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	Stan Musial Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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		Name and misspellings: stanly stanley Stan the stanly Stanley Frank stanly stanley Stan Man frankie musual musiel Musial muscial the man
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	Stan Musial \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Musial was convinced by Kerr to remain in baseball as an outfielder.
		Musial once told Roger Kahn that he hit so well because he always knew what the pitch was by seeing the rotation of the ball as it approached the plate.
		Musial hits a HR, a double, and 3 singles against the Boston Braves.
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	Stan Musial - MSN Encarta
		Stanley Frank Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania.
		Musial made it to the big leagues in 1942 and quickly became a feared left-handed hitter, known for his consistency and distinctive batting stance.
		Musial won the most valuable player (MVP) award three times (1943, 1946, 1948) and was league batting champion seven times (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950-52, 1957).
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Musi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Musi is the name of at least two rivers, one in India, the other in Indonesia.
		Indonesia's Musi river is 750 kilometers long and flows through Palembang, the provincial capital of South Sumatra.
		The Musi river in India is also known as "the river of Moses." India's fifth-largest city, Hyderabad, lies on the banks of the Musi.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Musi (392 words)

	Stan Musial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Musial played 1,890 games in the outfield and 1,016 games at first base, but was primarily known for his consistent hitting.
		A statue of Musial was erected outside of Busch Stadium in St.
		Musial is an accomplished harmonica player who often appears at major functions (Opening Day at Busch Stadium, the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony) to play "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stan_Musial (1287 words)

	ESPN Classic - Stan was the man in St. Louis
		Musial (1948) and Joe Medwick (1937) were the only players in the 20th century to lead the NL in as many as eight major hitting categories.
		Musial enjoyed a postgame cigar and beer, but, in deference to younger fans, he refused to be photographed drinking or smoking.
		Musial is the only major league general manager to win a pennant in his only year in the job, 1967 with the Cardinals.
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	Stan Musial: The Man and the Cards - PSA Library
		Musial's lack of academic promise infuriated his father who was obsessed with seeing his first born son go on to college to avoid the back and spirit breaking toil of a life in the steel mills or the zinc and gypsum mines.
		Musial had an obsession also, but it wasn't to matriculate at any college or university, but rather to play professional baseball.
		Musial had been advised he should retire but relented, wanting to go out with a batting percentage that was not what he considered to be embarrassing.
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	Baseball in Wartime - Stan Musial
		Stanley F “Stan” Musial was born on November 21, 1920, in Donora, Pennsylvania.
		Musial was assigned to Bainbridge Naval Training Center in Maryland on March 17, and played for the Bainbridge NTC Commodores baseball team.
		Musial was discharged from the Navy on March 15, 1946, and promptly returned to the Cardinals.
	www.garybed.co.uk /Player_Bios/musial_stan.htm (645 words)

	CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Stan 'The Man' Musial joins Hall of Famous Missourians - Tuesday September 12, ...
		Musial said he wanted his bust to be a source of inspiration to those who see it.
		Musial, who retired in 1963 after 22 years with the Cardinals, is the first sports figure and only the second living person to be inducted into the hall, which has honored 22 well-known Missourians since 1982.
		Musial's Missouri connection dates to 1941, when he played briefly for the Springfield Cardinals in the old Western Association before moving that same year to the majors.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2000/09/12/musial_honored_ap (581 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Stan Musial
		Musial led the league in 1943 with a.357 average, 220 hits, 48 doubles, 20 triples, and a.562 slugging percentage to win the NL's most valuable player award.
		Musial's previous home run high was 19 in 1947; from 1948 through 1955, he hit 30 or more home runs six times.
		Musial won four batting titles in the five years from 1948 through 1952, hitting.376 in 1948,.346 in 1950,.355 in 1951, and.338 in 1952.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/musialstan.shtml (456 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Stan Musial - Baseball Legend
		Stanislaus Musial was born on 21 November, 1920 in Donora, Pennsylvania, 28 miles south of Pittsburg.
		Musial was in the outfield when his spikes caught and he fell heavily onto the point of his left shoulder.
		Musial won his first batting championship in 1943 with a.357 average, and he led the league in hits, doubles and triples.
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	Stan Musial \| The BASEBALL Page
		Musial was signed by the Cardinals as a pitcher, but his quick feet were not overlooked.
		Little did anyone know that Musial was about to go on one of the longest sustained tears in his career, and one of the greatest quick starts in baseball history.
		Musial was the primary left fielder in 1963, and Brock assumed that role in '64, after he was acquired from the Cubs.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/musiast01.php (1536 words)

	Scout.com: Happy Birthday - Stan "the Man" Musial
		Musial made an immediate impact upon joining the team; in his first four seasons with the Cardinals they won four NL pennants and three World Series Championships.
		Musial would return to the Cardinals in 1946 and had the best season of his career in 1948.
		Musial was a threat both at home and on the road, hitting exactly half of his hits in St. Louis and half in other ballparks.
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	MUSIAL, Stan,
		At his retirement, Musial held major league records for extra-base hits (1377) and total bases (6134).
		For 16 consecutive years Musial, a left-handed hitter, achieved a batting average of over.300; he had a lifetime average of.331.
		Musial retired from playing in 1963 but returned to baseball as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967, and a year later his team won the National League championship.
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	Baseball Historian - Part of the Sports Historian Network
		Musial's hot hitting was evident when he led the St. Louis Cardinals to four (4) pennants in five (5) years (1942-1946) and when the Cardinals won the World Series.
		In 1954, Musial established a new major league record by hitting five (5) home runs in a doubleheader.
		Musial dominated the sporting headlines all during his career.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/stanmusial.htm (184 words)

	Stan Musial
		Abstract: Stan Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania to Lukasz and Mary Musial.
		Musial was the second child and first son of six children born to working class immigrants.
		Musial was so distraught about his father's decision that his mother had to intervene in order to get his father's approval.
	www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu /LitMap/bios/Musial__Stan.html (970 words)

	Musial From Stash to Stan the Man James N. Giglio
		Musial: From Stash to Stan the Man is the most comprehensive assessment of baseball legend Stan Musial's life and career to date.
		Musial, better known as Stan the Man, was born in 1920 to a Polish immigrant father and a second-generation Slovak mother in Donora, Pennsylvania.
		Musial retired from the playing field in 1963, but returned as general manager of the Cardinals in 1967, a year in which his team won the World Series.
	www.umsystem.edu /upress/spring2001/giglio.htm (411 words)

	Stan Musial (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Signed as a pitcher when he was seventeen, Musial was 15-8 in two seasons with Williamson, West Virginia, but the scouting report filed on the young southpaw recommended his release because he was wild and inconsistent.
		Musial was convinced by Kerr to remain in baseball as an outfielder.
		The lefthanded-hitting Musial had good speed and was famous for his compressed, closed batting crouch, from which he appeared to be peering at the pitcher around a corner.
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	ESPN.com: Musial was gentleman killer
		Stan Musial was accorded the nickname in Brooklyn, by a Flatbush faithful.
		And to think that all Musial's hitting feats were accomplished by the child who dreamed of being a major league pitcher.
		Musial exploded in 1943, leading the league in batting (.357), slugging percentage (.562), hits (220), doubles (48) and triples (20) as he won his first MVP.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00016375.html (1223 words)

	Stars & Stripes: From the S&S archives: Stan 'The Man' Musial — A class guy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The incomparable Musial, the classiest St. Louis Cardinal of them all who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969, is proud to be in the Japanese Hall of Fame, too.
		Musial, now 67 and a vice president for the Cardinals after playing in a Redbird uniform for 22 record-breaking years, recalled a 1958 postseason baseball tour of Japan when he was 37.
		Musial recollected: "At one of the countless interviews I had with the radio and TV people, I mentioned that I was in the restaurant business.
	www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=126&article=27117&archive=true (937 words)

	Stan Musial: Hall of Famer won seven N.L. batting titles, three MVP Awards, collected 3,630 hits, 475 homers and batted ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was Musial's first Yankee Stadium appearance in 20 years since he faced the Yankees in the 1943 World Series.
		Musial's one regret was not reaching the postseason again after 1946.
		Though he batted left-handed, Musial feasted on the pitching of Warren Spahn, the star left-hander of the Braves, and was so successful against Dodger pitching that a Brooklyn fan pinned him with his famous nickname.
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	The Sporting News Archives - Stan was The Man in 1948
		Musial led the majors in batting average (.376), hits (230), doubles (46), triples (18), total bases (429), on-base percentage (.450) and slugging percentage (.702) and led the National League in runs scored (135) and RBIs (131).
		Musial, who also never led the N.L. in home runs in his 22 seasons, finished second in home runs with 39, one behind league leaders Johnny Mize of the Giants and Ralph Kiner of the Pirates.
		From opening day on April 20 to May 31st, Musial never went hitless in consecutive games and he was hitting over.400 at the All-Star break when the Cards owners kept their word and boosted Musial’s pay to $36,000.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/baseball/91234.html (423 words)

	When It Was A Game: Historical Bats
		Musial finished the second game, a 9-7 loss to the New Yorkers, with three more RBIs and a total base tally of 21 for the day.
		The left handed hitting Musial had good speed and was famous for his compressed, closed batting crouch, from which he appeared to be peering at the pitcher around a corner.
		Although not initially expected to be a long-ball hitter, Musial developed his power without increasing strikeouts, and averaged 31 home runs per season from 1948 to 1957.
	www.whenitwasagame.net /bat_pages/musial_s.html (1573 words)

	Remember Stan Musial - Sports - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Musial always has been a favorite of his peers, and they loved when he would break out his harmonica to play at the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Cooperstown.
		The stories of "Stan the Man" have been passed on, and, of course, there is the statue of Musial that first stood in front of the old Busch Stadium for 38 years and now is outside the new ballpark that opened this year.
		Stan Musial is still a midwestern icon, having played his entire career with the Cardinals, from 1941 to 1963.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20061027-122322-5800r.htm (589 words)

	West Life Newspaper - News
		Musial last week sent a list of more than 20 officials and government groups information outlining why NOMBL should retain its independence and asking those officials to provide support to that effort.
		In his mailing, Musial encloses a letter to the editor that he sent to several Cleveland area publications (including West Life) saying why NOMBL should not be absorbed, as currently proposed by RTA officials.
		Musial said the other items include questioning whether RTA really could save more than $3 million annually by absorbing NOMBL and the Maple Heights municipal bus line, which are the last two independent lines in Cuyahoga County.
	www.westlifenews.com /2005/01-19/musial-nombl.html (703 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A statue of Musial was erected outside of Busch Memorial Stadium in St.
		Stan Musial's 3,630th hit on the last game of the 1963 season was hit past Cincinnati rookie 2nd baseman Pete Rose who was destined to break Musial's record and become the National League's all time hits champion.
		Musial threw out the first pitch in the 5th game of the 2006 World Series, which featured his former team, the St.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Stan_Musial (1339 words)

	Musial keeps making history - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Musial was joined on the field Monday before the Cards beat Milwaukee, 6-4, by Red Schoendienst, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Ozzie Smith and soon-to-be Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter.
		Musial, on the other hand, ended his career in 1963 at the age of 43 and hit 63 homers in his last four years.
		Speaking of Musial, he had his third baseball field named after him last June in Jennings, Mo. The first was in Kutno, Poland and the second was at Palmer Park in his hometown.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/valleyindependent/sports/s_443397.html (504 words)

	STAN MUSIAL, PENNSYLVANIA BIOGRAPHIES
		They don't keep statistics on what kind of human being you are, but if they did Stan Musial would rank near the top.
		That was the year Musial was in the U.S. Navy, at the end of World War II.
		Musial's statistics include a total of 3,630 hits, 7 batting titles, 3 World Championships, and 3 MVP Awards.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/4547/musial.html (528 words)

	Remember Stan Musial - Sports - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Musial always has been a favorite of his peers, and they loved when he would break out his harmonica to play at the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Cooperstown.
		The stories of "Stan the Man" have been passed on, and, of course, there is the statue of Musial that first stood in front of the old Busch Stadium for 38 years and now is outside the new ballpark that opened this year.
		Stan Musial is still a midwestern icon, having played his entire career with the Cardinals, from 1941 to 1963.
	www.washingtontimes.com /sports/20061027-122322-5800r.htm (589 words)

	Stan Musial Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Musial was 16 and a flame-throwing but erratic pitcher when he signed his first professional contract.
		Musial contended that the most important aspects of hitting were relaxation and concentration.
		Musial was drafted in 1945, joined the Navy, and served on a ship repair unit in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/stan-musial (1850 words)

	Stan Musial
		Musial played in 24 All-Star games, topped the.300 mark 18 times and won seven National League batting titles and three MVPs with his famed corkscrew stance and his ringing line drives.
		Musial is one of a handful of men to win three MVP Awards (Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Barry Bonds, Jimmie Foxx and Mike Schmidt are the others) AND he finished second four times.
		On January 21st, 1960, Musial made the unusual request, saying that he had been overpaid in 1957 and 1958, and his salary should be cut, based on his performance in 1959.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Musial.html (458 words)

	Virtual Christian Magazine: The Story of Stan Musial
		But it was manager Dickie Kerr who encouraged a discouraged Musial and pointed out that he could still hit and his arm would gradually improve enough so that he could play the outfield.
		By the mid-1940s Stan Musial was the generally acknowledged leading hitter and ballplayer in the National League.
		But Musial always was an unusually good team man and never allowed his personal success to get in the way of the team's fortunes.
	vcmagazine.org /vcm/article.asp?volume=5&issue=3&article=musial (1669 words)

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