Lefty starting pitcher John Candelaria was known as the “Candy Man” in Pittsburgh. He was a darn good pitcher for them too. He pitched in 345 games (271 starts) in his 12 years for the Pirates and he was 124-87 with 16 saves, a 3.17 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. His best year for the Pirates was 1977 when he worked in 33 games (all starts) in which he was 20-5 with a 2.34 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP. He finished 5th in the voting for the Cy Young Award in 1977. Candelaria is #7 all-time in Pirates’ history in games started (271) and he is also #5 in strikeouts (1,159). The “Candy Man” will always have his place in Pirates’ history as he was on the “We Are Family” Pirates team that won a World Series.

Willie “Pops” Stargell played all 21 of his years in the major leagues for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played in 2,360 games in his career with the Pirates and he was 2,232 of 7,927 (.282 avg, .889 OPS) with 1,195 runs scored, 475 homers and 1,540 RBIs. Stargell is #7 all-time in hits for the Pirates, #5 in runs scored and he is the teams’ all time leader in both home runs and RBIs. Stargell tied with Keith Hernandez of the Cardinals for the MVP Award of the N.L. in 1979 at the age of 39 years old. He played in 126 games in 1979 for the Pirates in which he was 129 for 424 (.281 avg, .904 OPS) with 60 runs scored, 32 homers and 82 RBIs. Stargell led the N.L. in homers in both 1971 (48) and 1973 (44). He was a 7-time All-Star for the Pirates and he is in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. where he will always live despite dying on April 9th, 2001.