Willie Stargell

1962–1982 · 21 seasons · Bats left, throws left · Born 1940

Hall of Fame 1988
Most Valuable Player

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Season	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1962	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	10	34	31	1	9	3	1	0	4	3	10	0	.290	.353	.452	.805	0.0
1963	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	108	328	304	34	74	11	6	11	47	19	85	0	.243	.290	.428	.717	0.1
1964	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	117	442	421	53	115	19	7	21	78	17	92	1	.273	.304	.501	.805	1.8
1965	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	144	582	533	68	145	25	8	27	107	39	127	1	.272	.328	.501	.829	3.3
1966	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	140	549	485	84	153	30	0	33	102	48	109	2	.315	.381	.581	.962	5.5
1967	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	134	536	462	54	125	18	6	20	73	67	103	1	.271	.365	.465	.831	3.3
1968	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	128	496	435	57	103	15	1	24	67	47	105	5	.237	.315	.441	.757	2.1
1969	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	145	594	522	89	160	31	6	29	92	61	120	1	.307	.382	.556	.938	5.3
1970	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	136	529	474	70	125	18	3	31	85	44	119	0	.264	.329	.511	.839	2.4
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	141	606	511	104	151	26	0	48	125	83	154	0	.295	.398	.628	1.026	7.8
1972	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	138	569	495	74	145	28	2	33	112	65	129	1	.293	.373	.558	.930	5.9
1973	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	148	609	522	106	156	43	3	44	119	80	129	0	.299	.392	.646	1.038	7.7
1974	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	140	605	508	90	153	37	4	25	96	87	106	0	.301	.407	.537	.944	5.8
1975	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	124	526	461	71	136	32	2	22	90	58	109	0	.295	.375	.516	.891	3.7
1976	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	117	487	428	54	110	20	3	20	65	50	101	2	.257	.339	.458	.797	2.2
1977	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	63	222	186	29	51	12	0	13	35	31	55	0	.274	.383	.548	.931	1.4
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	122	450	390	60	115	18	2	28	97	50	93	3	.295	.382	.567	.949	4.0
1979MVP	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	126	480	424	60	119	19	0	32	82	47	105	0	.281	.352	.552	.904	2.4
1980	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	67	231	202	28	53	10	1	11	38	26	52	0	.262	.351	.485	.836	1.0
1981	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	38	66	60	2	17	4	0	0	9	5	9	0	.283	.333	.350	.683	0.0
1982	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	74	85	73	6	17	4	0	3	17	10	24	0	.233	.318	.411	.729	0.2
Career	21 seasons		2360	9026	7927	1194	2232	423	55	475	1540	937	1936	17	.282	.363	.529	.892	65.7

Gold shading marks a top-five finish in that league that season. Filled for first, shaded for second and third, faint for fourth and fifth, with the exact place in the corner of the cell. These rankings are ours, not part of the source data: we work them out from the season lines on this site and count each league on its own, so a first in the American League is not a first across baseball. Rate statistics use the same qualifying line as the season tool, which is why a relief pitcher can have the lowest ERA in his league and still have no shading on it — he did not pitch enough innings to qualify. A ranking is only drawn when its column is on screen; press Show all columns for the rest.

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— means the value is not in the source for that season, which is not the same as zero. In the Career and Subtotal rows it marks a statistic that cannot be added up across seasons — wOBA and FIP both need league constants that change every year, so we leave them blank rather than invent one. Leagues on this page: NL (National League).

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