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.
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.