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Stan Musial
Outfield

1941-44/46-63 St. Louis Cardinals

  • Had 17 .300-plus seasons, a modern NL record.

  • Won three MVP awards--1943, 1946, and 1948--the first NL player to do so.

  • Appeared in 24 All Star games. Holds All Star records for most homers (6), extra-base hits (8), and total bases (40).

  • Won seven batting titles.

  • Started out as a pitching prospect until a shoulder injury forced him into the outfield.

  • Led the NL in runs scored 5 times, a major league record that he shares with Rogers Hornsby and George Burns.

  • Missed winning the Triple Crown in 1948 by a single homer. His .376 average that year was the NL's highest since 1930.

  • Appeared on three World Series winners--1942, 1944, and 1946.

  • Won his final batting crown in 1957 at the age of 37.

  • Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.


May 1, 1954 Saturday Evening Post featuring Musial

  • Nickname was simply Stan "The Man" Musial.

  • Though these records have since been surpassed, at the time of Musial's retirement, he held the major league marks for most extra-base hits and total bases and the NL records for most runs, hits, doubles, and RBI.

  • Won six slugging titles.

  • Scored 100-plus runs 11 straight times.
YR TN L POS G AB T H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG
1941 StL N O 12 47 8 20 1 7 .426 .449 .574
1942 StL N O 140 467 87 147 10 72 .315 .397 .490
1943 StL N O 157 617 108 220 13 81 .357 .425 .562
1944 StL N O 146 568 112 197 12 94 .347 .440 .549
1946 StL N 1-O 156 624 124 228 16 103 .365 .434 .587
1947 StL N 1 149 587 113 183 19 95 .312 .398 .504
1948 StL N 1-O 155 611 135 230 39 131 .376 .450 .702
1949 StL N 1-O 157 612 128 207 36 123 .338 .438 .624
1950 StL N 1-O 146 555 105 192 28 109 .346 .437 .596
1951 StL N 1-O 152 578 124 205 32 108 .355 .449 .614
1952 StL N P-1-O 154 578 105 194 21 91 .336 .432 .538
1953 StL N O 157 593 127 200 30 113 .337 .437 .609
1954 StL N 1-O 153 591 120 195 35 126 .330 .433 .607
1955 StL N 1-O 154 562 97 179 33 108 .319 .411 .566
1956 StL N 1-O 156 594 87 184 27 109 .310 .390 .522
1957 StL N 1 134 502 82 176 29 102 .351 .428 .612
1958 StL N 1 135 472 64 159 17 62 .337 .426 .528
1959 StL N 1-O 115 341 37 87 14 44 .255 .367 .428
1960 StL N 1-O 116 331 49 91 17 63 .275 .358 .486
1961 StL N O 123 372 46 107 15 70 .288 .376 .489
1962 StL N O 135 433 57 143 19 82 .330 .420 .508
1963 StL N O 124 337 34 86 12 58 .255 .329 .404
  22     3026 10972 1949 3630 475 1951 .331 .418 .559







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