Willie Stargell
Willie Stargell
Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell, nicknamed "Pops" in the later years of his career, was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseballcareeras the left fielder and first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. Over his 21-year career with the Pirates, he batted .282, with 2,232 hits, 423 doubles, 475 home runs and 1,540 runs batted in, helping his team capture six National League East division titles, two National League pennants and two World...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 March 1940
CityEarlsboro, OK
CountryUnited States of America
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day's work, and I've it to them for a long, long time.
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.