Willie Stargell

Willie Stargell
Willie Stargell
	Left fielder / First baseman
	Born: March 6, 1940; Earlsboro, Oklahoma
	Died: April 9, 2001 (aged 61); Wilmington, North Carolina
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
debut
	September 16, 1962, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last appearance
	October 3, 1982, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Batting average	.282
Home runs	475
Runs batted in	1,540
Teams
	Pittsburgh Pirates (1962–1982);
Career highlights and awards
	7× All-Star (1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978); 2× World Series champion (1971, 1979); NL MVP (1979); World Series MVP (1979); Babe Ruth Award (1979); NLCS MVP (1979); Hutch Award (1978); Roberto Clemente Award (1974); Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1974); Pittsburgh Pirates #8 retired;
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Induction	1988
Vote	82.4% (first ballot)

Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell (March 6, 1940 – April 9, 2001) was an American professional baseball player. He was nicknamed "pops" in the later years of his career. He played Major League Baseball for 21 years. He was the left fielder and first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1962-1982). While he was with the Pirates, he batted .282. He scored 2,232 hits, 423 doubles, 475 home runs and 1540 runs batted in. This helped his team win six National League East division titles, two National League pennants and two World Series (1971, 1979). Stargell was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.^[1]

Death

Stargell died on April 9, 2001 at a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina. He had problems with his kidneys for several years before his death. Stargell died on the same day that the Pittsburgh Pirates opened their new ballpark, PNC Park. After his death, former Pirates manager Chuck Tanner said, "When you had Willie Stargell on your team, it was like having a diamond ring on your finger."^[2]

Related pages

Hitting for the cycle

References

↑ "Willie Stargell at the Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
↑ Robinson, Alan (9 April 2001). "Pirates slugger Willie Stargell dead at 61". The Daily Courier. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

Other websites

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube
A biography of Willie Stargell from the SABR Bio Project

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Joe Torre Bob Gibson Lou Brock	Major League Player of the Month June 1965 (with Vern Law) April 1971 June 1971	Succeeded by Pete Rose Lou Brock Ferguson Jenkins
Preceded by Johnny Bench	National League RBI Champion 1973	Succeeded by Johnny Bench

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[1] "Willie Stargell at the Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[2] Robinson, Alan (9 April 2001). "Pirates slugger Willie Stargell dead at 61". The Daily Courier. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

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