Stanley Frank Musial (Stan Musial) is a retired Polish-American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, the fifth of Lukasz and Mary Musial's six children (four girls and two boys).
At the age of 15, Stan Musial joined the Donora Zincs, a semi-professional team managed by Barbao.
Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963.
In Musial's 3,026 major league appearances, he was never ejected from a game.
Stan Musial accumulated 3,630 hits and 475 home runs during his career, was named the National League's (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, and was a member of three World Series championship teams.
Signed to a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher in 1938, Musial was converted into an outfielder prior to his major league debut in 1941.
In his first full season, 1942, the Cardinals won the World Series.
Stan Musial won his second World Series ring in 1944, then missed the entire 1945 season while serving with the United States Navy.
Musial is father to four children from his marriage to wife Lillian: son Richard and daughters Gerry, Janet, and Jeanie.
Musial compiled 3,630 hits in his career. 1815 hits came on the road and 1,815 hits came at home.
Musial was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1969, named on 93.2 percent of the ballots.
Musial was named a vice president of the St. Louis Cardinals in September 1963, and he remained in that position until after the 1966 season.
