» July 22, 1964: Led by Willie Stargell, who hits for the cycle, the Pirates roll over the Cards 13–2.

» June 5, 1966: In a 10–5 Bucs win over Houston, Willie Stargell goes 5-for-5, giving him nine consecutive hits in two days.

» September 15, 1966: Don Drysdale (10-16) gives up two home runs in the 9th, to Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell, with two outs, but holds on to give the Dodgers a 5–3 win over Pittsburgh. The Dodgers now lead the Bucs by two 1/2 games. The Bucs and Dodgers will split the next two games.

» July 9, 1967: In the bottom of the 9th inning, Willie Stargell breaks a 1–1 tie by slamming a Jim Maloney pitch over the RF roof at Forbes Field. The Bucs top the Reds, 2–1.

» July 16, 1969: Despite four homers by Montreal, the Pirates beat the Expos, 8–7, scoring three in the 8th and three in the 9th. The Pirates only homer comes in the 8th innings with Matty Alou on 2B and Dan McGinn pitching, when Willie Stargell splashes a pitch over the RF fence into the municipal swimming pool at Jarry Park.

» August 5, 1969: In the 7th inning, Pirate Willie Stargell hits the first home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 512-foot blast (another account has 480 feet) breaks a deadlock and comes in an 11–3 Pittsburgh rout of Los Angeles. The Bucs score seven in the 9th, climaxed by a Bill Mazeroski 2-run homer.

» April 20, 1970: Willie Stargell belts a tremendous home run, off Jim Bouton, over the RF roof at Forbes Field to lead the Pirates to a 3–1 win over Houston.

» May 1, 1970: At Cincinnati, the Reds lead the Pirates, 6–4, with two outs in the 9th and Willie Stargell comes to the plate. Sparky Anderson then moves pitcher Wayne Granger to LF, not wanting to remove him if Stargell reaches base, and brings in Don Gullett to face the Bucs slugger. Stargell, who accounted for all the Bucs runs with a grand slam, strikes out, and the Reds win, 6–4.

» June 12, 1970: Pittsburgh's Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego 2–0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Ellis walks eight and hits one and gets all his support on a pair of Willie Stargell home runs. The Padres take the nitecap, 5–2, behind Danny Coombs. Nate Colbert has a pair of triples and Ferrara homers.

» July 16, 1970: The Reds spoil the Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium 3–2. Cincinnati's Tony Perez hits the park's first homer, offsetting a later one by hometown Willie Stargell. The Pirates parade their new uniforms of stretchable cotton and nylon.

» August 1, 1970: Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell smashes three doubles and two homers, which ties the ML mark for extra-base hits in a game, and scores five runs while driving in 6. Teammate Bob Robertson also collects five hits as the Pirates outslug the Braves 20–10. In the 7th, Robertson and Stargell combine with Jose Pagan for three consecutive homers.

» August 9, 1970: At Three Rivers Stadium, Willie Stargell hits an 8th inning homer into the 70-foot high right field upper deck, the first player to hit one up there. The pitch is served up by Mets reliever Ron Taylor. The next two hit up there will be by Stargell, who will hit four of the first 7; Bob Robertson, Phillie Greg Luzinski, and Bobby Bonilla, in 1987, will also reach the seats. The Pirates win, 8–3. Nolan Ryan is the loser, allowing four runs in six innings, allowing three hits, walking seven and striking out 10.

» September 25, 1970: At Pittsburgh, Willie Stargell throws out a runner in the 8th and singles home the winner in the 9th to give the Pirates a 4–3 win over the Mets. The Bucs increase their National League East lead to three 1/2 games over the Mets and Cubs, losers to the Phils.

» April 10, 1971: The Pirates drop a 5–4 decision in Atlanta despite getting three home runs from Willie Stargell.

» April 21, 1971: In a 10–2 Pirates win over the Braves, Willie Stargell hits three home runs in a game for the 2nd time of the young season. Stargell turned the trick 11 days ago.

» April 22, 1971: In the Pirates 7–4 win over the Braves, Willie Stargell hits his 10th home run of the month to tie a ML record.

» April 27, 1971: The Pirates lose to the Dodgers 7–5, but Willie Stargell sets a major-league record with his 11th home run in the month of April with a shot over the CF wall in Pittsburgh.

» May 30, 1971: Willie Stargell clocks a Ken Holtzman pitch deep into the right field upper deck at Three Rivers Stadium, one of four he will park there, and the Corsairs coast to a 10–0 romp over the Cubs. Bob Moose is the victor over Holtzman.

» June 20, 1971: Four grand slams are hit in the ML, by the Braves Earl Williams, the Phillies Deron Johnson, the White Sox Rick Reichardt, and the Pirates Willie Stargell. Williams' slam comes in a 5–4 loss, and the Braves drop a 2nd game, 2–0 to the Reds. The Pirates whip Montreal, 7–1, and the Sox pummel the Twins, 18–8. Johnson's slam, in the 11th, gives the Phils a split with the Mets.

» July 10, 1971: The Pirates again top the Braves, 5–4, behind Willie Stargell's 30th home run of the season and his 10th off Braves' pitching.

» July 16, 1971: Until today, only three balls have been hit into the 70-foot high RF upper deck at Three Rivers Stadium, and Willie Stargell hit all of them (he'll hit another on May 31, 1973). Today Bob Robertson joins Stargell when he connects with a cannon shot off Padres P Steve Arlin in a Bucs victory.

» August 1, 1971: After homering yesterday off Dave Giusti, rookie Dave Kingman, in his 2nd ML game, clouts two homers for the Giants to help sweep a pair from the first-place Pirates, 11–7 and 8–3. Willie McCovey adds a 3-run homer and Willie Mays a bases-loaded double. Willie Stargell has a pair of homers for the Pirates to go over the 100 RBI mark.

» August 5, 1971: The Pirates power to a 7–2 win at Montreal, but lose 3B Jose Pagan when his arm is fractured by a pitch in the 5th by Strohmeyer. He will return to be a World Series hero. Pagan, Willie Stargell and Al Oliver homer for the Bucs and Gene Alley adds two triples.

» September 1, 1971: The Pirates start what is believed to be the first all-black lineup (including several Latinos) in ML history, in a 10–7 win over the Phillies. The lineup: Rennie Stennett, 2B; Gene Clines, CF; Roberto Clemente, RF; Willie Stargell, LF; Manny Sanguillen, C; Dave Cash, 3B; Al Oliver, 1B; Jackie Hernandez, SS; and Dock Ellis, P. Another black, Bob Veale, was one of three relievers in the game.

» November 10, 1971: Joe Torre, who hit 24 home runs for the Cardinals and led the NL in RBI (137) and batting (.363), wins the MVP Award over Willie Stargell (48, 125, .295). Torre receives 318 points to Stargell's 222.

» May 8, 1973: For the second time in his career, Pirate Willie Stargell poles one out of Dodger Stadium. His blast off Andy Messersmith hits the RF pavilion roof 470 feet away. His first home run, a 506-foot shot, came off Alan Foster on August 5, 1969. No other player has hit one out of the stadium. LA wins, 7–4.

» July 11, 1973: In San Diego, the Pirates drub the Pads 10–2. Willie Stargell contributes the 302nd home run of his career to pass Ralph Kiner as the all-time Pirate home run leader.

» September 17, 1973: The Pirates wallop the Mets 10–3 to lead the National League East by one 1/2 games. Willie Stargell collects four extra base hits including his 40th home run of the season.

» November 21, 1973: Pete Rose wins the NL MVP in a controversial vote, edging out Willie Stargell. Rose led the league with 230 hits and won his 3rd batting crown with a .338 mark. Stargell led with 44 home runs, 119 RBI, and a .646 slugging average while batting .299.

» October 8, 1974: The Pirates stay alive with a 7–0 win in the National League game as Bruce Kison gets the win. Richie Hebner and Willie Stargell drive in six runs between them.

» June 7, 1976: In a 5–4 Pirates win over the Reds, the two teams combine for seven solo homers. Joe Morgan (2) and Pete Rose homer for Cincy, while Al Oliver, Willie Stargell, Richie Zisk and Bill Robinson go deep for the host Pirates.

» June 29, 1977: In a 9–1 win, Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run, this one coming off Eric Rasmussen of the Cardinals. Bruce Kison is the winning pitcher.

» September 19, 1978: During a 12–11 win over the Cubs, the Pirates' 38-year-old, lead-footed Willie Stargell attempts to steal 2B. The Cubs' SS waits with the ball as Stargell slides 10 feet short of the base, signaling "time-out." The Pirates led 11–2 in the 7th, but the Cubs rally and tie it in the 9th. Dave Parker homers in 11th off Bruce Sutter to give the Bucs their 7th straight win and 30th in their last 38 since August 12. Besides his two homers, Parker adds two run scoring singles.

» September 30, 1978: The Phillies overcome a first-inning grand slam by Willie Stargell to beat the Pirates 10–8 and finally clinch the National League East title. Winning P Randy Lerch contributes two home runs to his cause. The loss snaps the Pirates' streak of 24 straight wins at Three Rivers Stadium.

» October 2, 1979: In the opening game of the National League Championship Series, Willie Stargell hits a 3-run home run in the 11th inning to give the Pirates a 5–2 victory over the Reds.

» October 17, 1979: In Game 7, Willie Stargell's 3rd World Series homer propels Pittsburgh to its 3rd straight win 4–1, and the World Championship. Pops is named Series MVP.

» November 13, 1979: For the first time in history, two players share the MVP Award. The NL co-winners are Willie Stargell, the Pirates spiritual leader, who batted .281 with 32 home runs; and the Cardinals Keith Hernandez, who led the NL in runs (116), doubles (48), and batting (.344).

» July 8, 1982: For the 2nd day in a row, the Reds enter the 9th trailing the Pirates. Today, they turn a 4–2 deficit into an 8–4 lead, scoring six in the top of the 9th. The Pirates answer with a 2-run homer by Willie Stargell and a 3-run double by Jason Thompson off Joe Price, and win, 9–8.

» September 6, 1982: Veteran 1B Willie Stargell, whose number is retired, is saluted by 38,000 fans on his day at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium. The 41-year-old slugger delivers a pinch single in the Pirates' 6–1 win over the Mets.

» January 12, 1988: Former Pirates slugger Willie Stargell is the only player elected this year to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA, and becomes the 17th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Jim Bunning garners 317 (74.2%), and falls four votes shy of the 321 needed for election in his 13th year on the ballot.

» June 29, 1994: The Dodgers defeat the Giants, 6-2, as SF 3B Matt Williams homers off Ramon Martinez in the 4th inning. It is Williams' 29th home run of the season, breaking Willie Stargell's National League mark for homers before July.

» April 28, 1996: Visiting Texas scores four runs in the 10th and holds on for a 5–4 win over the Orioles. Baltimore's Brady Anderson cracks his 11th homer of April, joining Gary Sheffield, who hit his 11th of Friday, Willie Stargell (1971), Graig Nettles (1974), and Mike Schmidt (1976) as the only players to hit that many in the month.

» April 30, 1997: In an 11–5 win over the Cubs, Rockies star Larry Walker hits his 11th homer in April, tying the NL record. Willie Stargell, Mike Schmidt, Gary Sheffield, and Barry Bonds have done it.

» June 8, 1999: Kansas City overcomes Mark McGwire's 475th career homer and beat the Cards, 11–10. Big Mac ties for 17th place on the home run list with Willie Stargell and Stan Musial.

» April 2, 2001: The Giants Livan Hernandez beats the Padres, 3–2, with relief help from Robb Nen, who K's the side in the 9th. Barry Bonds homers for the Giants. Tony Gwynn's 8th inning RBI-single is his 3,110th hit, tying him with Dave Winfield. With his start today, Gwynn becomes the 5th player in NL history to spend 20+ years while playing his entire career with one team. The others are: Cap Anson: 1871-97 Cubs (5 years in the NA); Mel Ott: 1926-47 Giants; Stan Musial: 1941-44, 1946-63 Cardinals; Willie Stargell: 1962-82 Pirates.

» April 9, 2001: Sean Casey's four hits and five RBIs to lead the Reds over the Pirates, 8-2, in the first game ever at PNC Park. The occasion is marred by the death of Willie Stargell just a few hours before game time. Pops died after an extended illness and the Bucs pay tribute with a 90 second visual presentation.