 wilver dornell "willie" stargell (march 6, 1940 &ndash; april 9, 2001), nicknamed "pops" in the later years of his career, was an american professional baseball player. he played his entire major league baseball (mlb) career (1962-1982) as the left fielder and first baseman for the pittsburgh pirates of the national league (nl). over his 21-year career with the pirates, he batted .282, with 2,232 hits, 423 doubles, 475 home runs and 1540 runs batted in, helping his team capture six national league east division titles, two national league pennants and two world series (1971, 1979). stargell was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1988. ==early life== stargell was born in earlsboro, oklahoma, but later moved to florida with an aunt after the divorce of his parents. later he returned to california to live with his mother.{{cite web|last=colon|first=bob|title=earlsboro: birthplace of a legend|url=http://newsok.com/earlsboro-birthplace-of
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