Stan Musial: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1969

Born: November 21, 1920

1936: Played semi-pro ball

1938: Signed by St Louis Cardinals as a pitcher

1938-41: Minor Leagues

Debut: September 17, 1941 (Cardinals)

1942: Cards win World Series

1943: Batting Champ (.357)

1943: MVP

1943: Cards lose World Series

1944: Cards win World Series

1945-6: World War II service

1946: Declined offer to play in Mexican League

1946: Earned his nickname “The Man” from Brooklyn fans

1946: Batting Champ (.365)

1946: MVP

1946: TSN Player of the Year

1946: Cards win World Series

1947: Played season with appendicitis

1948: Missed Triple Crown by one rained out home run

1948: Batting Champ (.376)

1948: MVP

1950: 30-game hit streak

1951: TSN Player of the Year

1952: Pitched in a game for only time in Major League Career

1950-52: Batting Champ (.346, .355 and .336)

1954: Hit five home runs in a double header

1955: Hit GW HR in All Star Game

1956: Set NL record for extra base hits

1957: Consecutive game streak ends at 895 with fractured shoulder bone

1957: Batting Champ (.351)

1957: Lou Gehrig Award

1958: 3000^th hit

1959: First player with 400 HR and 3000 hits

1962: Oldest player ever (41) with a 3 HR game

1963: Retired as NL’s all-time hit leader (since broken)

1963-6: VP of Cardinals

1964-7: LBJ’s fitness advisor

1964: Cards win World Series

1967: Card’s GM (stepped down in less than a year rather than be desk bound)

1967: Cards win World Series

1968: Cards lose World Series

1969: Elected to HOF

1999: All Century Team

2007: Earned Navy Memorial’s Lone Sailor Award

2011: Presidential Medal of Freedom

2013: Died

Accomplishments:

3x World Champion

3x MVP

2x ML Player of the Year

24x All Star

1957 Lou Gehrig Award winner

7x Batting Champ

All Century Team

NL All Time Hit Leader at retirement

30 Game Hit Streak

895 consecutive game streak

.331

3630 Hits

475 HR

1951 RBI

1599 walks-696 Strikeouts

725 doubles

177 triples

1949 Runs

.417 OBP

.559 Slugging

.976 OPS

6134 TB

Led league in games: 5x

Led league in runs: 5x

100+ runs: 11x

Led league in hits: 6x

200+ hits: 6x

Led league in doubles: 8x

30+ doubles: 16x

40+ doubles: 9x

50+ doubles: 3x

Led league in triples: 5x

10+ triples: 8x

15+ triples: 3x

20+ triples: 2x

20+ HR: 10x

30+ HR: 6x

Led league in RBI: 2x

100+ RBI: 10x

Led league in walks (105): 1953

100+ walks: 3x

Hit .300+: 17x

Hit .350+: 5x

.400 OBP: 14x

Led league in OBP: 6x

Led league in slugging: 6x

.500 slugging: 16x

.600 slugging: 6x

.702 slugging (1948)

Led league in OPS: 7x

1.01OPS: 8x

Led league in TB: 6x

300 TB: 12x

429 TB (1948)

Led league in IBB: 2x

Postseason: .256, 1 HR, 8 RBI, .742 OPS (4 World Series)