Willie Stargell Memorabilia & Collectibles

 

 

An outfielder and first baseman of Pittsburgh Pirates in his entire Major League career, Willie Stargell helped his team grab 6 National League East division titles and two awards each from World Series and National League pennants. He was born in Earlsboro, Oklahoma on March 6, 1940.

 

Willie Stargell made it to the history of baseball. Pirates’ manager Chuck Tanner said of Stargell, “Having him on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.” He led the National League in home runs twice and was the only player who had won the NCLS, World Series and the National League MVP awards in a single year. He was also established as the Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year of American Broadcasting Company in 1979. At the same time, he also became Co-National League MVP with which he shared with Keith Hernandez. In 1988, he became a Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee and had ranked as the 81st Greatest Baseball Player for The Sporting News in 1999.

 

At age 61, he died in Wilmington, North Carolina due to stroke. It was on this same day that a longer-than-life statue in honor of Stargell was unveiled in PNC Park at the Pirates’ new stadium. Willie Stargell was nicknamed “Pops” in his career’s later years.

 

Get a chance to take home autographed 8x10 with Pirates patch framed collage, an autographed 8x10 with 2006 All-Star Game patch framed collage and a signed (Pirates) white/pose 8x10 photo in Sportsmemorabilia.com. Willie Stargell’s name is sometimes misspelled by some into Willy Stargell, Willie Stargel, Willey Stargell, Willy Stargel, Whiley Stargell, and Whilli Stargell.