| Bump Wills | ||
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| Second Baseman | ||
| Born: July 27 1952 | ||
| Batted: Switch | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 7, 1977 for the Texas Rangers |
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| Final game | ||
| October 3, 1982 for the Chicago Cubs |
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| Career statistics | ||
| AVG | .266 | |
| Hits | 807 | |
| SBS | 196 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
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Elliot Taylor "Bump" Wills (born July 27, 1952 in Washington, DC) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers (1977-81) and Chicago Cubs (1982). He is the son of Maury Wills, the former Major League shortstop who later managed the Seattle Mariners. His career batting average was .266.
Wills and teammate Toby Harrah hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on August 27, 1977, the only time this feat has ever occurred in a Major League Baseball game. (Harrah's HR came on a drive to the right-centerfield gap; on the play, Yankee outfielders Lou Piniella and Mickey Rivers collided and knocked each other out. By the time another player was able to retrieve the ball, Harrah was being waved home.)[1] Also in 1977, Wills controversially replaced Lenny Randle at second base, which led to Randle's punching Rangers manager Frank Lucchesi in the face. Wills retired at the end of the 1982 season and later played in Japan.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Spokane
Bump Wills lives in Spokane.
