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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1932-10-02 · Played 1959–1972 · Career WAR 39.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=willsma01, LAHMAN=willsma01, MLBAM=124371, RETROSHEET=willm102

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1959	LAN	NL	83	242	27	63	5	2	0	7	7	3	13	27	.260	.298	.298	.596	-0.2
1960	LAN	NL	148	516	75	152	15	2	0	27	50	12	35	47	.295	.342	.331	.673	2.6
1961	LAN	NL	148	613	105	173	12	10	1	31	35	15	59	50	.282	.346	.339	.685	2.2
1962	LAN	NL	165	695	130	208	13	10	6	48	104	13	51	57	.299	.347	.373	.720	6.0
1963	LAN	NL	134	527	83	159	19	3	0	34	40	19	44	48	.302	.355	.349	.704	3.7
1964	LAN	NL	158	630	81	173	15	5	2	34	53	17	41	73	.275	.318	.324	.642	3.0
1965	LAN	NL	158	650	92	186	14	7	0	33	94	31	40	64	.286	.330	.329	.659	5.2
1966	LAN	NL	143	594	60	162	14	2	1	39	38	24	34	60	.273	.314	.308	.622	2.3
1967	PIT	NL	149	616	92	186	12	9	3	45	29	10	31	44	.302	.334	.365	.699	4.3
1968	PIT	NL	153	627	76	174	12	6	0	31	52	21	45	57	.278	.326	.316	.642	3.5
1969	MON	NL	47	189	23	42	3	0	0	8	15	6	20	21	.222	.295	.238	.533	3.9
1969	LAN	NL	104	434	57	129	7	8	4	39	25	15	39	40	.297	.356	.378	.734
1970	LAN	NL	132	522	77	141	19	3	0	34	28	13	50	34	.270	.333	.318	.651	1.9
1971	LAN	NL	149	601	73	169	14	3	3	44	15	8	40	44	.281	.323	.329	.652	2.5
1972	LAN	NL	71	132	16	17	3	1	0	4	1	1	10	18	.129	.190	.167	.357	-1.1
Total			1942	7588	1067	2134	177	71	20	458	586	208	552	684	.281	.330	.331	.661	39.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1959	LAN	NL	SS	82	70	635.0	121	220	12	39
1960	LAN	NL	SS	145	141	1219.1	260	431	40	78
1961	LAN	NL	SS	148	146	1305.1	253	428	29	104
1962	LAN	NL	SS	165	164	1444.1	295	493	36	86
1963	LAN	NL	3B	33	27	248.0	26	59	5	7
1963	LAN	NL	SS	109	104	895.1	171	322	21	47
1964	LAN	NL	3B	6	4	32.1	2	6	0	0
1964	LAN	NL	SS	149	147	1311.2	273	422	27	77
1965	LAN	NL	SS	155	154	1392.0	267	535	25	89
1966	LAN	NL	3B	4	4	30.0	4	7	0	1
1966	LAN	NL	SS	139	137	1221.0	227	453	23	79
1967	PIT	NL	3B	144	142	1240.1	98	343	24	31
1967	PIT	NL	SS	2	1	23.0	4	3	0	1
1968	PIT	NL	3B	141	140	1249.0	105	276	17	27
1968	PIT	NL	SS	10	9	88.1	10	32	1	5
1969	MON	NL	2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1969	MON	NL	SS	46	46	402.1	72	139	11	31
1969	LAN	NL	SS	104	103	917.0	168	357	17	61
1970	LAN	NL	3B	4	0	6.0	0	1	0	0
1970	LAN	NL	SS	126	124	1076.0	171	396	24	58
1971	LAN	NL	3B	4	0	6.0	0	2	1	1
1971	LAN	NL	SS	144	139	1219.0	220	484	16	86
1972	LAN	NL	3B	26	3	69.0	1	14	0	2
1972	LAN	NL	SS	31	27	250.0	38	89	2	18
Total				1918	1832	16282.1	2786	5512	331	928

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1961	TSN All-Star	NL
1961	Gold Glove	NL
1962	Most Valuable Player	NL
1962	TSN All-Star	NL
1962	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1962	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1962	Gold Glove	NL
1962	All-Star Game MVP	ML
1965	TSN All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1978	BBWAA	115	285	No
1979	BBWAA	166	324	No
1980	BBWAA	146	289	No
1981	BBWAA	163	301	No
1982	BBWAA	91	312	No
1983	BBWAA	77	281	No
1984	BBWAA	104	303	No
1985	BBWAA	93	297	No
1986	BBWAA	124	319	No
1987	BBWAA	113	310	No
1988	BBWAA	127	321	No
1989	BBWAA	95	336	No
1990	BBWAA	95	333	No
1991	BBWAA	61	333	No
1992	BBWAA	110	323	No
2003	Veterans - Players	24	61	No
2005	Veterans - Players	26	60	No
2007	Veterans - Players	33	62	No
2009	Veterans - 1943 and Later	15	48	No
2015	Veterans - Golden Era	9	12	No
2022	Veterans - Golden Age Era		12	No

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