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Cecil CoopervsMaury Wills

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

1B · VAL group BAT

Cecil Cooper

1971–1987 · 17 seasons

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SS · VAL group BAT

Maury Wills

1959–1972 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Cecil Cooper and Maury Wills: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Cecil Cooper	Stat	Maury Wills
17	Seasons	14
98.4	Career VAL	105.0
15.3 (1980)	Peak-season VAL	14.8 (1962)
2×	Gold Gloves	2×
3×	Silver Sluggers	—
5×	All-Star Selections	5×
—	MVP Awards	1×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
12	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	14

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Cecil Cooper and Maury Wills have
Cecil Cooper	Stat	Maury Wills
Career
1,896	Games	1,942
Batting
2,192	Hits	2,134
241	Home runs	20
1,125	RBI	458
1,012	Runs	1,067
89	Stolen bases	586
448

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Cecil Cooper	Maury Wills
23	0	—
24	3.7	—
25	6.9	—
26	5.2	0.4
27	7.4	6
28	7.9	7.8
29	11.3	14.8
30	15.3	9.1
31	6.8	8.4
32	12.4	13.3
33	11.5	5.3
34	2.1	10.8
35	7.3	10.8
36	0.6	7.4
37	0	5.2
38	—	5.7
39	—	0