Stan Musial : A Biography

English

Series: Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters Ser.

ISBN: 0313336091

EAN: 9780313336096

Category: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated

Release Date: 08/31/2007

Synopsis: When Stan The Man Musial retired after 22 years with the Cardinals (disrupted only by a year of service with the U.S. Navy during World War II), he held 17 Major League records, 29 National League records, and 9 All Star game records. His unwavering consistency with the bat still has no peer: he hit over .300 17 times in his career, and left the game 2nd all-time in total bases, 4th in hits, 5th in RBIs, and 6th in number of games played. Despite his extreme production at the plate-achieved, in fact, only after a shoulder injury forced him to drop his duties as a pitcher-he never achieved the fame or iconic status of a Joe DiMaggio in New York or a Ted Williams in Boston; but when he collected his last hit in 1963, he departed with one of the most magical and representative statistics in the history of the game: 1,815 hits at his home ballpark, and 1,815 hits away from home. His career is a testament to concentration and integrity, and to this day Stan Musials statistics and legacy place him among the true greats of baseballs pantheon.

Stan Musial : A Biography

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.76 inches

Width: 6.5 inches

Length: 9.24 inches

Weight: 14.92 oz

Pages: 192