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1. Stan Musial

1. Stan Musial
  1. General
  2. Awards
  3. Career Stats
  • Born: November 21, 1920 in Donora, PA USA
  • Weight: 175 lbs.
  • Height: 6'0"
  • Bats: L
  • Throws: L
  • Debut: September 17, 1941
  • Final Game: September 29, 1963
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1943
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1943
  • Most Valuable Player - 1943
  • TSN All-Star - 1943
  • TSN Guide MVP - 1943
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1944
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1944
  • TSN All-Star - 1944
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1946
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1946
  • Most Valuable Player - 1946
  • TSN All-Star - 1946
  • TSN Major League Player of the Year - 1946
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1948
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1948
  • Most Valuable Player - 1948
  • TSN All-Star - 1948
  • TSN Player of the Year - 1948
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1949
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1949
  • TSN All-Star - 1949
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1950
  • Baseball Magazine All-Star - 1950
  • TSN All-Star - 1950
  • TSN All-Star - 1951
  • TSN Major League Player of the Year - 1951
  • TSN Player of the Year - 1951
  • TSN All-Star - 1952
  • TSN All-Star - 1953
  • TSN All-Star - 1954
  • Lou Gehrig Memorial Award - 1957
  • TSN All-Star - 1957
  • TSN Player of the Year - 1957
  • TSN All-Star - 1958
  • MVP - 1942
  • MVP - 1943
  • MVP - 1944
  • MVP - 1946
  • MVP - 1947
  • MVP - 1948
  • MVP - 1949
  • MVP - 1950
  • MVP - 1951
  • MVP - 1952
  • MVP - 1953
  • MVP - 1954
  • MVP - 1955
  • MVP - 1956
  • MVP - 1957
  • MVP - 1958
  • MVP - 1960
  • MVP - 1962
 
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When you talk about the greatest hitter in history Stan “The Man” Musial is often discussed, and why wouldn’t he be?  Musial played his entire career with the St. Louis Cardinals where he smacked 3,630 Hits (amazingly with an even amount Home and Away), which is still enough for fourth all-time and is the most for any single team.  Musial was incredibly consistent for years and he was a six-time National League Hits leader with three second-place finishes and two third-place finishes and with that kind of production you can imagine there would be multiple Batting Titles.  That was in fact the case as he won that accolade in 1943, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952 & 1957 and it took until his 18th season to see him bat under .300. 

While some hitters with high Batting Averages don’t necessarily elevate that with an appropriate On Base Percentage that was not the case for “The Man”.  He was a six-time leader in OBP with fourteen seasons over .400 with a career number of .417.  In terms of power, Musial was no slouch.  While he never would win the Home Run title he would achieve 30 or more Home Runs six times and finished with 475 overall.  Musial was also a two-time RBI Champion with 10 seasons of three digits while also being an eight-time Doubles and five-time Triples leader.

Arguably, Musial was the best player in baseball in the 1940s.  He would lead the Redbirds to World Series Championships in 1942, 1944, and 1946 while being named the National League MVP in 1943, 1946, and 1948.  He was the runner-up for that award four times (1949, 1950, 1951 & 1957) and he was a 24-time All-Star.  He retired with a Slash Line of .331/.417/.559, the elusive career 3/4/5!

Fittingly, the Cardinals retired his number 6 after he retired, making Musial the first Cardinal to earn that honor.  Musial was selected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 on his first year of eligibility and in 2014, was a member of the inaugural Cardinals Hall of Fame.

The Bullet Points

  • Position: First Base, Outfield
  • Acquired: Signed as an Amateur Free Agent before the 1938 Season.
  • Departed: Retired after the 1963 Season.
  • Games Played: 3026
  • Notable Statistics:

    1,949 Runs Scored
    3,630 Hits
    725 Doubles
    177 Triples
    475 Home Runs
    1,951 Runs Batted In
    78 Stolen Bases
    .331/.417/.559 Slash Line
    128.3 bWAR

    23 Playoff Games
    9 Runs Scored
    22 Hits
    8 Doubles
    1 Triple
    1 Home Run
    8 Runs Batted In
    1 Stolen Base
    .256/.347/.395 Slash Line

  • Major Accolades and Awards:

    World Series Champion (1942, 1944 & 1946)
    MVP (1943, 1946 & 1948)
    TSN Major League Player of the Year Award (1946 & 1951)
    Lou Gehrig Award (1957)
    All-Star (1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 & 1963)
    Highest bWAR for Position Players (1943, 1944, 1946 & 1948)
    Highest Offensive bWAR (1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949 & 1950)
    Highest Batting Average (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952 & 1957)
    Highest On Base Percentage (1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1953 & 1957)
    Highest Slugging Percentage (1943, 1944, 1955, 1948, 1950 & 1952)
    Highest OPS (1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952 & 1957)
    Most At Bats (1946)
    Most Plate Appearances (1943 & 1946)
    Most Runs Scored (1946, 1948, 1951, 1952 & 1954)
    Most Hits (1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949 & 1952)
    Most Total Bases (1943, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951 & 1952)
    Most Doubles (1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953 & 1954)
    Most Triples (1943, 1946, 1948, 1949 & 1951)
    Most Runs Batted In (1948 & 1956)
    Most Walks (1953)
    Most Singles (1946)
    Highest OPS+ (1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950 & 1952)
    Most Extra Base Hits (1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950 & 1953)
    Most Times Hit by Pitch (1955)
    Most Intentional Walks (1957 & 1958)
    Highest Stolen Base Percentage (1966 & 1968)
    Highest Win Probability Added (1946, 1948 & 1950)
    Highest Championship Win Probability Added (1944, 1946, 1948 & 1949)
    Most Assists Turned by a First Baseman (1958)
    Most Double Plays Turned by a First Baseman (1957)
    Most Assists by a Leftfielder (1961)
    Most Double Plays Turned by a Leftfielder (1951)
    Most Double Plays Turned by an Outfielder (1949)
    Highest Range Factor per Game by a Leftfielder (1951)
    Highest Fielding Percentage by a Leftfielder (1953)
    Highest Range Factor per Game by a Rightfielder (1944)
    Highest Fielding Percentage by a Rightfielder (1943, 1949 & 1954)
    Highest Fielding Percentage by an Outfielder (1949, 1954 & 1961)

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