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Willie Stargell

A Life in Baseball

by Frank Garland
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This book brings to life one of baseball's greatest sluggers, Willie Stargell. It examines the factors that shaped him as a man growing up in the tumultuous racial times of the 1950s and '60s, and then recreates the major moments in his Hall of Fame baseball career. His various endeavors during the post-playing days are fully explored as well. Interviews with more than 80 people—family members, childhood friends, teammates, opponents, front office workers and others—combined with dozens of newspaper and magazine articles shed light on the iconic patriarch of one of baseball's last great "families," the 1970s-era Pittsburgh Pirates.

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    April 19, 2013

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      • ISBN: 9781476602226

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      • ISBN: 9781476602226
      • File size: 6660 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      February 15, 2013

      Willie "Pops" Stargell, who died in 2001, was a gentle giant of a player, truly Ruthian in his literal and figurative proportions. Although he published an autobiography in 1984 a couple of years after his retirement, he has never received his biographical due--until now, with two biographies coming out this Spring. [Richard Peterson's Pops: The Willie Stargell Story (Triumph) was not available in time for this roundup]. Here, Garland not only brings to life the story of a great player, a career-long Pittsburgh Pirate, but also considers the era and its culture, including the tumultuous race relations of the 1950s and 1960s and players' tendency to stay on the same team for most of their career. VERDICT The stories and accounts (by friends, family, players, personalities, etc.) will light corners of your old baseball collection and rehash old debates, such as whether Stargell's stats were a victim of his home stadium's size: his 475 career home-run total should be much higher. Especially for Pirate and Stargell fans.--BM

      Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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