- Bump Wills
Infobox MLB retired
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1952|7|27
debutdate=April 7
debutyear=1977
debutteam=Texas Rangers
name=Bump Wills
width=
position=Second Baseman
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=1982
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.266
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=807
stat3label=SBS
stat3value=196
teams=
*Texas Rangers (by|1977-by|1981)
*Chicago Cubs (by|1982)
highlights=
*52 stolen bases in 1978Elliot Taylor "Bump" Wills (born
July 27 ,1952 inWashington, DC ) is a formersecond baseman inMajor League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers (1977-81) andChicago Cubs (1982). He is the son ofMaury Wills , the former Major League shortstop who later managed theSeattle Mariners .His career
batting average was .266. Wills and teammateToby Harrah hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs onSaturday ,August 27th ,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-center field gap; on the play, Yankee outfieldersLou Piniella andMickey Rivers collided and knocked each other out. By the time another player was able to retrieve the ball, Harrah was being waved home.) [ [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Bump_Wills_1952&page=chronology The Ballplayers - Bump Wills | BaseballLibrary.com ] ] Also in 1977, Wills controversially replacedLenny Randle at second base, which led to Randle's punching Rangers managerFrank Lucchesi in the face. [ [http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070426&content_id=1931277&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex The Official Site of The Texas Rangers: News: Swapping stories: The '77 Randle trade ] ] His 52 stolen bases for the Texas Rangers in 1978 remains a Ranger record for thefts in a season.Wills retired at the end of the 1982 season and later played in Japan.pokane
Bump Wills now lives in Spokane, Washington and coaches the Central Valley Bears. He regularly manages clinics for younger players in the area as well.
ee also
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List of second generation MLB players References
External links
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