Stan Musial Stats

Stan Musial was born on Sunday, November 21, 1920, in Donora, Pennsylvania. Musial was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 17, 1941, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Stan Musial baseball stats page.

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"When Butch Yatkeman handed out uniforms, he surveyed us with the experienced eye of a tailor and threw us what he thought would fit best. The uniforms, of course, bore numbers then unassigned. I drew number 6. I've never worn any other in the big leagues and, long before I laid it aside, Mr. Busch decided that for the first time the Cardinals would retire a number." - Stan Musial (Stewart, Wayne. Triumph Books. Stan the Man: The Life and Times of Stan Musial. 1 April 1964.)

Stan Musial

Stan 'The Donora Greyhound' Musial Autograph on a 1987 Donruss Diamond King Baseball Card (#641)

Stan 'The Donora Greyhound' Musial Autograph on a 1987 Donruss Diamond King Baseball Card (#641)

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Birth Name:   Stanley Frank Musial
Nickname:   Stan the Man or Stash or The Donora Greyhound
Born On:   11-21-1920  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Donora, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-19-2013 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Ladue, Missouri
Cemetery:   Bellerive Heritage Gardens, Creve Coeur, Missouri
High School:   Donora High School (Donora, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-17-1941 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-29-1963
Draft:   Not Applicable

Stan Musial

Stan Musial Pitching Stats

1952 32 Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1 Year 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

Stan Musial

Stan Musial Hitting Stats

1941 21 Cardinals 12 47 8 20 4 0 1 0 7 2 0 1 0 - 0 0 .426 .449 .574
1942 22 Cardinals 140 467 87 147 32 10 10 1 72 62 12 25 5 - 2 3 .315 .397 .490
1943 23 Cardinals 157 617 108 220 48 20 13 0 81 72 14 18 10 - 2 17 .357 .425 .562
1944 24 Cardinals 146 568 112 197 51 14 12 0 94 90 9 28 4 - 5 7 .347 .440 .549
1946 26 Cardinals 156 624 124 228 50 20 16 0 103 73 9 31 2 - 3 7 .365 .434 .587
1947 27 Cardinals 149 587 113 183 30 13 19 1 95 80 3 24 6 - 4 18 .312 .398 .504
1948 28 Cardinals 155 611 135 230 46 18 39 1 131 79 6 34 1 - 3 18 .376 .450 .702
1949 29 Cardinals 157 612 128 207 41 13 36 0 123 107 15 38 0 - 2 12 .338 .438 .624
1950 30 Cardinals 146 555 105 192 41 7 28 0 109 87 13 36 0 - 3 11 .346 .437 .596
1951 31 Cardinals 152 578 124 205 30 12 32 0 108 98 24 40 1 - 1 6 .355 .449 .614
1952 32 Cardinals 154 578 105 194 42 6 21 0 91 96 27 29 0 - 2 11 .336 .432 .538
1953 33 Cardinals 157 593 127 200 53 9 30 0 113 105 12 32 0 - 0 10 .337 .437 .609
1954 34 Cardinals 153 591 120 195 41 9 35 1 126 103 27 39 0 7 4 20 .330 .428 .607
1955 35 Cardinals 154 562 97 179 30 5 33 1 108 80 19 39 2 4 8 12 .319 .408 .566
1956 36 Cardinals 156 594 87 184 33 6 27 2 109 75 15 39 3 7 3 19 .310 .386 .522
1957 37 Cardinals 134 502 82 176 38 3 29 1 102 66 19 34 1 8 2 13 .351 .422 .612
1958 38 Cardinals 135 472 64 159 35 2 17 0 62 72 26 26 0 4 1 19 .337 .423 .528
1959 39 Cardinals 115 341 37 87 13 2 14 0 44 60 11 25 0 3 0 12 .255 .364 .428
1960 40 Cardinals 116 331 49 91 17 1 17 0 63 41 7 34 0 4 2 5 .275 .354 .486
1961 41 Cardinals 123 372 46 107 22 4 15 1 70 52 17 35 0 6 1 7 .288 .371 .489
1962 42 Cardinals 135 433 57 143 18 1 19 0 82 64 4 46 0 5 3 13 .330 .416 .508
1963 43 Cardinals 124 337 34 86 10 2 12 0 58 35 9 43 0 5 2 3 .255 .325 .404
22 Years 3,026 10,972 1,949 3,630 725 177 475 9 1,951 1,599 298 696 35 53 53 243 .331 .417 .559

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Stan Musial Fielding Stats

1941 Cardinals LF 3 3 78 6 2.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1941 Cardinals RF 8 8 210 15 1.9 15 14 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
1942 Cardinals CF 2 1 13 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.31
1942 Cardinals LF 133 107 2,700 302 2.3 297 291 6 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.97
1942 Cardinals RF 2 1 27 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1943 Cardinals CF 10 5 108 10 1.0 10 9 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.50
1943 Cardinals LF 28 28 780 78 2.8 74 73 1 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.56
1943 Cardinals RF 123 122 3,126 311 2.5 308 294 14 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.66
1944 Cardinals CF 39 33 543 101 2.6 100 98 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 4.97
1944 Cardinals RF 124 113 2,817 274 2.2 270 256 14 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.59
1946 Cardinals 1B 114 114 3,060 1,134 9.9 1,121 1,056 65 13 119 n/a n/a n/a .989 9.89
1946 Cardinals LF 42 42 1,134 116 2.8 114 110 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.71
1947 Cardinals 1B 149 149 3,960 1,445 9.7 1,437 1,360 77 8 138 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.80
1948 Cardinals 1B 2 0 3 8 4.0 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 72.00
1948 Cardinals CF 65 63 963 159 2.4 157 154 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .987 4.40
1948 Cardinals LF 42 41 1,095 101 2.4 99 98 1 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.44
1948 Cardinals RF 81 51 1,347 100 1.2 98 92 6 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.96
1949 Cardinals 1B 1 1 27 12 12.0 12 11 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.00
1949 Cardinals CF 76 76 1,302 199 2.6 197 193 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .990 4.09
1949 Cardinals LF 5 0 15 12 2.4 12 12 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 21.60
1949 Cardinals RF 123 80 2,310 148 1.2 147 141 6 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .993 1.72
1950 Cardinals 1B 69 68 1,776 668 9.7 665 628 37 3 66 n/a n/a n/a .996 10.11
1950 Cardinals CF 13 13 306 22 1.7 21 21 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 1.85
1950 Cardinals LF 57 54 1,347 104 1.8 102 100 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.04
1950 Cardinals RF 11 10 261 17 1.5 15 15 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .882 1.55
1951 Cardinals 1B 60 60 1,632 636 10.6 632 600 32 4 60 n/a n/a n/a .994 10.46
1951 Cardinals CF 11 9 228 29 2.6 28 28 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.32
1951 Cardinals LF 83 81 2,166 203 2.4 198 186 12 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.47
1951 Cardinals RF 1 1 24 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1952 Cardinals 1B 25 20 576 217 8.7 216 204 12 1 13 n/a n/a n/a .995 10.13
1952 Cardinals CF 106 105 2,733 259 2.4 256 251 5 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.53
1952 Cardinals LF 22 20 531 36 1.6 36 36 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.83
1952 Cardinals P 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1952 Cardinals RF 9 9 213 16 1.8 15 14 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 1.90
1953 Cardinals CF 9 0 66 2 0.2 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.82
1953 Cardinals LF 139 133 3,441 266 1.9 261 255 6 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.05
1953 Cardinals RF 30 24 630 40 1.3 40 38 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.71
1954 Cardinals 1B 10 2 93 40 4.0 38 36 2 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .950 11.03
1954 Cardinals LF 10 9 192 18 1.8 17 17 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.39
1954 Cardinals RF 146 142 3,858 273 1.9 270 257 13 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .989 1.89
1955 Cardinals 1B 110 106 2,835 1,025 9.3 1,017 925 92 8 93 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.69
1955 Cardinals LF 5 4 84 10 2.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.21
1955 Cardinals RF 49 44 1,029 76 1.6 75 73 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .987 1.97
1956 Cardinals 1B 103 103 2,619 967 9.4 960 870 90 7 96 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.90
1956 Cardinals LF 3 3 75 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1956 Cardinals RF 51 50 1,323 83 1.6 82 78 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .988 1.67
1957 Cardinals 1B 130 129 3,330 1,276 9.8 1,266 1,167 99 10 131 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.26
1958 Cardinals 1B 124 123 3,114 1,132 9.1 1,119 1,019 100 13 127 n/a n/a n/a .989 9.70
1959 Cardinals 1B 90 88 2,058 693 7.7 686 623 63 7 72 n/a n/a n/a .990 9.00
1959 Cardinals LF 3 2 66 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.41
1960 Cardinals 1B 29 26 609 222 7.7 220 203 17 2 16 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.75
1960 Cardinals LF 58 54 1,347 99 1.7 98 97 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 1.96
1960 Cardinals RF 6 4 84 2 0.3 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.64
1961 Cardinals LF 103 99 2,301 160 1.6 159 150 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .994 1.87
1962 Cardinals LF 98 94 2,214 132 1.3 130 125 5 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 1.59
1962 Cardinals RF 22 22 489 39 1.8 37 36 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.04
1963 Cardinals LF 96 94 1,884 123 1.3 119 118 1 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .967 1.71
1B Totals 1,016 989 25,692 9,475 9.3 9,397 8,709 688 78 935 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.88
LF Totals 930 868 21,450 1,772 1.9 1,738 1,690 48 34 7 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.19
RF Totals 786 681 17,748 1,396 1.8 1,376 1,311 65 20 17 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.09
CF Totals 331 305 6,262 785 2.4 775 760 15 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .987 3.34
P Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
22 Years 3,064 2,843 71,152 13,428 4.4 13,286 12,470 816 142 963 n/a n/a n/a .989 5.04

Stan Musial

Stan Musial Miscellaneous Stats

1941 Cardinals 1 0 1.000 1 0 n/a 47.0 47.0 6.7 - - -
1942 Cardinals 6 6 .500 5 0 n/a 46.7 18.7 6.5 - - -
1943 Cardinals 9 6 .600 2 0 n/a 47.5 34.3 7.6 - - -
1944 Cardinals 7 7 .500 0 0 n/a 47.3 20.3 6.0 - - -
1946 Cardinals 7 9 .438 0 0 n/a 39.0 20.1 6.1 - - -
1947 Cardinals 4 4 .500 0 0 n/a 30.9 24.5 6.2 - - -
1948 Cardinals 7 3 .700 0 0 n/a 15.7 18.0 4.7 - - -
1949 Cardinals 3 4 .429 0 0 n/a 17.0 16.1 5.0 - - -
1950 Cardinals 5 1 .833 1 0 n/a 19.8 15.4 5.1 - - -
1951 Cardinals 4 5 .444 1 0 n/a 18.1 14.5 5.4 - - -
1952 Cardinals 7 7 .500 0 0 n/a 27.5 19.9 6.4 0.00 0.00 0.00
1953 Cardinals 3 4 .429 0 0 n/a 19.8 18.5 5.2 - - -
1954 Cardinals 1 7 .125 0 0 n/a 16.9 15.2 4.7 - - -
1955 Cardinals 5 4 .556 0 0 n/a 17.0 14.4 5.2 - - -
1956 Cardinals 2 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 22.0 15.2 5.4 - - -
1957 Cardinals 1 1 .500 4 1 n/a 17.3 14.8 4.9 - - -
1958 Cardinals 0 0 .000 12 0 n/a 27.8 18.2 7.6 - - -
1959 Cardinals 0 2 .000 25 0 n/a 24.4 13.6 7.8 - - -
1960 Cardinals 1 1 .500 32 0 n/a 19.5 9.7 5.3 - - -
1961 Cardinals 0 0 .000 24 0 n/a 24.8 10.6 5.3 - - -
1962 Cardinals 3 0 1.000 19 0 n/a 22.8 9.4 5.3 - - -
1963 Cardinals 2 0 1.000 30 0 n/a 28.1 7.8 5.8 - - -
22 Years 78 71 .523 156 1 n/a 23.1 15.8 5.6 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Stan Musial Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1941 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $1,800.00 - -
1942 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $4,500.00 - Stats
1943 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $6,250.00 Stats Stats
1944 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $10,000.00 Stats Stats
1946 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $13,500.00 Stats Stats
1947 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $31,000.00 Stats -
1948 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $36,000.00 Stats -
1949 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $50,000.00 Stats -
1950 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $50,000.00 Stats -
1951 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1952 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1953 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1954 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1955 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1956 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1957 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1958 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $100,000.00 Stats -
1959 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $100,000.00 Stats -
1960 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $80,000.00 Stats -
1961 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $75,000.00 Stats -
1962 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $70,000.00 Stats -
1963 St. Louis Cardinals 6 $65,000.00 Stats -

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Stanley Frank Musial was a Major League Baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1944 and 1946-1963). Stan, his nickname, retired after twenty-two seasons and held the National League all-time records for at bats (10,972), games played (3,026), hits (3,630), runs batted in (1,951), runs scored (1,949) and doubles (725)! The Donora Greyhound, another one of his nicknames, "only" collected 475 career home runs, second all-time in the senior circuit at that time. Do you know who had more homers than Stan The Man? [Answer]

Stan Musial Rookie Baseball Card

Stan Musial Rookie Card | 1948 Bowman Baseball Card (#36 | Checklist)
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Did you know Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays were each sent to a Major League record twenty-four All-Star Games? Too easy? Join Baseball Almanac as we take a look at six additional numbers of interest, in honor of the best player in baseball history to ever wear #6 — from any team!

3: Stan Musial finished the 1948 season leading all major league players in batting average (.376 | 43-points ahead of second place in the senior circuit), hits (230), doubles (46), triples (18), total bases (429), and slugging percentage (.702), capturing his third Most Valuable Player Award, the first National League player to ever win three MVPs!

5: Stan Musial hit three home runs in game one of a doubleheader on May 2, 1954, then two more in game two, the first player in baseball history to collect five home runs in a doubleheader. The feat has been matched only once since, in 1972, by Nate Colbert. [Home Runs in a Doubleheader Record Book]

6: Stan Musial wore #6 his entire career, and on September 29, 1963, it was officially retired by the Cards. Did you know The Man also hit exactly six home runs in All-Star Games, the most by any player in Midsummer Classic history? [All-Star Game Records]

8: Stan Musial had five-hits in a game eight times during his career. Once in 1943, once in 1946, once in 1947, then four times in 1948! When he did it the fourth time that year, on September 22, 1948, he became only the second player in baseball history with that many five-hit games in a season — the player who preceded him was Ty Cobb.

41.229: Stan Musial hit three home runs in a game a second time in his career on July 8, 1962, when he was 41 years 229 days old, the oldest player in Major League history with a 3-homer game!

3,000: Stan Musial joined the 3,000 Hits Club on May 13, 1958, the eighth major leaguer to reach the plateau, the first by a Cardinal. Musial finished his career with 3,630 hits which is still, through today, the second most in the history of the National League! Do you know the one player with more hits than The Man? [Answer]

Stan Musial Hall of Fame Plaque

Stan Musial | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1969 (HOF)

On May 7, 1959, Stan Musial hit hits four-hundredth career home run, making him the first major league player in baseball history with 400-or-more career home runs and 3,000-or-more career hits!