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Birth And Death |
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The Hall of Fame first baseman, was born March 6, 1940 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. His first career game played in the majors was played on September 16, 1962. Pops passed away on April 9, 2001 in Wilmington North Carolina. |
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Teams and Hall of Fame |
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Willie Stargell played for one baseball team his entire career. That team was the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played twenty-one seasons as a pirate. After his miraculous career he was inducted into the hall of fame in 1998 with a 91.68% vote. |
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Statistics |
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Willie Stargell has achieved many milestones as a baseball player.Through his career he had 9026 plate appearances, and 1506 runs scored. His career batting statistics are he averaged 544 at bats, 82 runs, 153 hits, 29 doubles, 4 triples, 33 homeruns, 106 rbi's, and a .282 average |
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World Series |
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Willie Stargell, in his career played in 2 world series, he won both of these world series. Overall he played 14 games, had 54 at bats, 10 runs,17 hits, 5 doubles, 0 triples, 3 homeruns, 8 rbi's, and batted a solid .315 |
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Started Playing |
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Willie Stargell started playing when he was a kid in a small town in Oklahoma. He said that he first fell in love with baseball when his dad would come home from work and have a rough day and Willie would ask him to play catch and they would catch for hours. |
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Best Season |
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Pops had many great seasons with the pirates but very few players will never get to experience a season like the one Stargell had in 1973. In '73 Stargell had a career high 148 games, 522 at bats, 106 runs, 156 hits, 43 doubles, 3 triples, 44 homeruns, 119 rbi's, and 1 stolen base. Many players will never get the chance to have a season like Willie did in '73. |
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