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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Stan Musial, Epitome Of Good Hitting And Good Sportsmanship, Dies At 92

Stan “the Man” Musial, one of Major League Baseball's most prolific hitters and a model of good sportsmanship during his Hall of Fame career with the St. Louis Cardinals, died Saturday. He was 92.

The death was announced by the team and was ascribed to natural causes.

The most beloved Cardinal of all, Mr. Musial led the National League in batting seven times in the 1940s and ‘50s and was voted the league's most valuable player three times. His lifetime batting average was .331, his total of 3,630 hits ranks fourth all-time, and he was a perennial all-star. After spending the entirety of his 22-year career with the Cardinals, Mr. Musial retired in 1963 with so many firsts to his credit that he may have carved out a new category: the record for holding the most records at one time. 
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2 comments:

  1. lmclainJanuary 20, 2013 at 4:25 PM

    Next to Ruth, he is one of my favorite all-time players. Great, but humble. A man's man. Rest in peace & tell the Babe (THE greatest player of all time, no question about it) I said "hi!", Stan the Man.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2013 at 7:05 PM

    Musial was what baseball was all about.
    God rest his amazing soul.

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