- Broke Ty Cobb's single season record for stolen bases (96) in 1962 with 104 steals and won the National League's Most Valuable Player award.
- MVP of 1962 MLB All-Star Game.
- 1962 National League MVP for playing in all 165 Games and leading League in At Bats (695), Triples (10), Stolen Bases (104) and Singles (179). Also had 130 Runs, 208 Hits, 13 Doubles, 6 Home Runs, 48 RBI, 51 Walks, .299 Batting Average, .347 On-base percentage, .373 Slugging Percentage, 259 Total Bases, 7 Sacrifice Hits, 4 Sacrifice Flies and 1 Intentional Walk. The reason there were 165 games in his 1962 season is because both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants ended the 1962 season with identical win-loss records of 101-61. So there was a special 3 game series set-up at the conclusion of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1962 regular season to determine the winner of the National League (NL) pennant.
- Los Angeles Dodgers All-Time Stolen Base Leader (490).
- Played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-1968)
- Played for the Montreal Expos (1969)
- Hit four home runs against the New York Mets and none against the rest of the National League in 1962.
- Played for the Dodgers 1959-1966, 1969-1972.
- Selected to play in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game 1961-1963 and 1965-1966.
- Member of 1959, 1963 and 1965 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers teams. Member of 1966 National League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers team.
- Finished 17th in voting for 1960 National League MVP for leading League in Stolen Bases (50) and having .295 Batting Average (152 for 516), 75 Runs, 15 Doubles, 2 Triples, 27 RBI, 35 Walks, .342 On-base percentage, .331 Slugging Percentage, 171 Total Bases, 3 Sacrifice Hits, 2 Sacrifice Flies and 8 Intentional Walks in 148 Games.
- Finished 9th in voting for 1961 National League MVP for leading League in At Bats (613), Stolen Bases (35), Singles (150) and Sacrifice Hits (13). Also had .282 Batting Average, 105 Runs, 173 Hits, 12 Doubles, 10 Triples, 1 Home Run, 31 RBI, 59 Walks, .346 On-base percentage, .339 Slugging Percentage, 208 Total Bases, 13 Sacrifice Hits, 1 Sacrifice Fly and 2 Intentional Walks in 148 Games.
- Maury Wills Museum is Located at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo North Dakota.
- (1980-1981) Manager of the Seattle Mariners
- Struggled with addictions to alcohol and cocaine until getting sober in 1989. He credited Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe, who overcame his own alcohol problems, with helping him.
- Son Bump was a former major league second baseman who played for Texas and the Chicago Cubs.
- Was a coach and instructor for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks from 1996-97.
- He managed winter ball in the Mexican Pacific League, winning a league championship in 1970-71.
- After retiring from the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1972 he worked as an analyst at NBC for five years.
- Has six children Barry, Micki, Bump, Anita, Susan and Wendi Jo.
- His 165 games played in 1962 (including the three-game playoff) is a MLB record for most games played in a regular season.
- Because the National League had lengthened its season in 1962 from 154 to 162 games, baseball commissioner Ford Frick ruled during the season that Wills would have to break the stolen-base record (then 96) within 154 games for it to count. Wills got his 96th and 97th stolen base in game 156, so Frick ruled that his eventual record of 104 would be listed with an asterisk, similar to the ruling Frick made the year before with Roger Maris' record 61 home runs.
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