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
Willie Stargell quotes about
I've always been a slave to my heart.
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
Helping someone is what life is all about.
To be successful, one must take chances.
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
Life is one big transition.
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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.
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.