"There were around 600 major-league baseball players when Willie Stargell and I played.
Willie Stargell was the only person who was liked by the other 599 players.
Not one person ever disliked Willie.
Some disliked me, or Pete Rose or other players, but not Willie."
Joe Morgan.
"Mr. Stargell intimidated pitchers as he set up at the plate with the distinctive pinwheel twirl of his bat, that kept time with the pitchers' motion.
Some of the 475 home runs he hit are among the longest in the game, including two shots that cleared Dodger Stadium and balls hit out of the old Forbes Field in Pittsburgh."
The Washington Post.
"If Willie asked us to jump off the Fort Pitt Bridge, we would ask him what kind of dive he wanted.
That's how much respect we have for the man."
Al Oliver.
Nine different players in Major League history have hit one home run over the roof at Forbes Field......
Willie Stargell did it SEVEN times.