Willie Stargell
Wilver Dornell Stargell (March 6, 1940 – April 9, 2001), nicknamed "
Pops" later in his career, was an American professional
baseball left fielder and
first baseman who spent all of his 21 seasons in
Major League Baseball (MLB) (
1962–
1982) with the
Pittsburgh Pirates. Among the most feared power hitters in baseball history, Stargell had the most home runs (296) of any player in the 1970s decade. During his career, he
batted .282 with 2,232
hits, 1,194 runs, 423
doubles, 475
home runs, and 1,540
runs batted in, helping his team win six
National League (NL)
East division titles, two
NL pennants, and two
World Series championships in
1971 and
1979, both over the
Baltimore Orioles. Stargell was a seven-time
All-Star and two-time
NL home run leader. In 1979, he became the first and currently only player to win the
NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, the
NL Championship Series MVP Award and the
World Series MVP Award in one season. In 1982, the
Pirates retired his uniform number 8. He was inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame in
1988.
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