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Stan
Musial		  
Nickname: Stan The Man
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 21, 1920 in Usa, PA, DONORA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1942    1946   
All-Star Selections 1942    1946    1947    1949    1950    1951    1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 20 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 6 7 9 8 5 7 6 8 9 8
1942 21 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 8 9 9 5 6 6 8 8 8
1943 22 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 8 10 9 4 5 5 8 8 8
1944 23 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 10 3 4 4 8 8 8
1945 24 PIT NL $ 2,928,571   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 10 10 3 4 4 8 8 8
1946 25 PIT NL $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 10 10 3 4 4 8 8 8
1947 26 PIT NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 10 10 3 4 4 8 8 8
1948 27 PIT NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 6 7 8 7 9 10 10 3 5 4 8 8 8
1949 28 PIT NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 6 8 9 8 9 10 10 3 5 4 8 8 8
1950 29 SEM AL $ 8,000,000   7 7 6 8 9 8 9 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
1951 30 SEM AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
1952 31 SEM AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 9 10 9 3 5 4 8 8 8
1953 32 SEM AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 9 10 10 3 5 4 8 8 8
1954 33 SEM AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 9 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
1955 34 DET AL $ 13,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 9 3 5 4 7 8 8
1956 35 CIN NL $ 13,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 6
1957 36 PIT NL $ 777,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 6 6 8 7 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,500,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 5 7 6 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 20 SLC NL 98 333 51 97 22 5 11 58 1 2 45 20 .291 .373 .486 .860 58.7 11.6
    AAA   26 98 19 31 6 2 5 22 0 1 22 6 .316 .442 .571 1.013 23.3  
1942 21 SLC NL 157 579 85 155 27 7 17 92 2 3 59 50 .268 .334 .427 .760 77.6 13.8
1943 22 STL NL 155 560 86 149 39 4 17 84 6 1 54 53 .266 .330 .441 .771 78.1 13.3
1944 23 STL NL 159 605 100 158 39 8 32 110 8 4 50 66 .261 .315 .511 .826 91.6 12.2
1945 24 PIT NL 143 545 96 145 32 8 30 99 2 2 45 50 .266 .326 .519 .845 86.4 14.2
1946 25 PIT NL 154 573 89 163 42 5 23 93 2 3 62 50 .284 .350 .496 .846 93.7 19.8
1947 26 PIT NL 154 579 100 155 38 5 29 101 3 2 58 45 .268 .332 .501 .833 91.0 16.2
1948 27 PIT NL 126 453 80 125 28 5 28 71 0 0 53 47 .276 .352 .545 .898 83.2 17.6
1949 28 PIT NL 153 558 90 136 32 6 31 83 0 2 78 49 .244 .336 .489 .825 84.9 15.5
1950 29 PIT NL 94 352 58 89 27 6 19 75 1 0 33 47 .253 .314 .526 .839 56.2 7.2
  SEM AL 45 143 24 33 2 2 9 28 0 0 18 10 .231 .315 .462 .777 22.1 2.5
  TOT   139 495 82 122 29 8 28 103 1 0 51 57 .246 .314 .507 .821 78.4 9.7
1951 30 SEM AL 134 448 90 144 39 5 31 129 5 2 51 31 .321 .388 .638 1.027 98.2 20.5
1952 31 SEM AL 134 446 88 126 34 7 32 110 0 0 50 41 .283 .358 .605 .963 87.1 16.5
1953 32 SEM AL 139 421 58 113 35 6 21 84 0 0 40 40 .268 .329 .530 .859 69.7 13.3
1954 33 SEM AL 124 412 63 106 33 4 24 93 0 0 37 40 .257 .318 .532 .849 66.4 12.2
1955 34 SEM AL 74 253 44 66 13 4 16 44 2 0 14 32 .261 .301 .534 .835 40.6 6.2
  DET AL 77 260 50 74 21 3 21 81 2 0 12 27 .285 .318 .631 .948 49.9 9.3
  TOT   151 513 94 140 34 7 37 125 4 0 26 59 .273 .310 .583 .892 90.5 15.5
1956 35 SDP NL 88 264 39 59 18 4 9 44 0 1 29 42 .223 .296 .424 .721 32.5 5.1
  CIN NL 45 104 18 24 7 2 7 19 0 0 6 14 .231 .268 .538 .806 15.1 2.4
  TOT   133 368 57 83 25 6 16 63 0 1 35 56 .226 .289 .457 .745 47.7 7.5
1957 36 AAA   137 548 90 147 38 6 34 92 8 5 37 95 .268 .315 .546 .860 91.0  
16 Years Sim 2253 7888 1309 2117 528 96 407 1498 34 22 794 754 .268 .334 .514 .849 1283.1 229.3
2 Years AAA 163 646 109 178 44 8 39 114 8 6 59 101 .276 .334 .550 .884 114.3  
162 Game Average 567 94 152 37 6 29 107 2 1 57 54 .268 .334 .514 .849 92.3  
Career Highs 159 605 100 163 42 8 37 129 8 4 78 66 .321 .388 .638 1.027 98.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5480 986 1567 372 67 314 1113 24 14 610 490 .286 .356 .550 .907 1028.3
vs LH   2408 323 550 156 29 93 385 10 8 184 264 .228 .282 .433 .715 295.8
Home 1142 3916 646 1048 278 40 193 727 15 6 420 377 .268 .338 .507 .845 656.4
Away 1111 3972 663 1069 250 56 214 771 19 16 374 377 .269 .330 .522 .852 667.7
RISP   1989 0 557 132 25 122 1005 0 0 259 180 .280 .353 .556 .908 386.3
Pinch Hitting   250 39 59 12 2 12 57 0 0 28 25 .236 .317 .444 .761 35.7
Close/Late   937 135 239 60 6 41 149 0 0 127 90 .255 .343 .463 .806 150.7
Mar/Apr 350 1258 204 331 89 15 61 224 6 1 132 109 .263 .332 .503 .835 207.2
May 406 1420 236 388 96 24 61 260 5 10 147 138 .273 .341 .504 .844 234.0
June 357 1224 226 346 95 12 69 265 3 0 150 131 .283 .358 .549 .907 232.5
July 371 1345 215 377 78 18 75 256 7 5 138 124 .280 .346 .532 .879 239.5
August 400 1396 224 359 98 14 71 260 7 5 117 137 .257 .313 .500 .813 215.2
Sep/Oct 369 1245 204 316 72 13 70 233 6 1 110 115 .254 .315 .501 .816 195.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1941 20 SLC NL LF 91 88 773.7 169 10 4 2 .978 2.08 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 2 1 11.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 7.0 9 1 0 2 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1942 21 SLC NL LF 146 144 1274.3 328 12 2 3 .994 2.40 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 4 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 22 STL NL LF 95 93 797.3 182 8 0 2 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 29 26 234.7 61 4 0 1 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 26 25 219.0 277 14 1 27 .997 11.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 3 27.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 0 0 .000 0  
1944 23 STL NL LF 143 143 1276.7 266 10 1 3 .996 1.95 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    1B 9 1 17.3 21 3 0 2 1.000 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1945 24 PIT NL LF 95 92 806.3 173 7 2 2 .989 2.01 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 46 45 392.0 111 4 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 1 0 3 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 25 PIT NL LF 145 144 1288.7 321 12 2 5 .994 2.33 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 3 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 26 PIT NL LF 94 90 811.3 171 9 3 2 .984 2.00 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 53 53 463.0 121 2 3 1 .976 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1948 27 PIT NL RF 115 114 1013.0 237 12 2 2 .992 2.21 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 8 0 18.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.93 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1949 28 PIT NL LF 144 142 1258.7 290 16 3 3 .990 2.19 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1950 29 PIT NL CF 80 78 736.2 192 4 1 1 .995 2.40 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 2 1 18.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 1 14.1 16 1 0 1 1.000 10.85 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SEM AL CF 39 38 309.1 81 2 1 1 .988 2.42 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 1 1 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 5.9 7 1 0 0 1.000 12.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 119 116 1045.3 273 6 2 2 .993 2.40   3.2
      LF 3 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
      1B 4 2 20.0 23 2 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
      RF 5 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.0
1951 30 SEM AL CF 98 92 843.0 222 14 2 4 .992 2.52 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    LF 13 4 59.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 2 23.0 38 0 1 2 .974 14.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 6 0 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1952 31 SEM AL CF 109 104 940.7 233 9 0 3 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 9 0 14.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 2.3 4 1 0 1 1.000 19.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 32 SEM AL CF 101 97 865.3 242 10 1 1 .996 2.62 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 14 0 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 1 14.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 33 SEM AL CF 104 95 860.3 231 11 3 1 .988 2.53 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 5 4 35.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 8 2 30.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 34 SEM AL CF 44 36 340.2 84 2 2 0 .977 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 18 17 155.2 34 1 1 0 .972 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 1 17.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 11.9 15 0 1 1 .938 11.34 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL CF 45 38 346.5 85 2 2 1 .978 2.26 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 18 17 158.1 35 1 1 0 .973 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 2 12.1 16 1 2 2 .895 12.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 89 74 686.7 169 4 4 1 .977 2.27   2.2
      RF 36 34 313.3 69 2 2 0 .973 2.04   0.0
      LF 6 3 35.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
      1B 3 3 24.0 31 1 3 3 .914 12.00   0.0
1956 35 SDP NL CF 37 34 346.7 115 1 3 1 .975 3.01 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    1B 18 9 93.6 108 5 1 11 .991 10.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 12 9 92.4 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 9 6 62.4 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CIN NL CF 19 18 131.0 44 1 1 0 .978 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 9 4 35.4 41 2 0 4 1.000 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 6 5 34.9 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 3 23.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1009 959 8569.3 1956 84 17 22 .992 2.14 0 0 .000 0 24.3
  CF 814 755 6837.0 1829 67 19 15 .990 2.50 0 0 .000 0 19.4
  RF 228 167 1598.6 359 18 4 2 .990 2.12 0 0 .000 0 2.9
  1B 85 48 466.3 583 30 6 58 .990 11.83 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   2138 1930 17488.3 4730 201 46 97 .991 2.54 0 0 .000 1 47.2
Career Highs   155 147 1306.0 521 26 9 30 1.000 3.97 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 29 SEM AL 8 14 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .214 .481
1951 30 SEM AL 4 11 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .636 1.000
1952 31 SEM AL 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
1953 32 SEM AL 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
Career Post-Season Batting 20 45 4 12 0 0 1 8 0 0 2 4 .267 .298 .333 .631
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1951-6-.321
 Slugging Pct
1944-4-.511
1945-3-.519
1946-10-.496
1947-7-.501
1948-6-.545
1949-9-.489
1951-1-.638
1952-4-.605
1955-5-.583
CAR-30-.514
 OPS
1945-9-.845
1948-10-.898
1951-2-1.027
1952-6-.963
1955-8-.892
 XR
1944-9-91.6
1946-10-93.7
 Games
1942-3-157
1943-6-155
1944-1-159
1946-8-154
1947-9-154
 At-Bats
1942-9-579
1944-2-605
1946-9-573
1947-6-579
Runs
1944-8-100
1945-6-96
1947-9-100
 Hits
1946-10-163
 Total Bases
1944-2-309
1945-5-283
1946-3-284
1947-4-290
1949-9-273
1955-6-299
CAR-34-4058
 Doubles
1943-1-39
1944-5-39
1945-9-32
1946-2-42
1947-4-38
1949-9-32
1951-9-39
1955-9-34
CAR-20-528
 Triples
1942-4-7
1944-3-8
1945-4-8
1946-10-5
1947-7-5
1948-9-5
1949-4-6
1950-5-6
1952-5-7
1953-10-6
1955-2-7
1956-8-6
CAR-15-96
 Homeruns
1944-2-32
1945-2-30
1946-9-23
1947-5-29
1948-7-28
1949-4-31
1951-10-31
1952-7-32
1955-7-37
CAR-28-407
RBIs
1942-10-92
1944-5-110
1945-8-99
1946-7-93
1947-8-101
1951-4-129
1952-9-110
1955-3-125
CAR-29-1498
 Caught Stealing
1942-10-3
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 148    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by St. Louis in 1941
Had first career hit on 5/1/1941, off Johnny Broaca (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/7/1941, off Dick Mulligan (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1941, hitting .700 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Injured on 8/11/1941 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1942
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1943, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1945 (Going to PIT: LF Stan Musial. Going to STL: RF Bob Kennedy)
Injured on 6/19/1945 with a Broken Ribs, out for 2-3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1945, hitting .348 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1945, hitting .407 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 9/4/1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1946
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1947, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Injured on 6/8/1948 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Injured on 3/14/1950 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1950, hitting .333 with 10 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Seattle on 7/31/1950 (Going to PIT: CF Preston Ward, RF Jim Delsing, CF Stan Spence. Going to SEM: LF Stan Musial)
10/13/1950: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $13,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/24/1952
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 5/20/1952
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 8/22/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1952, hitting .345 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1954, hitting .333 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
10/21/1954: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $13,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Seattle to Detroit on 7/1/1955 (Going to SEM: C Roy Campanella. Going to DET: CF Stan Musial)
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/5/1955
Had 2000th career hit on 8/8/1955, off Ralph Beard (SEM)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1956 (Going to DET: P Walt Craddock, SS Vern Stephens. Going to SDP: CF Andy Pafko, CF Stan Musial, SS Alvin Dark)
Traded from San Diego to Cincinnati on 7/31/1956 (Going to SDP: 3B Dick Williams, P Warren Spahn. Going to CIN: P Cliff Fannin, P Ed Roebuck, CF Stan Musial, 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/9/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $777,000 per year
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 7/31/1957 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
 
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