Willie Stargell Baseball Cards

About Willie Stargell, Hall of Famer

Willie Stargell spent all 21 seasons of his Major League Baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1962 to 1982. Playing as a left fielder and first baseman, he became one of baseball's most feared power hitters, leading the league in home runs during the 1970s with 296. The Pirates won two World Series championships during his tenure—in 1971 and 1979, both against the Baltimore Orioles. Stargell was a seven-time All-Star and two-time home run leader who finished his career with 475 home runs and a .282 batting average. At age 39 in 1979, he achieved an unprecedented feat by winning the NL MVP Award, Championship Series MVP Award, and World Series MVP Award in a single season. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988 on his first ballot.

Did you know? In 1973, Stargell became the first player since Hank Greenberg in 1940 to lead the league in both doubles and home runs simultaneously, hitting more than 40 of each.

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