Stirrup socks worn by Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell during the 1979 World Series
date: label: associated dates
content: 1979 10 30 / 1979 10 30
label: associated dates
content: 1979 / 1979
notes: label: Description
content: Hall of Fame first baseman Willie Stargell (1940 – 2001) played the entirety of his twenty year career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Born Wilver Donne Stargell, Willie entered the Major Leagues in 1962. During the course of his career, the hard hitting left hander affectionately known as "Pops" led the National League in home runs twice, made seven All-Star appearances and helped to bring the Pirates two World Series Championships (1971 and 1979.)
label: Description
content: The 1979 Pirates championship team was known as "The Family," (a name taken from the popular Sister Sledge song "We are Family,")and "Pops" was its undisputed leader, taking home both the National League and World Series MVP awards that year.
label: Description
content: Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, Stargell died of a stroke in 2001. His 475 career home runs and 1,540 runs-batted-in remain Pirates records. In recognition of his status as one of the city's most beloved athletes, a statue of Stargell has been erected in Pittsburgh outside of PNC Park, the Pirates current home.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Team
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1020.05
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1020.05
label: accession number
content: 1979.1020
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socks, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: stirrups
label: Object Name
content: baseball stirrups
label: Object Name
content: stirrup socks, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 17 1/4 in x 4 in; 43.815 cm x 10.16 cm