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Willie Stargell: An Autobiography Hardcover – January 1, 1984

by Willie Stargell (Author), Tom Bird (Author)

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The twenty-year veteran of the Pittsburgh Pirates recounts his life, explains how he became involved in baseball, and describes memorable games and fellow players

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247 pages
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English
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Harpercollins
Publication date

January 1, 1984
ISBN-10

0060152389
ISBN-13

978-0060152383
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harpercollins; First Edition (January 1, 1984)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 247 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060152389
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060152383
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds

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Jorge l Mendez

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Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2020

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Nice book. Read it already.

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Devery J. Fairbanks

This is a great book. I love baseball

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018

This is a great book. I love baseball, AMAZON, and people who are as kindhearted and down to earth as Willie Stargell. However, this book could have used more careful editing, because there are numerous errors. For one thing, the lengendary Native American athlete Jim Thorpe was not a full-blooded Indian and he was not Shawnee. **** He may have been part Shawnee but most accounts have him being Sac & Fox and/or Potawatomi. Thank you tough for publishing a book on Mr. Stargell.

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2015

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MY HUSBAND LOVE IT...LOOKED SO GOOD ON HIM.

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david L. petry

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Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2016

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great book

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Otto W Bruno

Missing "Pops"

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2014

Great book, great ballplayer, great man. Reading the book has made me miss "Pops" even more than usual. I remember both the 1971 and 1979 Pirates. The '71 Bucs were Roberto's team and the '79 Bucs were Willie's team. Both were great leaders and both left me with great and inspiring memories. Willie made us all feel like Family.

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Marky K. Billson

This is the true story from Willie Stargell's mouth.

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 1999

Written just a year following his retirement from the Pittsburgh Pirates as a Hall of Fame player in 1982, this book caused quite a stir at the time of its first printing. Stargell gave honest criticism of teammate and fellow Bucco slugger Dave Parker on page 241 that Parker had "turned his back on me". Captain Willie was asked by Parker to stay around for a final season in '82 as a pinch-hitter/mentor, but was largely ignored by Parker. For Parker, who briefly considered taking uniform no. 8 in honor of Stargell when he departed as a free agent for Cincinnati in 1984, it was very biting criticism.
But those comments overshadow an otherwise good book. Stargell talks about growing up poor, being abducted by an aunt who could not have her own children from the ages of 6 to 12, the strength of his mother, and his high school team at Encinal High in Oakland, CA which featured two other future major leaguers in Tommy Harper and Curt Motten. He talks about feeling the sting of racism for the first time in the major leagues, once being told at gunpoint in Roswell, NM that he would be shot dead if he played in that evening's game. He speaks of his great love of the city of Pittsburgh and his teammates, who he dedicates the book to at the end, listing every, and I mean every, player he ever shared a Pirates roster with.
The perspective Stargell gives of the glory days in club history paints the warm feel of "The Family", perhaps the closest-knit team in baseball history. His recaps of the pennant race of 1978 and the Championship run of '79 will make you feel as if you are watching the games develop from the Pirates' dugout. You will relive the Bucs great years of the 1970's, when they finished in the first division of the NL East every year, winning six division titles and two World Championships.
Stargell also talks about losing not only his close friend Roberto Clemente during that time, but Bob Moose as well.
Willie Stargell was the leading home run hitter of the 1970's. The greatest living legend in Pirates history, no player in team history ever played on as many first place clubs in a Pittsburgh uniform. He was also one of the classiest men and great leaders in baseball history, and you will find that out for yourself when you read this fine book.

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