Why Famous:"Stan the Man" was a Major League Baseball outfielder on the St. Louis Cardinals for 22 seasons, from 1941 through 1963, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. With 1,815 hits at home and 1,815 on the road, he also is considered to be the most consistent hitter of his era. He was named the NL MVP three times and won three World Series championship titles.
Born: November 21, 1920 Birthplace:Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
1940-05-25 MLB outfielder Stan Musial (19) weds his high school sweetheart Lillian Labash in Daytona Beach
Historical Events
1941-09-17 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4
1943-11-11 New York Yankees pitcher Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial wins NL MVP
1948-12-02 After one of the best seasons in baseball history, St Louis Cardinals utility Stan Musial is named NL MVP; leads NL in batting average (.365), runs (135), RBI (131), hits (230), doubles (46), triples (18) & slugging (.702), with 39 HRs
1949-07-25 St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Bkln 14-1
1952-01-16 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
1952-09-28 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance, throwing one pitch to Chicago Cubs Frank Baumholtz
1954-05-02 Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader
1962-09-02 St. Louis 1st baseman Stan Musial's records his 3,516th hit in Cards' 4-3 loss v NY Mets; overtakes Tris Speaker into 2nd place behind Ty Cobb on the MLB all-time list
1963-08-12 Stan Musial announces he will retire at end of year
1963-09-10 Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather
1963-09-29 Cardinal's celebrate Stan Musial Day in St Louis, for Stan Musial's final game, where he hits his 3,629th & 3,630th total hits (475 HRs)
1969-06-29 On 'Billy Williams Day' at Wrigley Field, Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive MLB games played (896) as Chicago sweeps St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1 and 12-1
1972-09-03 Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron earns his 6,135th total base to break Stan Musial’s MLB record in an 8-0 home defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies