Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos.
		Wills stole 104 bases in 1962 to establish a new record in baseball breaking the old 104-mark set by Ty Cobb in 1915.
		A winner of the Gold Glove in 1961 and 1962, Wills was selected five times for the All-Star Game.
	www.ipedia.com /maury_wills.html (271 words)

	Cats to retire Maury Wills' Jersey - OurSports Central
		Wills, the first African-American to play for Fort Worth, was the starting shortstop for the Cats in 1955.
		It is an honor and true thrill for us to have Maury as a vice president of our present day Cats organization, but the greatest thing to me personally is to be able to count Maury Wills as a friend.
		Maury was a key ingredient on the Dodgers for 14 years and helped lead the team to World Series titles in 1959, 1963 and 1965.
	www.oursportscentral.com /services/releases/?id=3124429 (688 words)

	Maury Wills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Luis Aparicio had been stealing bases in the American League for several years prior to Wills's insurgence in 1960.
		In his first-full season, Wills hit.295 and led the league with 50 stolen bases, being the first NL player to do it since Max Carey stole 51 in 1923.
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	maury-wills.ask.dyndns.dk (227 words)

	Maury Wills 1970 Game by Game Batting Logs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Maury Wills appeared in 132 Major League games during the 1970 regular season.
		The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Wills appeared in, specifically relating to his 1970 hitting statistics.
		If the Date is followed by an asterisk (), Wills* started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/hittinglogs.php?p=willsma01&y=1970 (122 words)

	BAD \| Positive Image Awards
		Maury Wills was nothing short of inspirational as he accepted the 2002 Ernie Banks Positive Image Lifetime Achievement Award.
		Make no mistake, Maury Wills is back in a big way and is a great driving force for young people all across the country.
		The crowd may have been silenced by Maury Wills’ most moving speech, but the laughter induced by Henry could be heard in the Universal Studio theme park below.
	www.bad.org /BAD/pia/pia_2002.html (675 words)

	Anecdote - Maury Wills - Wills Dumbfounded (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One day in April 1981, Seattle Mariners manager Maury Wills said he was "shocked and dumbfounded" by a league ruling that he be fined $500 and suspended for two games.
		Prior to a game against the Oakland A's, Wills had instructed the Kingdome groundskeepers to enlarge the batter's box - by 12 inches.
		Wills said it was not a big deal, a couple of inches, not a foot, just a little groundskeeping alteration he ordered because Mariner Tom Paciorek has been stepping out of the box when he hit.
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=13108 (222 words)

	Major League Baseball : News : Major League Baseball News
		Maury Wills and Don Newcombe were honored by Los Amigos Country Club in Downey, Calif. for their work with recovering drug and alchohol victims (Ben Platt/MLB.com)
		Both Newcombe and Wills play golf regularly at Los Amigos and are deeply moved by the country club's gesture.
		"Maury is doing so well now -- I know he cares more about what he is doing now than a lot of the things he did in baseball," said Newcombe.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060203&content_id=1305702&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb (853 words)

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