Willie Stargell

Hall of Fame

Left Field

1962—1982

Player LeveL

Superstar

Top 100 Rank

Left Field RANK

Player Detail

Wilver Dornel

GIVEN NAME

Stargell

SURNAME

March 6, 1940, in Earlsboro, OK

BORN

April 9, 2001, in Wilmington, NC, USA

DIED

1962—1982

Playing Career

Played from 22-42

PLAYING AGE

Pittsburgh Pirates

Teams Played For

Left Field

PRIMARY POSITION

The Family

PRIMARY TEAM

1971, 1979

World Series titles

Pops

NICKNAME

8 UNIFORM NUMBER

#4 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

6-2 / 188

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Left / Left

BATTED / THREW

September 16, 1962

Major League Debut

October 3, 1982

FINAL GAME

— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —

WHO IS Willie Stargell?

Star of the 1979 World Series when he led his Pirates with MVP season and the stars he awarded teammates for their caps.

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60

HITTING

80

POWER

40

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

40

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

Willie is credited with hitting the longest home runs at both Pittsburgh’s old Three Rivers Stadium, and Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Both blasts were measured at more than 475 feet.

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
2360	2232	475	1540	.282

7 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

1979 NL MVP

Teammate Team

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

Shortstop:

Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Bert Blyleven

John Candelaria

Danny Murtaugh

BEST SEASON

1971 Pirates

31 Years Old

.296

AVG

HR

125

RBI

104

RUNS

.398

OBP

151

HITS

2B

3B

.628

SLG

BB

SB

7.9

WAR

Was offering free chicken at his restaurant every time he hit a home run this season. He nearly went out of business.

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.282	.360	.529

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

VERSUS HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.889	.751	118.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

Hall of Fame Worthy?

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
48.4	55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

One Degree Of Separation

Contemporaries

Willie Stargell Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

	AB	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB	TRB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Stargell	527	148	79	28	4	32	102	62	129	1	279	216	.282	.360	.529	889
AVG LF	536	146	72	24	5	14		53	84	12	222	202	.272	.338	.413	.751

Willie Stargell Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG	HALL OF STATS	BASEBALL SCHOLAR	JAWS	BILL JAMES
10	19	10	16	15

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2021

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK
16	17	21	11

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

Willie Stargell PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	WAR PER SN
57.5	39.4	28.0	22.1	3.94
68.6	43.2	31.4	22.4	4.81

BLUE = Willie Stargell

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WIN SHARES 7	WIN SHARES 5C	WIN SHARES 3	WS PER SN
369.1	200.6	147.1	100.0	25.3
368.7	208.0	151.6	101.2	26.4

BLUE = Willie Stargell

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

— Explanation of Advanced Statistics —

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMANT

Wins Above Replacement is a non-standardized sabermetric statistic developed to sum up a player’s total contributions to his team. A player’s WAR value is claimed to be the number of additional wins his team has achieved above the number of expected team wins if that player were substituted with a replacement-level player:

WAR7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called LONG PEAK.

WAR5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called PLAYER PRIME.

WAR3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called SHORT PEAK.

WAR PER SN

A player’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per season (calculated for 162 games).

WIN SHARES

Advanced statistical method devised by Bill James. A Win Share represents one-third of a team win, by definition, and takes into account defense, offense, baserunning, park effects, and level of competition, era, and many other factors.

WS7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of LONG PEAK.

WS5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s PRIME.

WS3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s SHORT PEAK.

WS PER SN

A player’s Win Shares per season (calculated for 162 games).