![]() ![]() ![]() “Stan Musial was the greatest player in Cardinals history and one of the best players in the history of baseball.’’ “We have lost the most beloved member of the Cardinals family,” said William DeWitt Jr., Chairman of the St. Navy in World War II.Īt the Baseball Writers Association of America dinner last night at the New York Hilton, when Jeff Idelson, president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, told the crowd of Musial’s death, there was an audible gasp from the fans. In the 1940s, his Cardinals won three world championships in 1942, ’44 and ’46. He was a great hitter and a winning ballplayer. Musial died last night at the age of 92 at his home in Ladue, Mo., surrounded by family. ![]() If you heard him play it at Cooperstown at the Baseball Hall of Fame, you were one of the lucky ones. It showed in how he played with 3,630 career hits, seven National League batting titles, three MVP awards, and it showed itself in a much simpler way.Īll you had to do was listen to Musial play “Take Me Out to the Ballgame’’ on his harmonica to realize his deep love for baseball. Stan “The Man’’ Musial was not only a true Hall of Fame player, he was a Hall of Fame person who loved the game of baseball in every way. Louis Cardinals, died yesterday at the age of 92. FAREWELL: Stan Musial who won three MVP awards and three World Series titles with the St. ![]()
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