Bump Wills
American baseball player (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elliott Taylor "Bump" Wills (born July 27, 1952) is an American former professional baseball player, a second baseman in the major leagues for the Texas Rangers (1977–1981) and Chicago Cubs (1982). He also played two seasons in Japan for the Hankyu Braves (1983–84).
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Bump Wills | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: (1952-07-27) July 27, 1952 (age 71) Washington, D.C., U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: April 7, 1977, for the Texas Rangers | |
NPB: April 9, 1983, for the Hankyu Braves | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: October 3, 1982, for the Chicago Cubs | |
NPB: August 4, 1984, for the Hankyu Braves | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .266 |
Home runs | 36 |
Runs batted in | 302 |
Stolen bases | 196 |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .259 |
Home runs | 16 |
Runs batted in | 81 |
Stolen bases | 22 |
Teams | |
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Wills is the son of Maury Wills,[1][2][3] a major league shortstop who later managed the Seattle Mariners.