Cardinals hitting artisan of consistency, class, and 3,000-hit excellence.
3,630
Hits
Career
3
MVP
Widely cited
3
World Series
Cardinals
1969
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
St. Louis Cardinals
1941 to 1963
Biography
Stanley Frank Musial spent his entire Hall of Fame career with the St. Louis Cardinals. A three-time MVP and seven-time batting champion (widely cited), he remains the franchise's gentleman standard.
Born1920-11-21, Donora, Pennsylvania
Died2013-01-19, Ladue, Missouri
NationalityUnited States
PositionOutfielder / First Baseman
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career statistics
MLB (Cardinals)
Hits3,630
World Series titles3
HOF class1969
MVP awards3widely cited
Career timeline
1941
Cardinals debut
Begins a lifelong St. Louis career.
1940s
Title years
Wins World Series championships.
1969
Hall of Fame
Enshrined in Cooperstown.
2013
Passed away
Died January 19, 2013.
Achievements and awards
National Baseball Hall of Fame (1969)
3x World Series Champion
3x MVP (widely cited)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Highlights
Video media. Opens on YouTube. Not a GameDNA ranking.
Musial means Cardinals kindness and line-drive truth. St. Louis still tips its cap to The Man.
Images
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Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
Sources
Research record: .orchestrator/research/legends/stan-musial.md. Career totals are widely published league or Hall of Fame figures and should be read with competition and era labels. Image credits appear under the Images tab. Video links open third-party YouTube pages.
