MLB / Players

Willie Stargell

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 188 lb

BornMarch 6, 1940 · Earlsboro, OK, USA

MLB debutSeptember 16, 1962

Final gameOctober 3, 1982

Seasons21 (1962–1982)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1962–1982

Percentile snapshot

1975 season — qualified batters

124

2.4

526

11.8

461

10.2

52.8

136

35.4

83.5

84.3

RBI

80.3

57.5

109

8.7

96.9

.295

74.8

OBP

.375

81.1

SLG

.516

93.7

OPS

.891

94.5

wRC+

149.6

91.3

OPS+

148.6

92.9

wOBA

.405

93.7

sWAR

3.8

71.7

of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

145.7

97.7

OPS+

148.3

97.6

sWAR

64.7

99.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1962	10	34	31	1	9	3	1	0	4	3	10	0	1	.290	.353	.452	.805	111.0	115.8	.353	0.1
1963	108	328	304	34	74	11	6	11	47	19	85	0	2	.243	.290	.428	.717	104.5	104.5	.322	0.8
1964	117	442	421	53	115	19	7	21	78	17	92	1	1	.273	.304	.501	.805	123.7	123.7	.354	2.0
1965	144	582	533	68	145	25	8	27	107	39	127	1	1	.272	.328	.501	.829	127.5	130.8	.360	3.0
1966	140	549	485	84	153	30	0	33	102	48	109	2	3	.315	.381	.581	.962	162.2	163.8	.412	5.1
1967	134	536	462	54	125	18	6	20	73	67	103	1	0	.271	.365	.465	.831	131.9	136.3	.366	2.8
1968	128	496	435	57	103	15	1	24	67	47	105	5	0	.237	.315	.441	.757	125.1	127.1	.342	2.3
1969	145	594	522	89	160	31	6	29	92	61	120	1	0	.307	.382	.556	.938	161.8	164.2	.415	5.6
1970	136	529	474	70	125	18	3	31	85	44	119	0	1	.264	.329	.511	.839	119.6	125.6	.365	2.4
1971	141	606	511	104	151	26	0	48	125	83	154	0	0	.295	.398	.628	1.026	187.3	189.8	.446	7.5
1972	138	569	495	74	145	28	2	33	112	65	129	1	1	.293	.373	.558	.930	163.1	165.5	.409	5.0
1973	148	609	522	106	156	43	3	44	119	80	129	0	0	.299	.392	.646	1.038	182.1	188.1	.447	7.2
1974	140	605	508	90	153	37	4	25	96	87	106	0	2	.301	.407	.537	.944	164.6	168.2	.424	5.9
1975	124	526	461	71	136	32	2	22	90	58	109	0	0	.295	.375	.516	.891	149.6	148.6	.405	3.8
1976	117	487	428	54	110	20	3	20	65	50	101	2	0	.257	.339	.458	.797	125.7	126.4	.365	2.1
1977	63	222	186	29	51	12	0	13	35	31	55	0	1	.274	.383	.548	.931	139.6	146.2	.397	1.3
1978	122	450	390	60	115	18	2	28	97	50	93	3	2	.295	.382	.567	.949	160.4	159.4	.421	3.8
1979	126	480	424	60	119	19	0	32	82	47	105	0	1	.281	.352	.552	.904	136.1	139.7	.392	2.7
1980	67	231	202	28	53	10	1	11	38	26	52	0	0	.262	.351	.485	.836	123.7	130.1	.365	0.9
1981	38	66	60	2	17	4	0	0	9	5	9	0	0	.283	.333	.350	.683	89.1	91.5	.317	0.0
1982	74	85	73	6	17	4	0	3	17	10	24	0	0	.233	.318	.411	.729	98.3	100.0	.331	0.2

Career totals

2,360

100th-most career G

9,026

163rd-most career PA

7,927

162nd-most career AB

1,194

192nd-most career R

2,232

179th-most career H

423

157th-most career 2B

475

32nd-most career HR

RBI

1,540

48th-most career RBI

937

160th-most career BB

1,936

12th-most career SO

.2816

OBP

.3601

477th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5286

56th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8887

85th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1968-05-22	PIT @ CHC Gameday	5	4	5	1	3	7	15
1970-08-01	PIT @ ATL Gameday	6	5	5	3	2	6	14
1965-06-24	PIT @ LAD Gameday	5	3	4	1	3	6	14
1966-06-05	HOU @ PIT Gameday	5	3	5	1	2	4	12
1971-04-21	ATL @ PIT Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	5	12

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1962-05-17	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-21	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-22	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-06-10	PIT @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-09-30	PIT @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1988 (BBWAA)

1× Most Valuable Player1× NLCS MVP1× World Series MVP7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.