The Dodgers gained another Hall of Famer on Sunday night, when the results of the Hall of Fame’s two Era Committee elections were announced on MLB Network. Gil Hodges will be enshrined in Cooperstown next July as part of the Class of 2022. But Maury Wills, a teammate of Hodges who made his MLB debut with Los Angeles just as Hodges’ time with the franchise was nearing an end, was not elected as part of the Golden Days Era ballot.

With 12 of 16 votes required for election, Wills received fewer than three, as did Ken Boyer, Roger Maris, Danny Murtaugh and Billy Pierce. In addition to Hodges, Minnie Miñoso, Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva were elected on the Golden Days Era ballot. Dick Allen received 11 votes, missing election by one. Buck O’Neill and Bud Fowler were elected on the Early Baseball Era ballot.

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Wills revived the art of the steal when he got to the Majors in 1959, leading the National League in stolen bases six straight years from 1960-65, swiping a then-single-season-record 104 in 1962 to break a record Ty Cobb held for nearly half a century. The speedy shortstop was named the NL MVP that year, leading the league with 10 triples while hitting .299. It was one of eight seasons in which Wills received MVP Award votes -- he finished as high as third in 1965.

Overall, Wills was a seven-time All-Star and won a pair of Gold Glove Awards. He also helped the Dodgers win three World Series championships from 1959-65, including the franchise’s first in Los Angeles in ’59. In the ’65 Fall Classic, Wills hit .367 with three doubles and three steals in a seven-game victory over the Twins.

In his great 1962 campaign, Wills was also named All-Star Game MVP after entering the contest as a pinch-runner for Stan Musial in the sixth inning, stealing second base and scoring the go-ahead run for the NL on a Dick Groat single. Wills then led off the eighth with a single and scored again on a Felipe Alou sacrifice fly in the 3-1 NL victory.

Entering the Major League scene during an era favoring slugging over speed, Wills reintroduced the stolen base, finishing with 586 career steals over a 14-year career, which was 10th all-time when he retired following the 1972 season.

After spending the first eight seasons of his big league career with the Dodgers, Wills was traded to the Pirates prior to the 1967 campaign. The Expos selected Wills from Pittsburgh in the 1968 Expansion Draft, and Montreal traded him back to the Dodgers the following year. Wills played the final three seasons of his career with the team that originally signed him, and with whom he rose to stardom.