Maury Wills Baseball Career Highlights

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00:00Brilliant captain Maury Wills leads off the batting practice with Demeter on second,

00:05following the sacrifice, Maury Wills singles.

00:08Demeter scores and the Dodgers lead three to nothing.

00:14Maury, will-o'-the-wisp, Wills provided more diamond thrills than any player in the game.

00:20The dashing Dodgers shortstop with his daring deeds in the base paths was the biggest news in baseball.

00:25Maury Child delivers with Maury Wills on first base in the seventh.

00:31There he goes, the spectacular Dodger who's been burning up the baselines all season,

00:36trying to steal second, and he's safe.

00:39It's number 103 this year for Maury Wills.

00:43And now he's off again trying to steal third base.

00:46He comes sliding in, draws a wild throw.

00:49The ball sails down the left field line.

00:52Wills scrambles to his feet and continues on home to score.

00:55And once again, replenishments.

01:05A young Dodger shortstop named Maury Wills pilfering more bases in a single season

01:11than Ty Cobb himself, the Georgie Peach.

01:15Maury Wills moves into the batter's box, and the second game is underway.

01:19The Dodgers shortstop leads off with a bouncing hit through the middle,

01:26and Mickey Mantle races in to grab the ball and hold the fleet-footed Wills to a single.

01:31Downing picks Wills off first base, but Maury continues his dash to second.

01:43Pepitone's throw is wide, and Wills is safe.

01:46With Koufax pitching and Elston Howard on first.

01:54Cleet Boyer swings and wraps a ground smash that looks like it's headed for left field.

01:59But there goes Maury Wills into deep short, and he stretches out to make a backhanded stab of the ball.

02:07He whirls and throws to second.

02:11And Krasinski makes a diving catch for the force out of Elston Howard.

02:15That's the dazzling type of play that makes baseball thrilling to watch.

02:21If he's shaken by the mishap, Koufax doesn't show it.

02:25He jams Hector Lopez with his first pitch, and Lopez hits a slow bouncer toward short.

02:31Wills comes dancing in, takes it on a big hop, and without breaking stride, throws to first base.

02:36The Dodgers win 2-1, and sweep the series in four straight.

02:44The Dodgers present the first switch hitting infield ever seen in a World Series.

02:50Wes Parker, Maury Wills, Jim Lefevre, and Jim Gilliam.

02:57Maury Wills drags a beautiful bunt down the first baseline.

03:00Grant makes a fine play on the ball, but Wills beats it out, and Lefevre scores.

03:06Maury Wills leads off in the Dodger first.

03:13Jim Cott makes one too good, and Maury drives the ball down the right field line.

03:20It bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.

03:25Wills hits to right center, and Joe Nausek misses on a diving catch.

03:31Parker legs it home with a fourth run for the Dodgers, and for Maury, it's a double.

03:37Wills is next for Perry, and hits through the middle.

03:44Joe Nausek juggles the ball, but it is no factor as Roseborough scores easily.

03:50And the Dodgers pull away, 7-0.

03:53In the Twins' eighth, with Allison on first and one out, Mincher hits towards short.

03:59Wills goes far to his left, grabs the ball, and while on the dead run, flips it perfectly to Trusisky at second base.

04:07Dick leaps up, and while high in the air, gets off a pivot throw to complete a fantastic double play.

04:16Star shortstops Luis Aparicio and Maury Wills compare notes.

04:20Each has stolen over 400 bases.

04:24There he goes.

04:26Wills is off and running.

04:29Maury, who stole a record of 104 bases in 1962, beats the throw with a beautiful fallaway slide.

04:36Still on the scene, the prodigal son come back.

04:40Shortstop Maury Wills, the glue to many in infield, and a master at the drag bunt.

04:47Friends of the old spark plug honor him with a day.

04:49And among the mementos, a portrait of stolen base number 104, the year he erased Ty Cobb's record of longstanding.

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