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 Musial's statistics and legacy place him among the true
greats of baseball's pantheon. It has been said that hitting a
baseball is the hardest thing in professional sports. Baseball's
All-Time Greatest Hitters presents biographies on Greenwood's
selection for the 12 best hitters in Major League history, written
by some of today's best baseball authors. These books present
straightforward stories in accessible language for the student
researcher and the general reader alike. Each volume includes a
timeline, bibliography, and index. In addition, each volume
includes a "Making of a Legend" chapter that analyses the evolution
of the player's fame and (in some cases) infamy.
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